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Recent publications
  2008
Fast, Runaway Evaporative Cooling to Bose-Einstein Condensation in Optical Traps
C.-L. Hung, X. Zhang, N. Gemelke and C. Chin,
arXiv:0804.0060v1 [cond-mat.other] (2008)
  2007
<>Spectroscopy of Ultracold Trapped Cesium Feshbach Molecules
M. Mark, F. Ferlaino, S. Knoop, J.G. Danzl, T. Kraemer, C. Chin, H.-C. Naegerl, R. Grimm, Physical Review A, 042514 (2007)

`Stückelberg interferometry´ with ultracold molecules
M. Mark, T. Kraemer, P. Waldburger, J. Herbig, C. Chin, H.-C. Nägerl, R. Grimm, Physical Review Letter 99, 113201 (2007)

Experimental Evidence for Efimov Quantum States
H.-C. Naegerl, T. Kraemer, M. Mark, P. Waldburger, J. G. Danzl, B. Engeser, A. D. Lange, K. Pilch, A. Jaakkola, C. Chin, R. Grimm, arXiv:cond-mat/0611629

Precision measurements of collective oscillations in the BEC-BCS crossover
A. Altmeyer, S. Riedl, C. Kohstall, M. J. Wright, R. Geursen, M. Bartenstein, C. Chin, J. Hecker Denschlag, and R. Grimm, Phys. Rev. Lett. 98, 040401 (2007).
  2006
Enhanced sensitivity to fundamental constants in ultracold atomic and molecular systems near Feshbach resonances (Theory)
Cheng Chin and V.V. Flambaum, Phys. Rev. Lett. 96, 230801 (2006)

Evidence for Efimov quantum states in an ultracold gas of caesium atoms
T. Kraemer, M. Mark, P. Waldburger, J. G. Danzl, C. Chin, B. Engeser, A. D. Lange, K. Pilch, A. Jaakkola, H.-C. Nägerl and R. Grimm, Nature 440, 315-318 (16 March 2006).
  2005
Observation of Feshbach-like resonances in collisions between ultracold molecules
C. Chin, T. Kraemer, M. Mark, J. Herbig, P. Waldburger, H.-C. Nägerl, and R. Grimm
Phys. Rev. Lett. 94, 123201 (2005).

Efficient creation of molecules from a cesium Bose-Einstein condensate
M. Mark, T. Kraemer, J. Herbig, C. Chin, H.-C. Nägerl, and R. Grimm
Europhys. Lett. 69, 706 (2005). cond-mat/0409737

Precise determination of 6Li cold collision parameters by radio-frequency spectroscopy on weakly bound molecules
M. Bartenstein, A. Altmeyer, S. Riedl, R. Geursen, S. Jochim, C. Chin, J. Hecker Denschlag, R. Grimm, A. Simoni, E. Tiesinga, C. J. Williams, P. S. Julienne
Phys. Rev. Lett. 94, 103201 (2005)cond-mat/0408673 

A simple mean field equation for condensates in the BEC-BCS crossover regime
  (Theory)
Cheng Chin
Phys. Rev. A 72, 041601 (2005)

A simple model of Feshbach molecules
Cheng Chin
cond-mat/0506313
  All Publications

General

The birth of ultracold molecules in the world of quantum gas
C. Chin,
Association of
Asia Pacific Physical Societies Bulletin 14, 14 (2004)

Cooling, Collisions and Coherence of Cold Cesium Atoms in a Trap
C. Chin
Ph.D. Thesis, Stanford (2001)

Ultracold molecules

Evidence for Efimov quantum states in an ultracold gas of caesium atoms
T. Kraemer, M. Mark, P. Waldburger, J. G. Danzl, C. Chin, B. Engeser, A. D. Lange, K. Pilch, A. Jaakkola, H.-C. Nägerl and R. Grimm, Nature 440, 315-318 (16 March 2006).


Observation of Feshbach-like resonances in collisions between ultracold molecules

C. Chin, T. Kraemer, M. Mark, J. Herbig, P. Waldburger, H.-C. Nägerl and R. Grimm
Phys.
Rev. Lett. 94, 123201 (2005)

Efficient creation of molecules from a cesium Bose-Einstein condensate
M. Mark, T. Kraemer, J. Herbig, C. Chin, H.-C. Nägerl and R. Grimm
Europhys.
Lett. 69, 706 (2005).

Radio-frequency transitions on weakly-bound ultracold molecules
(Theory)
C. Chin and P. Julienne
Phys. Rev. A, 71, 012713 (2005)

Precise determination of Li6 cold collision parameters by radio-frequency spectroscopy on weakly bound molecules

M. Bartenstein, A. Altmeyer, S. Riedl, R. Geursen, S. Jochim, C. Chin, J. Hecker Denschlag, and R. Grimm
Phys.
Rev. Lett. 94, 103201 (2005)

Thermal Equilibrium and Efficient Evaporation in an Ultracold Atom-Molecule Mixture
  (Theory)
C. Chin and R. Grimm
Phys. Rev. A 69, 033612 (2004)


Bose-Einstein Condensation of Molecules
S. Jochim, M. Bartenstein, A. Altmeyer, G. Hendl, S. Riedl, C. Chin, J. Hecker Denschlag and R. Grimm
Science 302, 2101 (2003); published online Nov. 13, 2003; 10.1126/science.1093280 (Science Express).


Pure Gas of Optically Trapped Molecules Created from Fermionic Atoms
S. Jochim, M. Bartenstein, A. Altmeyer, G. Hendl, C. Chin, J. Hecker Denschlag, and R. Grimm
Phys. Rev. Lett. 91, 240402 (2003).

Preparation of a Pure Molecular Quantum Gas
J. Herbig, T. Kraemer, M. Mark, T. Weber, C. Chin, H.-C. Nägerl and R. Grimm
Science 301, 1510-1513 (2003); published online
August 21, 2003; 10.1126/science.1088876 (Science Express).

Sensitive Detection of Cold Cesium Molecules Formed on Feshbach Resonances
C. Chin, A. J. Kerman, V. Vuletić and
S. Chu
Phys. Rev. Lett. 90, 033201 (2003).

BEC-BCS crossover

Precision measurements of collective oscillations in the BEC-BCS crossover
A. Altmeyer, S. Riedl, C. Kohstall, M. J. Wright, R. Geursen, M. Bartenstein, C. Chin, J. Hecker Denschlag, and R. Grimm, accepted by Phys. Rev. Lett.

Exploring the BEC-BCS Crossover with an Ultracold Gas of Li-6 Atoms
M. Bartenstein, A. Altmeyer, S. Riedl, S. Jochim, R. Geursen, C. Chin, J. Hecker Denschlag, R. Grimm
cond-mat/0412712, in Proceedings of the XVII. International Conference on Atomic Physics (ICAP 2004,
Rio de Janeiro)

A simple mean field equation for condensates in the BEC-BCS crossover regime  (Theory)
C. Chin
Phys. Rev. A 72, 041601 (2005)

Observation of the Pairing Gap in a Strongly Interacting Fermi Gas

C. Chin, M. Bartenstein, A. Altmeyer, S. Riedl, S. Jochim, J. Hecker Denschlag, and R. Grimm
Science 305, 1128 (2004); published online July 22 2004; 10.1126/science.1100818

 
Collective Excitations of an ultracold Gas in the BEC-BCS Crossover Regime
M. Bartenstein, A. Altmeyer, S. Riedl, S. Jochim, C. Chin, J. Hecker Denschlag, and R. Grimm
Phys. Rev. Lett. 92, 203201 (2004)

Crossover from a Molecular Bose-Einstein Condensation to a Degenerate Fermi Gas

M. Bartenstein, A. Altmeyer, S. Riedl, S. Jochim, C. Chin, J. Hecker Denschlag, and R. Grimm
Phys. Rev. Lett. 92, 120401 (2004)

Feshbach spectroscopy

Ultracold Cs2 Feshbach Spectroscopy
C. Chin, V. Vuletić, A. J. Kerman, S. Chu, E. Tiesinga, P.J. Leo and C.J. Williams
Phys. Rev. A 70, 032701 (2004)


Controlled Atom-Molecule Interactions in Ultracold Gases
C. Chin, V. Vuletić, A. J. Kerman and S. Chu
Proceedings of the II.
Asia Pacific Conference on Few-Body Problems in Physics (APFB 2002, Shanghai)
Modern Physics Letters A 18, 398 (2003).

High Precision Feshbach Spectroscopy of Ultracold Cesium Collisions
C. Chin, V. Vuletić, A. J. Kerman and
S. Chu
Proceedings of the XVI. International Conference on Few-Body Problems in Physics (FB16,
Taipei)
Nuclear Physics A 684, 641 (2001).

Determination of Cs-Cs Interaction Parameters Using Feshbach Spectroscopy
A. J. Kerman, C. Chin, V. Vuletić, S. Chu, P. J. Leo, C. J. Williams, and P. S. Julienne
Proceedings of the Euroconference on Atomic Optics and Interferometry (Cargese)
C. R. Acad. Sci. Paris, t. 2, Serie IV, p. 633 (2001).


High Resolution Feshbach Spectroscopy of Cesium
C. Chin, V. Vuletić, A. J. Kerman and S. Chu
Phys. Rev. Lett. 85, 2717 (2000).

Observation of Low-Field Feshbach Resonances in Collisions of Cesium Atoms
V. Vuletić, A. J. Kerman, C. Chin, and S. Chu
Phys. Rev. Lett. 82, 1406 (1999).

Atomic Bose-Einstein condensation

Optimized Production of a Cesium Bose-Einstein Condensate
T. Kraemer, J. Herbig, M. Mark, T. Weber, C. Chin, H.-C. Nägerl and R. Grimm
cond-mat/0408268 (accepted by Appl. Phys. B)


Experiments with a Bose-Einstein Condensate of Cesium Atoms

T. Weber, J. Herbig, M. Mark, T. Kraemer, C. Chin, H.-C. Nägerl and R. Grimm
Proceedings of the XVI International Conference on Laser Spectroscopy (ICOLS 2003, Palm Cove).

Suppression of Atomic Radiative Collisions by Tuning the Ground-State Scattering Length
V. Vuletić, C. Chin, A. J. Kerman, and S. Chu
Phys. Rev. Lett. 83, 943 (1999).

Atom-surface interaction

Impact of Casimir-Polder Potential and Johnson Noise on Bose-Einstein Condensate Stability Near Surfaces
Y. Lin, I. Teper, C. Chin, and V. Vuletić
Phys. Rev. Lett. 92, 050404 (2004).

Precision measurements and quantum manipulation

Enhanced sensitivity to fundamental constants in ultracold atomic and molecular systems near Feshbach resonances
Cheng Chin and V.V. Flambaum, accepted by Phys. Rev. Lett., cond-mat/0603607

Measurement of Collision Shifts on Clock Transition and Quantum Computation in Optical Lattices
C. Chin, V. Vuletić, A. J. Kerman and S. Chu
Proceedings of the XV. International Conference on Laser Spectroscopy (ICOLS 2001, Snowbird).  


Measurement of An Electron's Electric Dipole Moment Using Cesium Atoms Trapped in Optical Lattices (Theory)
C. Chin, V. Leiber, V. Vuletić, A. J. Kerman and S. Chu
Phys. Rev. A. 63, 033401 (2001).

Laser cooling

Laser Cooling: Beyond Optical Molasses and Beyond Closed Transitions
V. Vuletić, A. J. Kerman, C. Chin, and S. Chu
Proceedings of the XVII. International Conference on Atomic Physics (ICAP 2000,
Florence).

Beyond Optical Molasses: 3D Raman Sideband Cooling of Atomic Cesium to High Phase-Space Density
A. J. Kerman, V. Vuletić, C. Chin, and S. Chu
Phys. Rev. Lett. 84, 439 (2000).


Raman Sideband Cooling in An Optical Lattice
V. Vuletić, A. J. Kerman, C. Chin, and S. Chu
Proceedings of the 14th International Conference on Laser Spectroscopy
(ICOLS 1999, Innsbruck).


Degenerate Raman Sideband Cooling of Trapped Cesium Atoms at Very High Atomic Densities
V. Vuletić, C. Chin, A. J. Kerman, and Steven Chu
Phys. Rev. Lett. 81, 5768 (1998).

Others

Exploring the Properties of the Physical Fields by Computer Simulation
C. Chin and W. Li
1989 National Science Exhibition (Ministry of Education, Taipei, Taiwan 1990).