Prof. Dr. Matthias Weidemüller

Group Leader

Phone: 19470
weidemueller@uni-heidelberg.de
Physikalisches Institut
Universität Heidelberg
Im Neuenheimer Feld 226
69120, Heidelberg, Germany

Positions

2019 – present: Vice-Rector Innovation and Transfer at Ruprecht-Karl University Heidelberg

2008 – present: Full Professor (Chair) for Experimental Physics at the Ruprecht-Karl University Heidelberg

2013 – 2018: QianRen Jihua (1000Talent Plan) Chair Professor (part-time) at the Hefei National Institute for the Physical Sciences at the Microscale, University of Science and Technology of China, Hefei and Shanghai, China

2003 – 2008: Full Professor (Chair) for Experimental Physics at the Albert-Ludwig University Freiburg

2004 – 2006: Guest professor, Optics and Photonics Center of the University of São Paulo

2001/2002: Guest professor, University of Innsbruck

2000-2003: Research Group Leader “Laser Cooling Group”, Max-Planck-Institute for Nuclear Physics, Heidelberg

2000: Habilitation in Physics at the Ruprecht-Karl University Heidelberg

1997-2000: Researcher, Max-Planck-Institute for Nuclear Physics, Heidelberg (Prof. D. Schwalm/R. Grimm)

1995-1997: Marie-Curie postdoctoral fellow, University of Amsterdam and FOM Institute for Atomic and Molecular Physics (Prof. J.T.M. Walraven)

Education

1995: Doctorate in Physics at the Ludwig-Maximilian University München

1992-1995: Researcher, Max-Planck-Institute for Quantum Optics, Garching (Prof. T.W. Hänsch)

1990/1991: Guest Scientist, Laboratoire Kastler-Brossel de l´Ecole Normale Supérieure, Paris (Prof. S. Haroche)

1990: Diplom in Physics at the Ludwig-Maximilian University München

1987/1988: Trainee, Research Centers of Siemens, Erlangen, and Asea Brown Boveri, Baden near Zürich

1984-1990: Study of physics and philosophy, University of Bonn and University of München

Professional Activities

  • Fellow of the American Physical Society
  • Founding Director, Heidelberg Center for Quantum Dynamics, Heidelberg University (2012-2015)
  • Fellow of the Marsilius Kolleg Heidelberg (2012/13)
  • Dean, Department of Physics and Astronomy, Heidelberg University (2015-2017, Deputy Dean 2012 – 2015)
  • Speaker, Research Council Field of Focus 2, Heidelberg University (2012 – 2015)
  • Managing Director, Physics Institute, Heidelberg University (2010-2011, Deputy Director since 2012)
  • Deputy Dean and Dean for Studies, Department of Physics and Mathematics, University of Freiburg (2006-2008)
  • Member, Editorial Board of Physical Review X (since 2016)
  • Member, Editorial Board of the European Physical Journal ST (since 2014)
  • Member, Editorial Board of the European Physical Journal D (2005 – 2014)
  • Elected Member, Council of the German Physical Society (since 2018)
  • Member, Stern-Gerlach Prize Committee, German Physical Society (since 2017)
  • Chairman, Section “Atoms, Molecules, Quantum Optics and Plasmas”, German Physical Society (2011 – 2015)
  • Chairman, Division “Quantum Optics and Photonics”, German Physical Society (2006-2008, Vice-Chairman 2004-2006)
  • Coordinator, EU ITN “COHERENCE – Cooperativity in Highly Excited Rydberg Ensembles – Control and Entanglement”
  • Coordinator, Collaborative Research Project “QUDIPMOL – Quantum-degenerate dipolar gases of bialkali molecules” within the ESF EUROCORES “Cold Quantum Matter”
  • Member, General Physics Advisory Committee of the Gesellschaft für Schwerionenforschung (GSI) (2006-2012)
  • Coordinator, Interdisciplinary Research Programme “Coherent Processes in Complex Structures” (funded by the Ministry of Science, Research and the Arts of Baden-Württemberg, 2004-2007)
  • Member, Steering Committee ESF Programme “Collisions in Atom Traps” (2004-2006)
  • Organizer and co-organizer of international workshops and conferences (Selection: “Current Trends in Atomic Physics“ (Les Houches 2016), “Rydberg Physics with Two-Electron Systems” (Hamburg 2015), “Sino-German Symposium on Quantum Information and Quantum Simulation” (Heidelberg, 2015), German-Japanese Symposium on Laser Science (Heidelberg, 2014),“Rydberg Gases and Ultracold Plasmas” (Harvard, 2009)
  • Vertrauensdozent, Studienstiftung des Deutschen Volkes (2005-2013)

Publications

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2016

Gavryusev V, Signoles A, Ferreira-Cao M, Zürn G, Hofmann C S, Günter G, Schempp H, Robert-de-Saint-Vincent M, Whitlock S, Weidemüller M

Density matrix reconstruction of three-level atoms via Rydberg electromagnetically induced transparency Journal Article

In: Journal of Physics B: Atomic, Molecular and Optical Physics, vol. 49, no. 16, pp. 164002, 2016.

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2015

Schempp H, Günter G, Wüster S, Weidemüller M, Whitlock S

Correlated Exciton Transport in Rydberg-Dressed-Atom Spin Chains Journal Article

In: Phys. Rev. Lett., vol. 115, iss. 9, pp. 093002, 2015.

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Ulmanis J, Häfner S, Pires R, Kuhnle E D, Weidemüller M, Tiemann E

Universality of weakly bound dimers and Efimov trimers close to Li - Cs Feshbach resonances Journal Article

In: New J. Phys., vol. 17, iss. 5, pp. 055009, 2015.

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Lopez H, Höltkemeier B, Glässel J, Weckesser P, Weidemüller M, Best T, Endres E, Wester R

Sympathetic cooling of OH- ions using ultracold Rb atoms in a dark SPOT Working paper

arXiv e-prints: 1507.06575, 2015.

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2014

Pires R, Repp M, Ulmanis J, Kuhnle E D, Weidemüller M, Tiecke T G, Greene C H, Ruzic B P, Bohn J L, Tiemann E

Analyzing Feshbach resonances: A $^6$Li-$^133$Cs case study Journal Article

In: Phys. Rev. A, vol. 90, iss. 1, pp. 012710, 2014.

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Pires R, Ulmanis J, Häfner S, Repp M, Arias A, Kuhnle E D, Weidemüller M

Observation of Efimov Resonances in a Mixture with Extreme Mass Imbalance Journal Article

In: Phys. Rev. Lett., vol. 112, pp. 250404, 2014.

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Weidemüller M

Das System und der Rest. Grenzen der Grenzziehung Online

2014, visited: 01.01.2014.

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Schempp H, Günter G, Robert-de-Saint-Vincent M, Hofmann C S, Breyel D, Komnik A, Schönleber D W, Gärttner M, Evers J, Whitlock S, Weidemüller M

Full Counting Statistics of Laser Excited Rydberg Aggregates in a One-Dimensional Geometry Journal Article

In: Phys. Rev. Lett., vol. 112, iss. 1, pp. 013002, 2014.

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Hofmann C S, Günter G, Schempp H, Müller N M L, Faber A, Busche H, Robert-de-Saint-Vincent M, Whitlock S, Weidemüller M

An experimental approach for investigating many-body phenomena in Rydberg-interacting quantum systems Journal Article

In: Frontiers of Physics, vol. 9, pp. 571-586, 2014.

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2013

Weidemüller M

Atomic Interactions at a Distance Journal Article

In: Physics, vol. 6, pp. 71, 2013.

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Weidemüller M

Quantum physics: Spooky action gets collective Journal Article

In: Nature, vol. 498, pp. 438, 2013, ISSN: 1476-4687.

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Götz S, Höltkemeier B, Amthor T, Weidemüller M

Photoionization of optically trapped ultracold atoms with a high-power light-emitting diode Journal Article

In: Review of Scientific Instruments, vol. 84, no. 4, pp. 043107, 2013.

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Mikosch J, Zhang J, Trippel S, Eichhorn C, Otto R, Sun R, Jong W A, Weidemüller M, Hase W L, Wester R

Indirect Dynamics in a Highly Exoergic Substitution Reaction Journal Article

In: J. Am. Chem. Soc., vol. 135, no. 11, pp. 4250–4259, 2013, ISSN: 0002-7863.

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Günter G, Schempp H, Robert-de-Saint-Vincent M, Gavryusev V, Helmrich S, Hofmann C S, Whitlock S, Weidemüller M

Observing the Dynamics of Dipole-Mediated Energy Transport by Interaction-Enhanced Imaging Journal Article

In: Science, vol. 342, no. 6161, pp. 954-956, 2013.

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Hofmann C S, Günter G, Schempp H, Robert-de-Saint-Vincent M, Gärttner M, Evers J, Whitlock S, Weidemüller M

Sub-Poissonian Statistics of Rydberg-Interacting Dark-State Polaritons Journal Article

In: Phys. Rev. Lett., vol. 110, pp. 203601, 2013.

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Repp M, Pires R, Ulmanis J, Heck R, Kuhnle E D, Weidemüller M, Tiemann E

Observation of interspecies $^6$Li-$^133$Cs Feshbach resonances Journal Article

In: Phys. Rev. A, vol. 87, pp. 010701, 2013.

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Robert-de-Saint-Vincent M, Hofmann C S, Schempp H, Günter G, Whitlock S, Weidemüller M

Spontaneous avalanche ionization of a strongly blockaded Rydberg gas Journal Article

In: Phys. Rev. Lett., vol. 110, pp. 045004, 2013.

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2012

Deiglmayr J, Göritz A, Best T, Weidemüller M, Wester R

Reactive collisions of trapped anions with ultracold atoms Journal Article

In: Phys. Rev. A, vol. 86, iss. 4, pp. 043438, 2012.

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Götz S, Höltkemeier B, Hofmann C S, Litsch D, DePaola B D, Weidemüller M

Versatile cold atom target apparatus Journal Article

In: Review of Scientific Instruments, vol. 83, no. 7, pp. 073112, 2012.

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Giese C, Mullins T, Grüner B, Weidemüller M, Stienkemeier F, Mudrich M

Formation and relaxation of RbHe exciplexes on He nanodroplets studied by femtosecond pump and picosecond probe spectroscopy Journal Article

In: Journal Chem. Phys., vol. 137, iss. 24, pp. 244307, 2012.

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Günter G, Robert-de-Saint-Vincent M, Schempp H, Hofmann C S, Whitlock S, Weidemüller M

Interaction enhanced imaging of individual atoms embedded in dense atomic gases Journal Article

In: Phys. Rev. Lett, vol. 108, iss. 1, pp. 013002, 2012.

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Pfaff D, Hagelgans A, Bretzer K, Weidemüller M

A stand-alone interactive physics showcase Journal Article

In: The Physics Teacher, vol. 50, iss. 4, pp. 235, 2012.

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Ulmanis J, Deiglmayr J, Repp M, Wester R, Weidemüller M

Ultracold Molecules Formed by Photoassociation: Heteronuclear Dimers, Inelastic Collisions, and Interactions with Ultrashort Laser Pulses Journal Article

In: Chemical Reviews, vol. 112, no. 9, pp. 4890, 2012.

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2011

Amthor T, Hofmann C, Knorz J, Weidemüller M

High-precision semiconductor wavelength sensor based on a double-layer photo diode Journal Article

In: Review of Scientific Instruments, vol. 82, iss. 9, pp. 093111, 2011.

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Birkl G, Foot C, Freegarde T, Grimm R, Hudson J M, Weidemüller M

Topical issue on Cold Quantum Matter [Editorial] Journal Article

In: Eur. Phys. J. D, vol. 65, pp. 1, 2011.

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Deiglmayr J, Repp M, Dulieu O, Wester R, Weidemüller M

Population redistribution in optically trapped polar molecules Journal Article

In: Eur. Phys. J. D, vol. 65, pp. 99, 2011.

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Deiglmayr J, Repp M, Wester R, Dulieu O, Weidemüller M

Inelastic collisions of ultracold polar LiCs molecules with caesium atoms in an optical dipole trap Journal Article

In: Phys. Chem. Chem. Phys., vol. 13, iss. 42, pp. 19101, 2011.

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Dulieu O, Krems R, Weidemüller M, Willitsch S

Physics and Chemistry of Cold Molecules [Editorial] Journal Article

In: Phys. Chem. Chem. Phys., vol. 13, pp. 18703, 2011.

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Pfaff D, Hagelgans A, Bretzer K, Weidemüller M

Interaktive Physik-Vitrine für Schulen Journal Article

In: Mathematisch-Naturwissenschaftlicher Unterricht, vol. 64/5, pp. 288, 2011.

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Sevincli S, Ates C, Pohl T, Schempp H, Hofmann C S, Günter G, Amthor T, Weidemüller M, Pritchard J D, Maxwell D, Gauguet A, Weatherill K J, Jones M P A, Adams C S

Quantum interference in interacting three-level Rydberg gases: coherent population trapping and electromagnetically induced transparency Journal Article

In: J. Phys. B: At. Mol. Opt. Phys., vol. 44, no. 18, pp. 184018, 2011.

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Trippel S, Stei M, Eichhorn C, Otto R, Hlavenka P, Weidemüller M, Wester R

Nanosecond Photofragment Imaging of Adiabatic Molecular Alignment Journal Article

In: J. Chem. Phys., vol. 134, iss. 10, pp. 104306, 2011.

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2010

Amthor T, Giese C, Hofmann C S, Weidemüller M

Evidence of Antiblockade in an Ultracold Rydberg Gas Journal Article

In: Phys. Rev. Lett., vol. 104, pp. 013001, 2010.

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Schempp H, Günter G, Hofmann C S, Giese C, Saliba S D, DePaola B D, Amthor T, Weidemüller M, Sevinçli S, Pohl T

Coherent population trapping with controlled interparticle interactions Journal Article

In: Phys. Rev. Lett., vol. 104, pp. 173602, 2010.

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Mikosch J, Weidemüller M, Wester R

On the dynamics of chemical reactions of negative ions Journal Article

In: International Reviews in Physical Chemistry, vol. 29, no. 4, pp. 589-617, 2010.

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Deiglmayr J, Grochola A, Repp M, Dulieu O, Wester R, Weidemüller M

Permanent dipole moment of LiCs in the ground state Journal Article

In: Phys. Rev. A, vol. 82, no. 3, pp. 032503, 2010.

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Greve C, Kröner M, Trippel S, Woias P, Wester R, Weidemüller M

Storage of protonated water clusters in a biplanar multipole rf trap Journal Article

In: New J. Phys., vol. 12, no. 6, pp. 065035, 2010.

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Zhang J, Mikosch J, Trippel S, Otto R, Weidemüller M, Wester R, Hase W

F$^-$ + CH$_3$I -> FCH$_3$ + I$^-$ Reaction Dynamics. Non-Traditional Atomistic Mechanisms and Formation of a Hydrogen-Bonded Complex Journal Article

In: J. Phys. Chem. Lett., vol. 1, pp. 2747-2752, 2010.

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2009

Merli A, Eimer E K F, Weise F, Lindinger A, Salzmann W, Mullins T, Götz S, Wester R, Weidemüller M, Abreveganobreveglu R, Koch C P

Photoassociation and coherent transient dynamics in the interaction of ultracold rubidium atoms with shaped femtosecond pulses. II. Theory Journal Article

In: Phys. Rev. A, vol. 80, no. 6, pp. 063417, 2009.

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Mullins T, Salzmann W, Götz S, Albert M, Eng J, Wester R, Weidemüller M, Weise F, .Merli A, Weber S M, Sauer F, Wöste L, Lindinger A

Photoassociation and coherent transient dynamics in the interaction of ultracold rubidium atoms with shaped femtosecond pulses. I. Experiment Journal Article

In: Phys. Rev. A, vol. 80, no. 6, pp. 063416, 2009.

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Eimer F, Weise F, Merli A, Birkner S, Sauer F, Wöste L, Lindinger A, Aganoglu R, Koch C P, Salzmann W, Mullins T, Götz S, Wester R, Weidemüller M

Spectrally resolved coherent transient signal for ultracold rubidium molecules Journal Article

In: Eur. Phys. J. D, vol. 54, no. 3, pp. 711-714, 2009.

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Weise F, Merli A, Eimer F, Birkner S, Sauer F, Wöste L, Lindinger A, Salzmann W, Mullins T G, Wester R, Weidemüller M, Abreveganobreveglu R, Koch C P

Characteristic oscillations in the coherent transients of ultracold rubidium molecules using red and blue detuned pulses for photoassociation Journal Article

In: Journal of Physics B, vol. 42, pp. 215307, 2009.

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Amthor T, Denskat J, Giese C, Bezuglov N N, Ekers A, Cederbaum L, Weidemüller M

Autoionization of an ultracold Rydberg gas through resonant dipole coupling Journal Article

In: Eur. Phys. J. D, vol. 53, pp. 329, 2009.

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Amthor T, Reetz-Lamour M, Weidemüller M

Frozen Rydberg Gases Book Chapter

In: Weidemüller, M.; Zimmermann, C. (Ed.): in: Cold Atoms and Molecules, Wiley VCH, Wiley VCH, 2009.

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Deiglmayr J, Repp M, Grochola A, Mörtlbauer K, Glück C, Lange J, Dulieu O, Wester R, Weidemüller M

Formation of ultracold dipolar molecules in the lowest vibrational levels by photoassociation Journal Article

In: Faraday Discussions, vol. 142, pp. 335, 2009.

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Grochola A, Pashov A, Deiglmayr J, Repp M, Tiemann E, Wester R, Weidemüller M

Photoassociation spectroscopy of the B^1Pi state of LiCs Journal Article

In: The Journal of Chemical Physics, vol. 131, no. 5, pp. 054304, 2009.

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Hlavenka P, Otto R, Trippel S, Mikosch J, Weidemüller M, Wester R

Absolute photodetachment cross section measurements of the O^- and OH^- anion Journal Article

In: The Journal of Chemical Physics, vol. 130, no. 6, pp. 061105, 2009.

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Otto R, Hlavenka P, Trippel S, Mikosch J, Singer K, Weidemüller M, Wester R

How can a 22-pole ion trap exhibit ten local minima in the effective potential? Journal Article

In: Journal of Physics B, vol. 42, no. 15, pp. 154007, 2009.

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Scherer B, Salzmann W, Wöllenstein J, Weidemüller M

Injection seeded single mode intra-cavity absorption spectroscopy Journal Article

In: Applied Physics B, vol. 96, pp. 281, 2009.

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Weidemüller M

Rydberg atoms - There can be only one Journal Article

In: Nature Physics, vol. 5, no. 91, 2009.

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Deiglmayr J, Pellegrini P, Grochola A, Repp M, Côté R, Dulieu O, Wester R, Weidemüller M

Influence of a Feshbach resonance on the photoassociation of LiCs Journal Article

In: New Journal of Physics, vol. 11, no. 5, pp. 055034, 2009.

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