avatar

Weijun Yuan

Hi! I am Weijun Yuan, a Ph.D student in the Department of physics,Columbia University.

About me

I graduated from the Hong Kong University of Science and Technology (HKUST) and I am doing my Ph.D. in physics at Columbia University. During my undergraduate study, I worked in Prof. Gyu-Boong Jo’s lab, helping him build an apparatus for creation of ultracold erbium. At Columbia, I am working in Prof Sebastian Will’s group. For more information about our group, check out our group website !

News

  • 2021-06-03: I gave a poster presentation to present the recent progress of our NaCs experiment in DAMOP 2021! Check out the presentation recording and click here to view our poster!
  • 2021-06-01: The Strontium tweezers group gave a poster presentation in DAMOP 2021! Click here to view the poster! (poster credit: Aaron Holman)
  • 2020-12-12: Our paper Compact Two-Dimensional Magneto-Optical Trap for Ultracold Atom Setups is posted on arxiv 2012.06688 (2020)
  • 2020-11: Awarded the HKUST Academic Achievement Medal.
  • 2020 Fall: join Columbia University for Ph.D. in physics.
  • 2020-06-17: Our paper Efficient production of a narrow-line erbium magneto-optical trap with two-stage slowing is published in the 1 July 2020 issue of Physical Review A (Vol. 102, No. 1).Click here for more information.
  • 2020-04-09: awarded the Croucher Scholarship 2020.
  • 2020-03-10: selected as a recipient of Charles Townes Fellowship,awarded by Department of Physics,Columbia University.
  • 2019-04: selected as a finalist of 2020 Mr. Armin and Mrs. Lillian Kitchell Undergraduate Research Award at HKUST.
  • 2019-05-27: join Will lab as a research intern at Columbia University.
  • 2019-01-16: study at Columbia University as an exchange student.
  • 2018-06: join Prof. Gyu-boong Jo’s lab as a undegraduate research assistant
  • 2017-2018-05 : selected as a peer mentor of the mentorship program at School of Science, HKUST.
  • 2017-06: join Prof Michael Wong’s group working on Neural dynamics.
  • 2016-09-01: attend the Hong Kong University of Science and Technology (HKUST) with full scholarship.

Research Interests

  • Quantum simulation with ultracold atoms.
  • Quantum simulation and Quantum information with ultracold dipolar molecules.
  • Optical tweezers for atoms and molecules

Publications

  1. Bojeong Seo, Peng Chen, Ziting Chen, Weijun Yuan, Mingchen Huang, Shengwang Du and Gyu-Boong Jo. Efficient production of a narrow-line erbium MOT with two-stage slowing Phy. Rev. A 102 013319 (2020) Journal arXiv:1912.12649 (2019) preprint
  2. Aden Zhenhao Lam, Claire Warner, Niccolò Bigagli, Stephan Roschinski, Weijun Yuan, Ian Stevenson, Sebastian Will. Compact Two-Dimensional Magneto-Optical Trap for Ultracold Atom Setups arXiv:2012.06688 (2020) preprint

Presentations

  • Towards Strongly Correlated 2D Systems of Dipolar NaCs Molecules in DAMOP 2021