Professor Giovanni Barontini

Professor Giovanni Barontini

School of Physics and Astronomy
Professor of Physics

Contact details

Address
School of Physics and Astronomy
University of Birmingham
Edgbaston
Birmingham
B15 2TT
UK

Giovanni is an experimentalist whose activities spread over a diverse range of systems with quantum properties. His research include quantum simulations with ultracold atoms, the study of thermodynamics in the quantum regime, the development of highly charged ion clocks for detection of dark matter and dark energy, cavity quantum electrodynamics, and the development of quantum devices for brain diagnostics.

More information about his research activities and his team of collaborators on the Quantum System Group webpage.

Qualifications

  • PhD in Physics, University of Florence, Italy, 2010
  • Master in Physics, University of Florence, Italy, 2006

Biography

  • Professor of Physics, School of Physics & Astronomy, University of Birmingham, UK, 2022
  • Reader, School of Physics & Astronomy, University of Birmingham, UK, 2021
  • Senior Lecturer, School of Physics & Astronomy, University of Birmingham, UK, 2019
  • Lecturer, School of Physics & Astronomy, University of Birmingham, UK, 2015
  • Research associate, Imperial College London, UK, 2015
  • CNRS research fellow, Laboratoire Kastler-Brossel, Ecole Normale Supérieure, Paris, France, 2013-2015
  • Postdoctoral research fellow and Marie Curie fellow, Technische Universität Kaiserslautern, Germany, 2010-2013
  • Visiting Researcher, Institut Non Linéaire de Nice, France, 2010

Teaching

  • LM Ultracold Atoms and Quantum Gases
  • LH Cold Atoms Group Studies
  • LH Atomic Physics
  • Y4 projects
  • Y1 tutorials

Postgraduate supervision

Research

Research Themes
  • Quantum thermodynamics in ultracold atomic mixtures
  • Quantum simulations with Bose-Einstein condensates
  • Higly charged ion clocks for fundamental physics
  • Cavity Quantum electrodynamics
  • Quantum devices for brain diagnostics

 More info on our webpage

Other activities

  • Fellow of The Higher Education Academy
  • Post graduate certificate in higher education
  • SEDA's Learning, Teaching and Assessing award
  • APS Outstanding Referee

Publications

J. Glatthard, J. Rubio, R. Sawant, T. Hewitt, G. Barontini, and L. A. Correa
"Optimal Cold Atom Thermometry Using Adaptive Bayesian Strategies"
Phys. Rev. X Quantum 3, 040330 (2022)

Y. Bezsudnova, L. M. Koponen, G. Barontini, O. Jensen, and A. U. Kowalczy
"Optimising the sensing volume of OPM sensors for MEG source reconstruction"
NeuroImage 264, 119747 (2022)

G. Barontini, L. Blackburn, V. Boyer, F. Butuc-Mayer, X. Calmet, J. R. Crespo Lopez-Urrutia, E. A. Curtis, B. Darquie, J. Dunningham, N. J. Fitch, E. M. Forgan, K. Georgiou, P. Gill, R. M. Godun, J. Goldwin, V. Guarrera, A. C. Harwood, I. R. Hill, R. J. Hendricks, M. Jeong, M. Y. H. Johnson, M. Keller, L. P. Kozhiparambil Sajith, F. Kuipers, H. S. Margolis, C. Mayo, P. Newman, A. O. Parsons, L. Prokhorov, B. I. Robertson, J. Rodewald, M. S. Safronova, B. E. Sauer, M. Schioppo, N. Sherrill, Y. V. Stadnik, K. Szymaniec, M. R. Tarbutt, R. C. Thompson, A. Tofful, J. Tunesi, A. Vecchio, Y. Wang, and S. Worm
"Measuring the stability of fundamental constants with a network of clocks"
EPJ Quantum Technology volume 9, 12 (2022)

G. Barontini, V. Boyer, X. Calmet, N. J. Fitch, E. M. Forgan, R. M. Godun, J. Goldwin, V. Guarrera, I. R. Hill, M. Jeong, M. Keller, F. Kuipers, H. S. Margolis, P. Newman, L. Prokhorov, J. Rodewald, B. E. Sauer, M. Schioppo, N. Sherrill, M. R. Tarbutt, A. Vecchio, S. Worm
"QSNET, a network of clocks for measuring the stability of fundamental constants"
Proc. SPIE 11881, 118810K (2021)

A. Smith, T. Easton, V. Guarrera, and G. Barontini
"Generation of optical potentials for ultracold atoms using a superluminescent diode"
Phys. Rev. Research 3, 033241 (2021)

R. Sawant, A. Maffei and G. Barontini
"Thermalization of a Trapped Single Atom with an Atomic Thermal Bath"
Appl. Sci. 11(5), 2258 (2021), special issue on "Quantum atomic mixtures"

A. U. Kowalczyk, Y. Bezsudnova, O. Jensen, and G. Barontini
"Detection of human auditory evoked brain signals with a resilient nonlinear optically pumped magnetometer"
NeuroImage 226, 117497 (2020)

J. Mellado Muñoz, R. Sawant, A. Maffei, X. Wang, and G. Barontini
"Realizing the Frenkel-Kontorova model with Rydberg-dressed atoms"
Phys. Rev. A 102, 043308 (2020)

J. Mellado Muñoz, X. Wang, T. Hewitt, A. U. Kowalczyk, R. Sawant, and G. Barontini
"Dissipative Distillation of Supercritical Quantum Gases"
Phys. Rev. Lett. 125, 020403 (2020)

Q. Wu, G. Barontini, and M. Paternostro
"Non-equilibrium thermodynamics of quantum processes assisted by transitionless quantum driving: the role of initial state preparation"
arXiv:2002.06134 (2020)

V. Guarrera, R. Gartman, G. Bevilacqua, G. Barontini, and W. Chalupczak
"Parametric Amplification and Noise Squeezing in Room Temperature Atomic Vapors"
Phys. Rev. Lett. 123, 033601 (2019)

G. Barontini and M. Paternostro
"Ultra-cold single-atom quantum heat engines"
New J. Phys. 21, 063019 (2019)

D. Benedicto-Orenes, A. U. Kowalczyk, E. Witkowska, and G. Barontini
"Exploring the thermodynamics of spin-1 Bose gases with synthetic magnetization"
New J. Phys. 21, 043024 (2019)

J. Liu, X. Wang, J. Mellado Munoz, A. Kowalczyk, and G. Barontini
"Vortex conveyor belt for matter-wave coherent splitting and interferometry"
Scientific Reports  9,  1267 (2019)

J. Hordell, D. Benedicto-Orenes, P. G. Petrov, A. Kowalczyk, G. Barontini, and V. Boyer,
"Transport of spatial squeezing through an optical waveguide"
Optics Express, 26, 22783 (2018)

N. Meyer, H. Proud, M. Perea-Ortiz, C. O’Neale, M. Baumert, M. Holynski, J. Kronjäger, G. Barontini, and K. Bongs,
"Observation of Two-Dimensional Localized Jones-Roberts Solitons in Bose-Einstein Condensates"
Phys. Rev. Lett. 119, 150403 (2017)

D. Benedicto-Orenes, A. Kowalczyk, K. Bongs, and G. Barontini,
"Endoscopic imaging of quantum gases through a fiber bundle",
Optics Express 25 19701 (2017)

Y.-H. Lien, G. Barontini, M. Scheucher, M. Mergenthaler J. Goldwin and E.A. Hinds,
"Observing coherence effects in an overdamped quantum system",
Nature Communications 7, 13933 (2016)

G. Barontini, L. Hohmann, F. Haas, J. Esteve and J. Reichel,
“Deterministic Generation of Multiparticle Entanglement by Quantum Zeno Dynamics”,
Science 349, 1317 (2015)

G. Barontini and V. Guarrera,
“Localization by Dissipative Disorder: Deterministic Approach to Position Measurements”,
Phys. Rev. A 91, 032114 (2015)

T.M. Weber, M. Hoening, T. Niederpruem, T. Manthey, O. Thomas, V. Guarrera, M. Fleischhauer, G. Barontini, and H. Ott, “Mesoscopic Rydberg-blockaded ensembles in the superatom regime and beyond”,
Nature Physics 11, 157 (2015)

A. Vogler, R. Labouvie, G. Barontini, S. Eggert, V. Guarrera, and H. Ott,
“Cross-dimensional phase transition from an array of 1D Luttinger liquids to a 3D Bose-Einstein condensate”,
Phys. Rev. Lett. 113, 215301 (2014)

T. Manthey, T.M. Weber, T. Niederpruem, P. Langer, V. Guarrera, G. Barontini, H. Ott,
“Scanning electron microscopy of Rydberg-excited Bose-Einstein condensates”,
New J. Phys. 16, 083034 (2014)

A. Vogler, R. Labouvie, F. Stubenrauch, G. Barontini, V. Guarrera, and H. Ott,
“Thermodynamics of strongly correlated one-dimensional Bose gases”,
Phys. Rev. A 88, 031603(R) (2013)

G. Barontini and H. Ott,
“High Resolution Electron Microscopy of Quantum Gases”,
in Quantum fluids: hot topics and new trends (Springer, 2013), edited by A. Bramati and M. Modugno

G. Barontini, R. Labouvie, F. Stubenrauch, A. Vogler, V. Guarrera, H. Ott,
“Controlling the dynamics of an open many-body quantum system with localized dissipation”,
Phys. Rev. Lett. 110, 035302 (2013)

T. Bienaime, G. Barontini, L. Mercier de Lepinay, L. Bellando, J. Chabe, R. Kaiser,
“Fast compression of a cold atomic cloud using a blue detuned crossed dipole trap”,
Phys. Rev. A 86, 053412 (2012)

V. Guarrera, D. Muth, R. Labouvie, A. Vogler, G. Barontini, M. Fleischhauer, H. Ott,
“Spatio-temporal Fermionization of Strongly Interacting 1D Bosons”,
Phys. Rev. A 86, 021601(R) (2012)

T. M. Weber, T. Niederpruem, T. Manthey, P. Langer, V. Guarrera, G. Barontini, H. Ott,
“Continuous Coupling of Ultracold Atoms to an Ionic Plasma via Rydberg Excitation”,
Phys. Rev. A 86, 020702(R) (2012)

D. A. Zezyulin, V. V. Konotop, G. Barontini, H. Ott,
“Macroscopic Zeno Effect and Stationary Flows in Nonlinear Waveguides with Localized Dissipation”,
Phys. Rev. Lett. 109, 020405 (2012)

V. Guarrera, P.Wuertz, A. Ewerbeck, A. Vogler, G. Barontini, H. Ott,
“Observation of Local Temporal Correlations in Trapped Quantum Gases”,
Phys. Rev. Lett. 107, 160403 (2011)

F. Minardi, G. Barontini, J. Catani, G. Lamporesi, Y. Nishida, M. Inguscio,
“Bose-Bose mixtures in reduced dimensions”,
J. Phys. Conf. Ser. 264 012016 (2011)

G. Lamporesi, J. Catani, G. Barontini, Y. Nishida, M. Inguscio, F. Minardi,
“Scattering in Mixed Dimensions with Ultracold Gases”,
Phys. Rev. Lett. 104, 153202 (2010)

G. Barontini and M. Modugno,
“Instabilities of a matter wave in a matter grating”,
Phys. Rev. A 80, 063613 (2009)

J. Catani, G. Barontini, G. Lamporesi, F. Rabatti, G. Thalhammer, F. Minardi, S. Stringari, M. Inguscio,
“Entropy exchange in a mixture of ultracold atoms”,
Phys. Rev. Lett. 103, 140401 (2009)

G. Barontini, C. Weber, F. Rabatti, J. Catani, G. Thalhammer, M. Inguscio, F. Minardi,
“Observation of heteronuclear atomic Efimov resonances”,
Phys. Rev. Lett. 103, 043201 (2009)

G. Thalhammer, G. Barontini, J. Catani, F. Rabatti, C. Weber, A. Simoni, F. Minardi M. Inguscio,
“Collisional and molecular spectroscopy in an ultracold Bose-Bose mixture”,
New J. Phys. 11 (2009)

C. Weber, G. Barontini, J. Catani, G. Thalhammer, M. Inguscio, F. Minardi,
“Association of ultracold double-species bosonic molecules”,
Phys. Rev. A 78, 061601(R) (2008)

G. Thalhammer, G. Barontini, L. De Sarlo, J. Catani, F. Minardi, M. Inguscio,
“Double Species Bose-Einstein Condensate with Tunable Interspecies Interactions”,
Phys. Rev. Lett. 100, 210402 (2008)

J. Catani, L. De Sarlo, G. Barontini, F. Minardi, M. Inguscio,
“Degenerate Bose-Bose mixture in a three-dimensional optical lattice”,
Phys. Rev. A 77, 011603(R) (2008)

G. Barontini and M. Modugno,
“Dynamical instability and dispersion management of an attractive condensate in an optical lattice”,
Phys. Rev. A 76, 041601(R) (2007)

L. De Sarlo, P. Maioli, G. Barontini, J. Catani, F. Minardi, M. Inguscio,
“Collisional properties of sympathetically cooled 39K”,
Phys. Rev. A 75, 022715 (2007)

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