Program specific assistant professor in Takahashi's Lab at Kyoto University.
Contact: asteria.luca.6w [at] kyoto-u.ac.jp
2024 Kyoto University: JSPS post-doctoral fellowship in the group of Yoshiro Takahashi.
2022 - 2024 Hamburg University: Post-Doc researcher in the group of Klaus Sengstock.
2017 - 2022 Hamburg University: PhD student in the research group of Klaus Sengstock. Thesis title: "Quantum gas magnifier for imaging of ultracold atoms in higly tunable optical lattices.", Summa cum laude.
2013 – 2016 Pisa University: Master in physics 110/110 Thesis title: "De-excitation dynamics of cold Rydberg atoms", with advisor Oliver Morsch.
2010 – 2013 Pisa University: Bachelor in physics 110/110 Summa cum laude.
Synthetic topological matter, Engineered periodically driven systems, Ultracold bosons and fermions in optical lattices, SU(N) magnetism, Rydberg atoms
2023 Nominated for the 2023 SAMOP Dissertation Prize
2024 Recipient of JSPS post-doctoral fellowship
2023 Invited: WE-Heraeus workshop: Nonequilibrium Physics (Bad Honnef), Real space studies of ultracold atomic systems out of equilibrium with quantum gas magnification
2023 Invited: SAMOP 2023: Plenary talk at the 2023 SAMOP dissertation prize symposium (Frühjahrstagung der Sektion Atome, Moleküle, Quantenoptik und Photonik (SAMOP) der deutschen physikalischen Gesellshaft).
2021 Highlight Talks of the Cluster of Excellence CUI for advanced imaging of matter (online), A magnifier for imaging quantum gases
2021 Invited:Workshop Nuclear Physics Meets Condensed Matter (Trento ECT∗), Topology with ultracold atoms in hexagonal optical lattices
L. Asteria and F. N. Ünal, “Ultracold atoms pushed to the edge,” Nature Physics, vol. 20, no. 11, pp. 1692–1693, Nov. 2024. doi: 10.1038/s41567-024-02657-z.
M. N. Kosch, L. Asteria, H. P. Zahn, K. Sengstock, and C. Weitenberg, “Multifrequency optical lattice for dynamic lattice-geometry control,” Phys. Rev. Research, vol. 4, p. 043 083, 4 Nov. 2022. doi: 10.1103/PhysRevResearch.4.043083.
H. P. Zahn, V. P. Singh, M. N. Kosch, L. Asteria, L. Freystatzky, K. Sengstock, L. Mathey, and C. Weitenberg, “Formation of spontaneous density-wave patterns in dc driven lattices,” Phys. Rev. X, vol. 12, p. 021 014, 2 Apr. 2022. doi: 10.1103/PhysRevX.12.021014.
L. Asteria, H. P. Zahn, M. N. Kosch, K. Sengstock, and C. Weitenberg, “Quantum gas magnifier for sub-lattice-resolved imaging of three-dimensional quantum systems,” Nature, vol. 599, pp. 571–575, 2021. doi: 10.1038/s41586-021-04011-2.
L. Asteria, D. T. Tran, T. Ozawa, M. Tarnowski, B. S. Rem, N. Fläschner, K. Sengstock, N. Goldman, and C. Weitenberg, “Measuring quantized circular dichroism in ultracold topological matter,” Nature Physics, vol. 15, pp. 449–454, 2019. url: https://doi.org/10.1038/s41567-019-0417-8.
B. S. Rem, N. Käming, M. Tarnowski, L. Asteria, N. Fläschner, C. Becker, K. Sengstock, and C. Weitenberg, “Identifying quantum phase transitions using artificial neural networks on experimental data,” Nature Physics, vol. 15, no. 9, pp. 917–920, Sep. 2019, issn: 1745-2481. doi: 10.1038/s41567-019-0554-0.
C. Simonelli, M. Archimi, L. Asteria, D. Capecchi, G. Masella, E. Arimondo, D. Ciampini, and O. Morsch, “Deexcitation spectroscopy of strongly interacting rydberg gases,” Phys. Rev. A, vol. 96, p. 043 411, 4 Oct. 2017. doi: 10.1103/PhysRevA.96.043411.
C. Simonelli, M. M. Valado, G. Masella, L. Asteria, E. Arimondo, D. Ciampini, and O. Morsch, “Seeded excitation avalanches in off-resonantly driven rydberg gases,” Journal of Physics B: Atomic, Molecular and Optical Physics, vol. 49, no. 15, p. 154 002, Jul. 2016. doi: 10.1088/0953-4075/49/15/154002.