2022:
Conference:
2022 Summer New Faculty Workshop of AAPT in Los Angeles, Jul 25 - Jul 28.
Workshop:
Invited participant of the “Universality in Few-Body Physics” program at Kavli Institute for Theoretical Physics (KITP), UCSB, Santa Barbara, CA May 31–Jun. 17, 2022. I gave a talk "Two- and Three-body Physics with Synthetic Spin-Orbit Coupling" during the workshop.
Talks:
"Diagnosing dynamical phase transitions in Spin-1 Bose-Einstein condensate using classical and quantum information",The 53rd DAMOP conference: Orlando, Florida May 30, 2022 to June 3, 2022;
2021:
News:
Our work on magic trapping of RbCs molecules, “Magic trapping conditions for multiple rotational states of 87 Rb 133 Cs molecules in an optical lattice,” Phys. Rev. A 103, 043311 is selected as Editors’ Suggestion.
Our work “Ultrafast manipulation of the weakly bound helium dimer,” Nat. Phys. 17, 174 is highlighted by Nat. Phys. News and Views.
Talks:
"Harnessing Dynamical Phase Transitions in Atomic Systems", Washington State University, Nov. 16 2021
“Non-exponential Landau-Zener tunneling due to self-trapping in an optical lattice,” Global Scientist Interdisciplinary Online Forum, Southern University of Science and Technology, China Jan. 9–17, 2021
“Few- and many-body physics in ultracold quantum gas,” Silk Road International Symposium, Xi’an Jiaotong University, China Apr. 16–18, 2021
“Identifying and harnessing dynamical phase transitions for quantum enhanced sensing,” the 52th APS Division of Atomic, Molecular and Optical Physics Meeting, Virtual May. 31–Jun. 04, 2021
2020:
News:
Our work “Rabi oscillations and Ramseytype pulses in ultracold bosons: Role of interactions,” Phys. Rev. A 101, 063620 is selected as Editors' Suggestion.
I moved to The University of Oklahoma as a postdoc researcher starting from Sep. 01, 2020 working with Prof. Robert Lewis-Swan.
Awards:
Outstanding Referee for Journal of Physics B: Atomic, Molecular and Optical Physics
Talks:
“Realization of Multi-Level Magic Conditions in Polar Molecules for Quantum Simulations,” the 51th APS Division of Atomic, Molecular and Optical Physics Meeting, Portland, OR Jun. 01–Jun. 05, 2020
Posters:
Q. Guan, T. M. Bersano, S. Mossman, P. Engels, and D. Blume, “Rabi oscillations and Ramseytype pulses in ultracold bosons: Role of interactions,” the 51th APS Division of Atomic, Molecular and Optical Physics Meeting, Portland, OR Jun. 01–Jun. 05, 2020
M. K. H. Ome, T. M. Bersano, S. Mossman, P. Engels, Q. Guan, and D. Blume, “Interaction-Driven Dynamics of a Bose-Einstein Condensate in an Optical Lattice,” the 51th APS Division of Atomic, Molecular and Optical Physics Meeting, Portland, OR Jun. 01–Jun. 05, 2020
J. Jie, Q. Guan, S. Zhong, A. Schwettmann, and D. Blume, “Spin-oscillation dynamics beyond the single-mode approximation for a harmonically trapped spin-1 Bose-Einstein condensate,” the 51th APS Division of Atomic, Molecular and Optical Physics Meeting, Portland, OR Jun. 01–Jun. 05, 2020
Q. Zhang, S. Zhong, J. Jie, Q. Guan, I. Morgenstern, H. G. Ooi, A. Bhagat, D. Nematollahi, H. Lee, D. Blume, A. Schwettmann, “Microwave Control of Spin Dynamics in F = 1 Sodium Spinor Bose-Einstein,” the 51th APS Division of Atomic, Molecular and Optical Physics Meeting, Portland, OR Jun. 01–Jun. 05, 2020
M. Highman, Q. Guan, G. Williams, E. Meier, M Li, S. Kotochigova, V. Scarola, B. DeMarco, B. Gadway, “Toward non-destructive, dispersive imaging of ultracold molecules,” the 51th APS Division of Atomic, Molecular and Optical Physics Meeting, Portland, OR Jun. 01–Jun. 05, 2020
S. Zhong, J. Jie, Q. Guan, Q. Zhang, I. Morgenstern, H. G. Ooi, A. Bhagat, D. Nematollahi, H. Lee, D. Blume, and A. Schwettmann, “Spin dynamics beyond the single-mode approximation in a sodium spinor BEC,” the 51th APS Division of Atomic, Molecular and Optical Physics Meeting, Portland, OR Jun. 01–Jun. 05, 2020
2019:
News:
Our work “Density oscillations induced by individual ultracold two-body collisions,” Phys. Rev. Lett. 122, 083401 (2019) is selected as Editors' Suggestion and featured by Physics.
I received the "GFB Awards Certificates" from the Global Few-body Group for the DAMOP conference. Many thanks to Tom Kirchner for passing the certificates before my talk.
I move to Washington D. C. from Oklahoma and join the National Institute of Standards and Technology (NIST) as a research associate. I also joined Temple University as an assistant research professor starting from Sep. 01, 2019 working with Prof. Svetlana Kotochigova.
Talks:
“Density oscillations induced by individual ultracold two-body collisions,” in session “Controlling interacting atoms in optical tweezers,” the 50th APS Division of Atomic, Molecular and Optical Physics Meeting, Milwaukee, WI May 27–31, 2019
“Laser-Kick Induced Helium Dimer Dynamics-A Two-Body Interferometer,” AMO/CMP seminar in the Department of Physics and Astronomy, The University of Oklahoma, Norman, OK Apr. 19, 2019.
“Watching ultracold two-body collisions one at a time,” colloquium in the Department of Physics and Astronomy, Washington State University, Pullman, WA Jan. 10, 2019
Posters:
Q. Guan, D. Blume, M. Kunitski, H. Maschkiwitz, J. Hahnenbruch, S. Eckart, S. Zeller, A. Kalinin, M. Schoffler, L. Ph. H. Schmidt, T. Jahnke, and R. Dorner “Laser-kick induced helium dimer dynamics—a two-body interferometer,” the 50th APS Division of Atomic, Molecular and Optical Physics Meeting, Milwaukee, WI May 27–31, 2019
J. Jie, Q. Guan, and D. Blume, “Spinor Bose-Einstein Condensate Interferometer within the Undepleted Pump Approximation: Role of the Initial State,” the 50th APS Division of Atomic, Molecular and Optical Physics Meeting, Milwaukee, WI May 27–31, 2019
T. Bersano, S. Mossman, P. Engels, Q. Guan, and D. Blume, “Observation of interparticle interaction effects in a Bose-Einstein condensate confined in a 1D optical lattice,” the 50th APS Division of Atomic, Molecular and Optical Physics Meeting, Milwaukee, WI May 27–31, 2019
2018:
Talks:
“Watching ultracold two-body collisions one at a time,” AMO/CMP seminar in the Department of Physics and Astronomy, The University of Oklahoma, Norman, OK Dec. 07, 2018
“Three-boson spectrum in the presence of 1D spin-orbit coupling: Efimov’s generalized radial scaling law,” the Joint Spring Meeting of the Texas Sections of APS, AAPT, and SPS, Stephenville, TX Mar. 22–24, 2018
Posters:
Q. Guan, D. Blume, V. Klinkhamer, R. Klemt, P. Preiss, and S. Jochim, “Quench dynamics of two ultracold atoms,” Jin Fest: A Celebration of Deborah Jin’s Scientific Career, University of Colorado Boulder, CO Sep. 07–08, 2018
Q. Guan, D. Blume, V. Klinkhamer, R. Klemt, P. Preiss, and S. Jochim, “Quench dynamics of two ultracold atoms,” the 49th APS Division of Atomic, Molecular and Optical Physics Meeting, Fort Lauderdale, FL May 28–Jun. 01, 2018
S.-J. Wang, Q. Guan, and D. Blume, “A general numerical method for two-particle scattering in the presence of spin-orbit coupling,” the 49th APS Division of Atomic, Molecular and Optical Physics Meeting, Fort Lauderdale, FL May 28–Jun. 01, 2018
2014-2017:
News:
I pass my Ph.D. defense at Washington State Univeristy in July, 2017. Thank Prof. Doerte Blume, Prof. Peter Engels, and Prof. Michael Forbs for being my committee members.
I move to The University of Oklahoma as a postdoc researcher working with Prof. Doerte Blume in Aug. 2017.
Awards:
I received the Radziemski Fellowship (College of Arts and Sciences, Washington State University) in 2014.
I received both the GFB Travel Grant and the DAMOP Student Travel Grant from the American Physical Society, which cover all my expenses during the 47th DAMOP in Providence, RI in 2016.
I received the DAMOP Student Travel Grant from the American Physical Society in 2014 which covers the expense for my visit to Seattle for the 15th Annual Meeting of the APS NW Section.
Talks:
“Analytical coupled-channel treatment of two-body scattering in the presence of three-dimensional isotropic spin-orbit coupling,” the 48th APS Division of Atomic, Molecular and Optical Physics Meeting, Sacramento, CA Jun. 05–09, 2017
“Energy spectrum of harmonically trapped two-atom system with spin-orbit and Raman coupling,” the 15th Annual Meeting of the APS NW Section, Seattle, WA May 01–03, 2014
Posters:
Q. Guan and D. Blume, “Few-body bound states near free-space s-wave resonances in the presence of single-particle spin-orbit coupling terms,” the 48th APS Division of Atomic, Molecular and Optical Physics Meeting, Sacramento, CA Jun. 05–09, 2017
Q. Guan and D. Blume, “Explicitly correlated Gaussian basis set expansion approach for few-body systems with spin-orbit coupling,” the 47th APS Division of Atomic, Molecular and Optical Physics Meeting, Providence, RI May 23–27, 2016
Q. Guan and D. Blume, “Energy spectrum and spin structure of harmonically trapped one-dimensional atoms with spin-orbit coupling,” the International Few-body Physics conference on Cold Atomic Gases in Beijing, China Apr. 14–16, 2016
Q. Guan and D. Blume, “Energy spectrum and spin structure of harmonically trapped one-dimensional atoms with spin-orbit coupling,” the 21st International Conference on Few-body Problems in Physics, Chicago, IL May 18–22, 2015
Q. Guan and D. Blume, “Energy spectrum and spin structure of harmonically trapped one-dimensional atoms with spin-orbit coupling,” the 16th Annual Meeting of the APS NW Section, Pullman, WA May 14–16, 2015
Workshops:
Invited graduate student participant of the “Universality in Few-Body Physics” program at Kavli Institute for Theoretical Physics (KITP), UCSB, Santa Barbara, CA Nov. 06–27, 2016