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Welcome to the Centre for Atom Optics and Ultrafast Spectroscopy
CAOUS was established at Swinburne as a new strategic initiative in 1999. The Centre is part of the Faculty of Engineering and Industrial Sciences.  CAOUS, together with the Centre for Micro-Photonics (CMP) is housed in the Swinburne Optics and Laser Laboratories (SOLL)

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CAOUS hosts nodes of the ARC Centres of Excellence for Quantum-Atom Optics (ACQAO) and Coherent X-ray Science (CXS).

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 Latest News and Events
Jan 2012  CAOUS study on the role of quantum effects in photosynthesis highlighted
Nov 2011  Novel superfluidity in ultracold atomic Fermi gases predicted by CAOUS researchers
Sep 2011  CAOUS researchers explain cold atom confinement resonance physics mystery
Apr 2011  CAOUS researchers measure temperature dependence of the contact in a unitary Fermi gas
Apr 2011  Swinburne researchers produce isolated 2D Fermi gas
Sep 2010  CAOUS theorists' work highlighted by Physics - spotlighting exceptional research
Podcast: Towards absolute zero on an atom chip · Windows Media Player · QuickTime
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  Research
CAOUS has research programs in several areas:
Atom Optics
Ultracold Fermi Gases
Ultrafast Spectroscopy
Theoretical Physics
Applied Optics
 
 
 Honours Course
bullet   Z039   Bachelor of Science (Optronics and Lasers) Honours   Postgraduate

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 CAOUS-Organised Conferences and Workshops
Victorian Summer School in Ultracold Physics
Cairns, 25-30 July 2010
Quantum Atom Optics Beyond Bells
Lorne, 26-28 November 2008

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Contact Information
 
Professor Russell McLean
T +61 3 9214 8555
F +61 3 9214 5160
 rmclean@swin.edu.au

 
SOLL Seminars


Monday 13 February 2012
2:30 pm, EN101

Professor Jeremy Hutson
University of Durham, UK

Towards Ultracold Molecule Formation in RbCs, RbSr and LiYb

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