About me

I am currently completing my Ph.D. in physics at DeMarco Lab, University of Illinois at Urbana Champaign. I am planning on graduating in May 2015.

I possess a double B.S. Electrical Engineering and Physics at Universidad de Chile. For my undergraduate research,  I measured and characterized the surface of thin conducting films via scanning tunneling microscopy. Thesis (in Spanish)

Research

Ultracold physics, optical lattices, many body physics, quantum simulation

Publications

  • D. Chen, C. Meldgin, P. Russ, E. Mueller, B. DeMarco, “Quasimomentum cooling and relaxation in a strongly correlated optical lattice“, submitted to Nature Physics, (2015) link
  • D. Chen, C. Meldgin and B. DeMarco, “Bath-induced band decay of a Hubbard lattice gas“, Phys. Rev. A 90, 013602 (2014). link
  • D. McKay, C. Meldgin, D. Chen, B. DeMarco, “Slow thermalization between a lattice and free Bose gas“, Phys. Rev. Lett. 111, 063002 (2013). link
  • D. Chen, M. White, C. Borries, B. DeMarco, “Quantum quench of an atomic Mott-insulator“, Phys. Rev. Lett. 106, 235304 (2011). link
  • R. Munoz,…, D. Chen, et. al., “Size effect under a strong magnetic field: Hall effect induced by electron-surface scattering on thin gold films deposited onto mica substrates under high vacuum“, Phys. Rev. Lett. 96, 206803 (2006). link

 Talks and Posters

  • Contributed talk,  “Raman cooling quasimomentum in an optical lattice, Damop (APS) 2014
  • Poster, “Reservoir-assisted band decay of ultracold atoms in a spin-dependent optical lattice“, Icap 2012
  • Contributed talk, “Reservoir-assisted band decay of ultracold atoms in a spin-dependent optical lattice“, Damop (APS) 2012
  • Contributed talk, “Quantum quench of an atomic Mott insulator“, Damop (APS) 2011
  • Poster, “Quantum Quenching in an Optical Lattice“, Damop (APS) 2010

Contact information

dchen30(at)illinois(dot)edu