David Clément

Contact Information - Coordonnées

+33 1 64 53 33 67 (Office), +33 1 64 53 34 52 (Lab).

david.clement -at- institutoptique.fr

Institut d'Optique, 2 av. Augustin Fesnel, F91127 Palaiseau

2019 Habilitation à Diriger des Recherches (HDR)

2016-2021 Junior member of Institut Universitaire de France

2010-present Associate professor / Maître de conférence at Institut Optique Graduate School

2007-2010 Post-doctoral fellow in the group of Pr. M. Inguscio (Florence, Italy)

2004-2007 PhD thesis on Bose-Einstein condensates in random potentials under the direction of Pr. A. Aspect (Orsay)

2003-2004 National exam ”Agrégation” in Physics and Chemistry 

2000-2003 Master in Quantum Physics from Ecole Normale Supérieure de Paris

Fermionic correlation functions from randomized measurements in programmable atomic quantum devices, P. Naldesi, A. Elben, A. Minguzzi, D. Clément, P. Zoller, B. Vermersch, arXiv:2205.00981 (2022).

Observation of 1/k^4-tails in the asymptotic momentum distribution of Bose polarons, H. Cayla, P. Massignan, T. Giamarchi, A. Aspect, C. Westbrook, D. Clément, arXiv:2204.10697 (2022).

Observation of pairs of atoms at opposite momenta in an equilibrium interacting Bose gas, A. Tenart, G. Hercé, J.-P. Bureik, A. Dareau, D. Clément, Nature Physics 17, 1364–1368 (2021).  - see accompagnying News and Views.

Studying the low-entropy Mott transition of bosons in a three-dimensional optical lattice by measuring the full momentum-space density, G. Hercé, C. Carcy, A. Tenart, J.-P. Bureik, A. Dareau, D. Clément, T. Roscilde, Physical Review A 104, L011301 (2021) - selected as Editors' suggestion. 

Certifying the adiabatic preparation of ultracold lattice bosons in the vicinity of the Mott transition, C. Carcy, G. Hercé, A. Tenart, T. Roscilde and D. Clément, Phys. Rev. Lett. 126, 045301 (2021) - selected as Editors' suggestion. 

Position- and momentum-space two-body correlations in a weakly interacting trapped condensate, S. Butera, D. Clément, I. Carusotto, Phys. Rev A 103, 013302 (2021).

Hanbury-Brown and Twiss bunching of phonons and of the quantum depletion in an interacting Bose gas, H. Cayla, S. Butera, C. Carcy, A. Tenart, G. Hercé, M. Mancini, A. Aspect, I. Carusotto, D. Clément, Phys. Rev. Lett. 125, 165301 (2020). 

Two-body collisions in the time-of-flight dynamics of lattice Bose superfluids, A. Tenart, C. Carcy, H. Cayla, T. Bourdel, M. Mancini, D. Clément, Phys. Rev. Res. 2, 013017 (2020) - selected as Editors' suggestion.

Momentum-space atom correlations in a Mott insulator, C. Carcy, H. Cayla, A. Tenart, A. Aspect, M. Mancini, D. Clément, Phys. Rev. X 9, 041028 (2019).

Tan's Contact for Trapped Lieb-Liniger Bosons at Finite Temperature, H. Yao, D. Clément, A. Minguzzi, P. Vignolo, L. Sanchez-Palencia, Phys. Rev. Lett. 121, 220402 (2018).

Single-atom-resolved probing of lattice gases in momentum space, H. Cayla, C. Carcy, Q. Bouton, R. Chang, G. Carleo, M. Mancini, D. Clément, Phys. Rev. A 97 061609(R) (2018)

Quantum depletion of a homogeneous Bose-Einstein condensate , R. Lopes, C. Eigen, N. Navon, D. Clément, R. P. Smith, Z. Hadzibabic, Phys. Rev. Lett. 119, 190404 (2017).

Momentum-resolved observation of thermal and quantum depletion in an interacting Bose gas, R. Chang, Q. Bouton, H. Cayla, C. Qu, A. Aspect, C. I. Westbrook, D. Clément, Phys. Rev. Lett. 117, 235303 (2016)

Characterization of a detector chain using a FPGA-based Time-to-Digital Converter to reconstruct the three-dimensional coordinates of single particles at high flux, F. Nogrette, D. Heurteau, R. Chang, Q. Bouton, C. I. Westbrook, R. Sellem, D. Clément, Rev. Scient. Intrum. 86, 113105 (2015)

Fast production of Bose-Einstein condensates of metastable Helium, Q. Bouton, R. Chang, L. Hoendervanger, F. Nogrette, A. Aspect, C. I. Westbrook, D. Clément Phys. Rev. A 91 061402(R) (2015)

Dynamical structure factor of one-dimensional Bose gases: experimental signatures of beyond-Luttinger liquid physics, N. Fabbri, M. Panfil, D. Clément, L. Fallani, M. Inguscio, C. Fort and J.-S. Caux, Phys. Rev. A 91, 043617 (2015)

Three-dimensional laser cooling at the Doppler limit, R. Chang, L. Hoendervanger, Q. Bouton, Y. Fang, T. Klafka, K. Audo, A. Aspect, C. I. Westbrook, D. Clément Phys. Rev. A 90 063407 (2014)

Influence of Gold Coating and Interplate Voltage on the Performance of Chevron Micro-Channel Plates for the Temporally and Spatially Resolved Single Particle Detection, A.L. Hoendervanger, D. Clément, A. Aspect, C.I. Westbrook, D. Dowek, Y. Picard and D. Boiron, Rev. Scient. Instrum. 84 023307 (2013)

Quasiparticle dynamics in a Bose insulator probed by inter-band Bragg spectroscopy, N. Fabbri, S. D. Huber, D. Clément, L. Fallani, C. Fort, M. Inguscio, E. Altman, Phys. Rev. Lett. 109 055301 (2012)

An oscillator circuit to produce a radio-frequency discharge and application to metastable helium saturated absorption spectroscopy, F. Moron, A.L. Hoendevanger, M. Bonneau, Q. Bouton, A. Aspect, D. Boiron, D. Clément, C.I. Westbrook, Rev. Scient. Instrum. 83 044705 (2012)

Momentum-resolved study of an array of 1D strongly phase-fluctuating Bose gases, N. Fabbri, D. Clément, L. Fallani, C. Fort and M. Inguscio, Phys. Rev. A 83 031604(R) (2011)

Bragg spectroscopy of strongly correlated bosons in optical lattices, D. Clément, N. Fabbri, L. Fallani, C. Fort and M. Inguscio, J. Low Temp. Phys. 158 5-15 (2010)

Multi-band spectroscopy of inhomogeneous Mott insulator states of ultracold bosons, D. Clément, N. Fabbri, L. Fallani, C. Fort and M. Inguscio, New J. Phys. 11 103030 (2009)

Static and dynamic properties of disordered Bose-Einstein condensates, D. Clément, PhD Thesis, Annales de Physique Fr. 33, n 4-5 (2008)

Excitations of a Bose-Einstein condensate in a one-dimensional periodic potential, N. Fabbri, D. Clément, L. Fallani, C. Fort, M. Modugno, K. M. R. van der Stam and M. Inguscio, Phys. Rev. A 79 043623 (2009)

Exploring correlated 1D Bose gases across from the superfluid to the Mott insulator state by inelastic light scattering, D. Clément, N. Fabbri, L. Fallani, C. Fort and M. Inguscio, Phys. Rev. Lett. 102 155301 (2009)

Direct observation of Anderson localization of matterwaves in a controlled disorder, J. Billy, V. Josse, Z. Zuo, A. Bernard, B. Hambrecht, P. Lugan, D. Clément, L. Sanchez-Palencia, P. Bouyer and A. Aspect, Nature 453 891 (2008)

Disorder-induced trapping versus Anderson localization in Bose-Einstein condensates expanding in disordered potentials, L. Sanchez-Palencia, D. Cl´ement, P. Lugan, P. Bouyer and A. Aspect, New. J. Phys. 10 045019 (2008)

Density Modulations in an Elongated BEC Released from a Disorder Potential, D. Clément, P. Bouyer, A. Aspect and L. Sanchez-Palencia, Phys. Rev. A 77 033631 (2008)

Anderson Localization of Bogolyubov Quasiparticles in Interacting Bose-Einstein Condensates, P. Lugan, D. Clément, P. Bouyer, A. Aspect and L. Sanchez-Palencia, Phys. Rev. Lett. 99 180402 (2007)

Anderson Localization of Bose-Einstein Condensates in Random Potentials, L. Sanchez-Palencia, D. Clément, P. Lugan, P. Bouyer, G. V. Shlyapnikov and A. Aspect, Phys. Rev. Lett. 98 210401 (2007)

Ultracold Bose Gases in 1D Random Potentials: From Lifshits Glasses to Bose-Einstein Condensates, P. Lugan, D. Clément, P. Bouyer, A. Aspect, M. Lewenstein and L. Sanchez-Palencia, Phys. Rev. Lett. 98 170403 (2007)

Experimental study of the transport of coherent interacting matter-waves in a 1D random potential induced by laser speckle, D. Clément, A. F. Varon, J. A. Retter, L. Sanchez-Palencia, A. Aspect and P. Bouyer, New J. Phys. 8 165 (2006)

Suppression of Transport of an Interacting Elongated Bose-Einstein Condensate in a 1D Random Potential, D. Clément, A. F. Varon, M. Hugbart, J. A. Retter, P. Bouyer, L. Sanchez-Palencia, D. Gangardt, G. V. Shlyapnikov, A. Aspect, Phys. Rev. Lett. 95 170409 (2005)

Coherence length of an elongated condensate : a study by matter wave interferometry, M. Hugbart, J. A. Retter, F. Gerbier, A. F. Varon, S. Richard, J.H. Thywissen, D. Clément, P. Bouyer, A. Aspect, EPJD 35 155-163 (2005)