Pattern formation in a two-dimensional Bose-Einstein condensate of caesium atoms. When an oscillating magnetic field is applied to the atoms, a standing pattern of atoms spontaneously emerges.
Image taken by: Zhendong Zhang, Kai-Xuan Yao, Lei Feng and Jiazhong Hu.
Millions of fine ice crystals floating gracefully between a cold and a hot plate. The dynamics of the ice particles is driven by thermophoresis, which describes complex atmospheric phenomena in nature.
Image taken by: Jeffrey Wang and Maire Buclez during their summer research.
Seeing individual atoms trapped in an optical lattice. Each bright spot is a single atom. The atoms are trapped in the hexagonal lattice, formed by three overlapping laser beams. The loading process leaves some lattice sites empty.
Image taken by: Lauren Weiss, Mingjiamei Zhang and Evan Yamaguchi.