Session A1 Plenary Prize Session
Chair: T. Gay, University of Nebraska-Lincoln
Room: TELUS Convention Centre Macleod BCD
Invited Speakers:
Jun Ye, James Bergquist, Michael A. Lieberman
Session B1 New Directions in Quantum Control of AMO Systems
Chair: P. Bucksbaum, Stanford University
Room: TELUS Convention Centre Macleod BC
Invited Speakers:
Hideo Mabuchi, Navin Khaneja
Session B2 Focus Session: Dynamic and Out-of-Equilibrium Phenomena in Cold Atoms
Chair: D. Feder, University of Calgary
Room: TELUS Convention Centre Macleod D
Invited Speakers:
Session B3 Ultrafast Collision Processes
Chair: H. Schmidt-Boecking, University of Frankfurt
Room: TELUS Convention Centre Glen 201-203
Invited Speakers:
Andre Staudte, Matthias Kling, Wilhelm Becker
Session B4 Vortices and Solitons in Bose-Einstein Condensates Chair: M. Kraemer, University of Colorado Room: TELUS Convention Centre Glen 206
Session B5 Metrology & Electric Dipole Moments Chair: D. Durfee, Brigham Young University Room: TELUS Convention Centre Glen 205
Session B6 Rydberg Atoms and Molecules Chair: J. Shaffer, University of Oklahoma Room: TELUS Convention Centre Olde Scotch Room
Session C1 Cold Molecules
Sponsor:
DAMOP TGPMFC
Chair: T. Bergeman, SUNY-Stony Brook
Room: TELUS Convention Centre Macleod BC
Invited Speakers:
Gerard Meijer
Session C2 Focus Session: Matter Wave Interferometry
Chair: E. Demler, Harvard University
Room: TELUS Convention Centre Macleod D
Invited Speakers:
Joerg Schmiedmayer, Markus Oberthaler
Session C3 GEC Session: Nanoplasmas
Chair: R. Johnson, University of Pittsburgh
Room: TELUS Convention Centre Glen 201-203
Invited Speakers:
Ying Zhang
Session C4 Quantum Computing Chair: E. Gerjuoy, University of Pittsburgh Room: TELUS Convention Centre Glen 206
Session C5 Anti-Matter, Ion Traps, and New Experimental Techniques Chair: T. Walker, University of Wisconsin Room: TELUS Convention Centre Glen 205
Session C6 Spectroscopy of Molecules and Molecular Clusters Chair: N. Moazzen-Ahmadi, University of Calgary Room: TELUS Convention Centre Olde Scotch Room
Session D1 Poster Session I Room: TELUS Convention Center Macleod A, 4:00pm - 6:00pm
Session E1 Nobel Symposium
Chair: T. Gay, University of Nebraska
Room: TELUS Convention Centre Macleod BC
Invited Speakers:
Ted Haensch, Roy Glauber, John Hall
Session G1 Optical Lattices
Chair: K. O'Hara, Penn State University
Room: TELUS Convention Centre Macleod BC
Invited Speakers:
Ian Spielman, J. Hecker Denschlag, Jit Kee Chin
Session G2 Quantum Metrology and Imaging
Chair: B. Sanders, University of Calgary
Room: TELUS Convention Centre Macleod D
Invited Speakers:
Robert W. Boyd, Jonathan Dowling
Session G3 Attosecond Science: The Next Frontier
Chair: A. Bandrauk, University of Sherbrooke
Room: TELUS Convention Centre Glen 201-203
Invited Speakers:
Sarah Baker, Olga Smirnova, Kenneth Taylor, Eric Constant
Session G4 Strongly Interacting Ultracold Gases Chair: R. Hulet, Rice University Room: TELUS Convention Centre Glen 206
Session G5 Clocks & Tests of Fundamental Symmetries Chair: D. Phillips, Harvard-Smithsonian Room: TELUS Convention Centre Glen 205
Session G6 Heavy Particle Collisions and Surface Interactions Chair: D. Schultz, Oak Ridge National Laboratory Room: TELUS Convention Centre Olde Scotch Room
Session H1 Spectroscopy of Molecular Complexes, Clusters, and Aggregates
Chair: Y. Xu, University of Alberta
Room: TELUS Convention Centre Macleod BC
Invited Speakers:
Nikolay Blinov, Martin A. Suhm
Session H2 Undergraduate Research Session
Chair: A. Landers, Auburn University
Room: TELUS Convention Centre Macleod D
Invited Speakers:
Maya Fabrikant, C.M. Janczak, Anna Legard, Michael Mastroianni, Eli Parke
Session H3 Ultracold Atoms: Mott Insulators Chair: B. DeMarco, University of Illinois Room: TELUS Convention Centre Glen 201-203
Session H4 Two and Few-body Collisions of Ultracold Atoms and Molecules Chair: R. Cote, University of Connecticut Room: TELUS Convention Centre Glen 206
Session H5 Decoherence, Entanglement, and Chaos Chair: P. Turner, University of Calgary Room: TELUS Convention Centre Glen 205
Session H6 Atomic Structure and Spectroscopy Chair: J. Delos, College of William and Mary Room: TELUS Convention Centre Olde Scotch Room
Session J1 Thesis Prize Session
Chair: J. Shertzer, College of the Holy Cross
Room: TELUS Convention Centre Macleod BC
Invited Speakers:
James Chin-wen Chou, Cindy Regal, Jacob Taylor, Martin Zwierlein
Session J2 Focus Session: Quantum Monte Carlo Calculations and Other Numerical Simulations of Cold Gases
Chair: D. Blume, Washington State University
Room: TELUS Convention Centre Macleod D
Invited Speakers:
Nandini Trivedi
Session J3 Focus Session: Electron-Atom Collisions
Chair: A. Dasgupta, Naval Research Laboratory
Room: TELUS Convention Centre Glen 201-203
Invited Speakers:
Klaus Bartschat
Session J4 Cold Atoms in Optical Lattices and Double-Well Potentials Chair: I. Danshita, National Institute of Standards and Technology Room: TELUS Convention Centre Glen 206
Session J5 Cavity QED and Quantum Control Chair: P. Xue, University of Calgary Room: TELUS Convention Centre Glen 205
Session J6 Short Pulse Interactions with Molecules Chair: B. Esry, Kansas State University Room: TELUS Convention Centre Olde Scotch Room
Session K1 Poster Session II Room: TELUS Convention Center Macleod A, 4:00pm - 6:00pm
Session N1 Herbert Walther Memorial Session
Chair: P. Meystre, University of Arizona
Room: TELUS Convention Centre Macleod D
Invited Speakers:
Marlan Scully, Wolfgang Quint
Session N2 Molecules in Strong Optical Fields
Chair: A. Mullin, University of Maryland
Room: TELUS Convention Centre Macleod C
Invited Speakers:
Robert Levis
Session N3 Fully-Differential Studies of Atomic Few-Body Problems
Chair: M. Schulz, University of Missouri-Rolla
Room: TELUS Convention Centre Macleod B
Invited Speakers:
Reinhard Doerner
Session N4 Ultracold Atoms in Optical Traps and Optical Lattices Chair: P. Marzlin, University of Calgary Room: TELUS Convention Centre Macleod A1-A2
Session N5 Attosecond and Femtosecond Dynamics Chair: K. Uiterwaal, University of Nebraska Room: TELUS Convention Centre Macleod A3-A4
Session N6 Electron Impact Ionization, Recombination, and Attachment Chair: A. Orel, University of California, Davis Room: TELUS Convention Centre Olde Scotch Room
Session P1 2-Dimensional Physics
Chair: V. Schweikhard, University of Colorado
Room: TELUS Convention Centre Macleod D
Invited Speakers:
Ehud Altman, Jainendra Jain, Gora Shlyapnikov
Session P2 Rydberg Physics
Chair: B. Dunning, Rice University
Room: TELUS Convention Centre Macleod C
Invited Speakers:
F. Robicheaux, H.R. Sadeghpour
Session P3 The State of the Art in Quantum Cryptography
Chair: W. Tittel, University of Calgary
Room: TELUS Convention Centre Macleod B
Invited Speakers:
Joshua Bienfang, Akihisa Tomita
Session P4 Cold Collisions of Atoms and Heteronuclear Molecules Chair: R. Stock, University of Calgary Room: TELUS Convention Centre Macleod A1-A2
Session P5 Interactions of Ultrashort Intense Light with Atoms, Molecules, and Plasmas Chair: K. Schafer, Louisiana State University Room: TELUS Convention Centre Macleod A3-A4
Session P6 Photon Interactions with Atoms and Molecules Chair: A. Aguilar, Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory Room: TELUS Convention Centre Olde Scotch Room
Session Q1 Strongly Correlated Fermions
Chair: P. Engels, Washington State University
Room: TELUS Convention Centre Macleod D
Invited Speakers:
Wilhelm Zwerger
Session Q2 Focus Session: The Ultra Intense Laser Frontier
Chair: L. DiMauro, Ohio State University
Room: TELUS Convention Centre Macleod C
Invited Speakers:
Todd Ditmire, D. Umstadter
Session Q3 Focus Session: Electron-Molecule Collisions
Chair: T. Rescigno, Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory
Room: TELUS Convention Centre Macleod B
Invited Speakers:
Session Q4 Laser Cooling and Trapping Chair: C. Monroe, University of Michigan Room: TELUS Convention Centre Macleod A1-A2
Session Q5 Quantum Cryptography and Communication Chair: G. Weihs, University of Waterloo Room: TELUS Convention Centre Macleod A3-A4
Session Q6 Quantum States of Light Chair: A. Lvovsky, University of Calgary Room: TELUS Convention Centre Olde Scotch Room
Session R1 Poster Session III Room: TELUS Convention Centre Exhibition Hall B, 4:00pm - 6:00pm
Session W2 Focus Session: Slowing and Stopping Light
Chair: D. Tokaryk, University of New Brunswick
Room: TELUS Convention Centre Macleod D
Invited Speakers:
Mikhail Lukin, L. Deng
Session W4 Bose-Einstein Condensates Chair: J. Bohn, University of Colorado Room: TELUS Convention Centre Macleod A1-A2
Session W5 Quantum Measurement and Quantum Information Chair: D. Uskov, Louisiana State University Room: TELUS Convention Centre Macleod A3-A4
Session W6 Optical Diagnostics and Characterization Chair: F. Robicheaux, Auburn University Room: TELUS Convention Centre Macleod BC
Session X1 Hot Topics Session
Chair: K. Kirby, Harvard-Smithsonian Center for Astrophysics
Room: TELUS Convention Centre Macleod BC
Invited Speakers:
Gerald Gabrielse, Lilian Childress, Chris Westbrook