Bulletin of the American Physical Society
43rd Annual Meeting of the APS Division of Atomic, Molecular and Optical Physics
Volume 57, Number 5
Monday–Friday, June 4–8, 2012; Orange County, California
Chair Index
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A1   Prize Session Jun 5 2012 8:00AM Grand Ballroom A-D  | 
Gerald Gabrielse, Harvard University | 
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B1   Invited Session: Synthetic Gauge Fields in Quantum Gases Jun 5 2012 10:30AM Grand Ballroom BCD  | 
Congjun Wu, University of California, San Diego | 
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B2   Atomic Spin Dynamics Jun 5 2012 10:30AM Grand Ballroom GF  | 
Chandra Raman, Georgia Tech | 
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B3   Invited Session: Atomic and Molecular Astrophysics Jun 5 2012 10:30AM Grand Ballroom E  | 
Daniel Savin, Columbia University | 
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B4   Invited Session: Frontiers of Intense Laser Physics Jun 5 2012 10:30AM Garden 1-2  | 
Anthony Starace, University of Nebraska | 
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B5   Cold Collisions and Ultracold Molecules Jun 5 2012 10:30AM Garden 3  | 
Phillip Gould, University of Connecticut | 
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B6   Invited Session: The Fine Structure Constant Jun 5 2012 10:30AM Garden 4  | 
Gerald Gabrielse, Harvard University | 
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B7   Invited Session: Quantum Control for Quantum Information Processing Jun 5 2012 10:30AM Terrace  | 
Ivan Deutsch, University of New Mexico | 
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C1   Invited Session: Dipolar Quantum Gases Jun 5 2012 2:00PM Grand Ballroom BCD  | 
Doerte Blume, Washington State University | 
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C2   Advances in Laser Cooling Jun 5 2012 2:00PM Grand Ballroom GF  | 
Russell Hart, Rice University | 
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C3   Focus Session: AMO Applications Jun 5 2012 2:00PM Grand Ballroom E  | 
Elizabeth McCormack, Bryn Mawr College | 
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C4   Invited Session: Frontiers in Ultrafast X-ray Physics Jun 5 2012 2:00PM Garden 1-2  | 
Linda Young, Argonne National Laboratory | 
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C5   Bose Gases Jun 5 2012 2:00PM Garden 3  | 
John Thomas, North Carolina State University | 
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C6   Invited Session: Precision Measurements and Applications to Fundamental Physics Jun 5 2012 2:00PM Garden 4  | 
Holger Mueller, University of California, Berkeley | 
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C7   Invited Session: Quantum Manipulations with Rydberg Atoms Jun 5 2012 2:00PM Terrace  | 
Thad Walker, University of Wisconsin-Madison | 
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G1   Invited Session: Disorder in Cold Atoms Systems Jun 6 2012 8:00AM Grand Ballroom BCD  | 
Steven Rolston, University of Maryland | 
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G2   Synthetic Gauge Fields for Ultracold Systems Jun 6 2012 8:00AM Grand Ballroom GF  | 
Ian Spielman, JQI, NIST, and University of Maryland | 
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G3   Invited Session: Line Broadening Jun 6 2012 8:00AM Grand Ballroom E  | 
Arati Dasgupta, Naval Research Laboratory | 
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G4   Focus Session: Progress in Attosecond Physics Jun 6 2012 8:00AM Garden 1-2  | 
Louis DiMauro, Ohio State University | 
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G5   Dipolar Quantum Gases Jun 6 2012 8:00AM Garden 3  | 
Jonathan Weinstein, University of Nevada, Reno | 
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G6   Precision Measurements and Tests of Basic Physics Jun 6 2012 8:00AM Garden 4  | 
Subhadeep Gupta, University of Washington | 
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G7   Invited Session: Cavity Optomechanics Jun 6 2012 8:00AM Terrace  | 
Pierre Meystre, University of Arizona | 
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H1   Focus Session: Efimov Physics in Cold Atoms Jun 6 2012 10:30AM Grand Ballroom BCD  | 
Cheng Chin, University of Chicago | 
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H2   Disorder in Quantum Gases Jun 6 2012 10:30AM Grand Ballroom GF  | 
Brian DeMarco, University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign | 
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H3   Theory and Computation of Atomic and Molecular Interactions Jun 6 2012 10:30AM Grand Ballroom E  | 
Shaohao Chen, Lousiana State University | 
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H4   Focus Session: Strong-Field Light-Matter Interactions Jun 6 2012 10:30AM Garden 1-2  | 
Jun Ye, JILA/University of Colorado | 
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H5   Unconventional Atom Trap Geometries Jun 6 2012 10:30AM Garden 3  | 
Trey Porto, NIST | 
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H6   Symmetry Tests and Electric Dipole Moment Measurements Jun 6 2012 10:30AM Garden 4  | 
David Weiss, Pennsylvania State University | 
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H7   Quantum Computing I Jun 6 2012 10:30AM Terrace  | 
Chris Monroe, University of Maryland and JQI | 
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J1   Focus Session: Two-Dimensional Fermi Gas Jun 6 2012 2:00PM Grand Ballroom BCD  | 
Kaden Hazzard, JILA and University of Colorado | 
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J2   Novel Techniques for Cold Atoms Jun 6 2012 2:00PM Grand Ballroom GF  | 
Cass Sackett, University of Virginia | 
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J3   Invited Session: Gaseous Electronics Jun 6 2012 2:00PM Grand Ballroom E  | 
Michael Brunger, Flinders University | 
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J4   Photoionization or Photofragmentation of Homonuclear Molecules Jun 6 2012 2:00PM Garden 1-2  | 
Wendell Hill, National Science Foundation | 
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J6   Atomic Clocks and Magnetometers Jun 6 2012 2:00PM Garden 4  | 
Chris Oates, NIST | 
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J7   Quantum Computing II Jun 6 2012 2:00PM Terrace  | 
Patricia Lee, Army Research Laboratory | 
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M1   Cold Chemistry Jun 7 2012 8:00AM Grand Ballroom BCD  | 
Kaden Hazzard, JILA | 
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M2   Strongly Interacting Fermions Jun 7 2012 8:00AM Grand Ballroom GF  | 
Elise Novitski, Harvard University | 
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M3   Focus Session: Atomic Spectroscopy Jun 7 2012 8:00AM Grand Ballroom E  | 
Yuri Ralchenko, NIST | 
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M4   Focus Session: Control of Molecular Dynamics Jun 7 2012 8:00AM Garden 1-2  | 
Jonathan Wrubel, NIST | 
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M5   Atoms and Cavities Jun 7 2012 8:00AM Garden 3  | 
Murray Holland, University of Colorado at Boulder, JILA | 
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M6   Rydberg Atom Interactions and Nonlinear Optics Jun 7 2012 8:00AM Garden 4  | 
Alex Kuzmich, Georgia Tech | 
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M7   Undergraduate Session Jun 7 2012 8:00AM Terrace  | 
Charles Conover, Colby College | 
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N2   Optical Lattices Jun 7 2012 10:30AM Grand Ballroom GF  | 
Ken O'Hara, Penn State University | 
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N3   Electron Interactions with Atoms and Molecules Jun 7 2012 10:30AM Grand Ballroom E  | 
Don Madison, Missouri University of Science and Technology | 
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N4   Photoionization of Atomic Systems Jun 7 2012 10:30AM Garden 1-2  | 
Robert Jones, University of Virginia | 
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N5   Optomechanical Systems and Electromagnetically-Induced Transparency Jun 7 2012 10:30AM Garden 3  | 
Junho Suh, California Institute of Technology | 
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N6   Quantum Networks and Hybrid Quantum Systems Jun 7 2012 10:30AM Garden 4  | 
Luming Duan, University of Michigan - Ann Arbor | 
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N7   Atomic and Molecular Structure and Spectroscopy I Jun 7 2012 10:30AM Terrace  | 
Joseph Tan, NIST | 
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P2   Synthetic Gauge Fields and Optical Lattices Jun 7 2012 2:00PM Grand Ballroom GF  | 
Congjun Wu, University of California, San Diego | 
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P3   Experimental Probes of Atoms, Molecules, Clusters and Surfaces Jun 7 2012 2:00PM Grand Ballroom E  | 
Frank Narducci | 
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P4   Non-equilibrium Dynamics in Ultracold Systems Jun 7 2012 2:00PM Garden 1-2  | 
Marcos Rigol, Georgetown University | 
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P5   Quantum Memory and Nonlinear Optics Jun 7 2012 2:00PM Garden 3  | 
Jonathan Weinstein, University of Nevada | 
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P6   Entanglement and Error Correction Jun 7 2012 2:00PM Garden 4  | 
Nicholas Guise, NIST | 
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P7   Light-Matter Interactions and Structure Jun 7 2012 2:00PM Terrace  | 
David Hall, Amherst College | 
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T1   Invited Session: Rydberg Gases and Ultracold Plasmas Jun 8 2012 8:00AM Grand Ballroom BCD  | 
Charles Adams, Durham University | 
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T2   Novel Optical Lattices Jun 8 2012 8:00AM Grand Ballroom GF  | 
Dan Stamper-Kurn, University of California, Berkeley | 
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T3   Focus Session: Particle Spectroscopy Jun 8 2012 8:00AM Grand Ballroom E  | 
Philip Richerme, Harvard University | 
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T4   Cold Collisions Jun 8 2012 8:00AM Garden 1-2  | 
Susanne Yelin, University of Connecticut | 
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T5   Matter-Wave Interferometry I Jun 8 2012 8:00AM Garden 3  | 
A. Kumarakrishnan, York University | 
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T6   Entangled States of Photons and Atoms Jun 8 2012 8:00AM Garden 4  | 
Poul Jessen, University of Arizona | 
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T7   Photoionization or Photofragmentation of Heteronuclear Molecules Jun 8 2012 8:00AM Terrace  | 
Ali Belkacem, Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory | 
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U1   Hot Topics Jun 8 2012 10:30AM Grand Ballroom BCD  | 
David Schultz, University of North Texas | 
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U2   Focus Session: Universal Thermodynamics and Criticality Jun 8 2012 10:30AM Grand Ballroom GF  | 
Nathan Gemelke, Pennsylvania State University | 
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U3   Interactions Involving Antimatter or Charge Transfer Jun 8 2012 10:30AM Grand Ballroom E  | 
Francis Robicheaux, Auburn University | 
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U4   Atomic and Molecular Structure and Spectroscopy II Jun 8 2012 10:30AM Garden 1-2  | 
Steve Lundeen, Colorado State University | 
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U5   Matter-Wave Interferometry II and Cold Plasmas Jun 8 2012 10:30AM Garden 3  | 
Scott Bergeson, Brigham Young University | 
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U6   Vortices and Solitons Jun 8 2012 10:30AM Garden 4  | 
Peter Engels, Washington State University | 
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U7   Physics with Ultraintense Lasers and Light Sources Jun 8 2012 10:30AM Terrace  | 
Itzik Ben-Ithzak, Kansas State University | 
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