Bulletin of the American Physical Society

2005 36th Meeting of the Division of Atomic, Molecular and Optical Physics

Tuesday–Saturday, May 17–21, 2005; Lincoln, Nebraska

Session Index

Session K1: Attosecond and High Energy Density Physics

Co-Sponsoring Units: DLS
Chair: Zenghu Chang, Kansas State University
Room: Burnham Yates Conference Center Ballroom I

Friday, May 20, 2005 10:30AM - 11:06AM		K1.00001: Dynamics of Attosecond Electron Wave Packets Invited Speaker: Preview Abstract
Friday, May 20, 2005 11:06AM - 11:42AM		K1.00002: Molecules in Intense Laser Fields and Electron-Nuclear Dynamics form Femto Attosecond Time Scales Invited Speaker: Preview Abstract
Friday, May 20, 2005 11:42AM - 12:18PM		K1.00003: Attosecond nonlinear optics Invited Speaker: Preview Abstract
Friday, May 20, 2005 12:18PM - 12:54PM		K1.00004: Ultrashort-Pulse-Duration Laser and Charged-Particle Beams from High-Intensity Laser-Plasma Interactions Invited Speaker: Preview Abstract

Session K2: The BCS-BEC Crossover in Trapped Fermi Gases

Chair: Pierre Meystre, University of Arizona
Room: Burnham Yates Conference Center Ballroom II

Friday, May 20, 2005 10:30AM - 11:06AM		K2.00001: Molecular Probe of the BCS/BEC Crossover in $^6$Li Invited Speaker: Preview Abstract
Friday, May 20, 2005 11:06AM - 11:42AM		K2.00002: Feshbach Molecule Formation in Finite-Temperature Quantum Gases Invited Speaker: Preview Abstract
Friday, May 20, 2005 11:42AM - 12:18PM		K2.00003: Pairing of fermionic atoms in a strongly interacting quantum gas Invited Speaker: Preview Abstract
Friday, May 20, 2005 12:18PM - 12:54PM		K2.00004: Density Profiles And Thermodynamics In Strongly Interacting Fermi Gases Invited Speaker: Preview Abstract

Session K4: Atom Optics, Atom Interferometry, and Cavity QED

Chair: L. A. Orozco, University of Maryland
Room: Burnham Yates Conference Center Hawthorne

Friday, May 20, 2005 10:30AM - 10:42AM		K4.00001: A Microchip Ring Trap for Cold Atoms Paul Baker, Matt Crookston, Mike Robinson Preview Abstract
Friday, May 20, 2005 10:42AM - 10:54AM		K4.00002: Reconstruction of the phase of matter-wave fields using nonlinear wave-mixing Dominic Meiser Preview Abstract
Friday, May 20, 2005 10:54AM - 11:06AM		K4.00003: Nano-Fabricated Gratings for Electrons Glen Gronniger, Brett Barwick, Tim Savas, Herman Batelaan Preview Abstract
Friday, May 20, 2005 11:06AM - 11:18AM		K4.00004: A polarizing beam splitter for dipolar molecules Omjyoti Dutta, Markku J\"{a}\"{a}skel\"{a}inen, Pierre Meystre Preview Abstract
Friday, May 20, 2005 11:18AM - 11:30AM		K4.00005: Dynamics of Bose-Einstein condensates in double wells Markku J\"{a}\"{a}skel\"{a}inen, Pierre Meystre Preview Abstract
Friday, May 20, 2005 11:30AM - 11:42AM		K4.00006: Light scattering to determine the relative phase of two Bose-Einstein Condensates M. Saba, T.A. Pasquini, C. Sanner, Y. Shin, G. Jo, W. Ketterle, D.E. Pritchard Preview Abstract
Friday, May 20, 2005 11:42AM - 11:54AM		K4.00007: Atom trapping with a thin magnetic film Micah Boyd, Gretchen Campbell, Jonchul Mun, Erik W. Streed, Aaron E. Leanhardt, David E. Pritchard, Wolfgang Ketterle Preview Abstract
Friday, May 20, 2005 11:54AM - 12:06PM		K4.00008: Many-body bound states in waveguide bends R Cabrera-Trujillo, B.D. Esry, M.W.J. Bromley Preview Abstract
Friday, May 20, 2005 12:06PM - 12:18PM		K4.00009: Interaction-induced loss of contrast in Michelson-type atom interferometers Maxim Olshanii, Vanja Dunjko Preview Abstract
Friday, May 20, 2005 12:18PM - 12:30PM		K4.00010: Entanglement evolution in cavity QED. D.L. Freimund, M.L. Terraciano, R. Olson, L.A. Orozco, P.R. Rice, J. Gea-Banacloche Preview Abstract
Friday, May 20, 2005 12:30PM - 12:42PM		K4.00011: Experiments with ultracold atoms in an optical cavity Subhadeep Gupta, Kevin Moore, Kater Murch, Thomas Purdy, Dan Stamper-Kurn Preview Abstract

Session K5: Spectroscopy, Lifetime, and Oscillator Strengths

Chair: Alan Hibbert, Queen's University Belfast
Room: Burnham Yates Conference Center Arbor

Friday, May 20, 2005 10:30AM - 10:42AM		K5.00001: Lifetime Measurement of the $8s$ Level in Francium E. Gomez, G. D. Sprouse, L. A. Orozco, A. Perez-Galvan Preview Abstract
Friday, May 20, 2005 10:42AM - 10:54AM		K5.00002: Precision Spectroscopy and Density dependant Frequency Shifts in Ultracold Strontium Martin M. Boyd, Tetsuya Ido, Andrew D. Ludlow, Thomas H. Loftus, Jun Ye Preview Abstract
Friday, May 20, 2005 10:54AM - 11:06AM		K5.00003: Testing fundamental constants with trapped indium ions William Trimble, Warren Nagourney Preview Abstract
Friday, May 20, 2005 11:06AM - 11:18AM		K5.00004: Observation of the $^{1}$S$_{0}$ -- $^3$P$_0$ clock transition at 578 nm in atomic Yb Tao Hong, Claire Cramer, Eryn Cook, Warren Nagourney, Norval Fortson Preview Abstract
Friday, May 20, 2005 11:18AM - 11:30AM		K5.00005: Physical Model of Modulation Dependent Effects in CPT Clocks Michael Crescimanno, Irina Novikova, David Phillips, Ron Walsworth Preview Abstract
Friday, May 20, 2005 11:30AM - 11:42AM		K5.00006: Femtosecond Comb Coherent Accumulation and Spectroscopy Matthew Stowe, Adela Marian, John Lawall, Daniel Felinto, Flavio Cruz, Jun Ye Preview Abstract
Friday, May 20, 2005 11:42AM - 11:54AM		K5.00007: Microwave spectroscopy of Ba 5$d_{3/2}$n$\ell $ autoionizing states E. S. Shuman, T. F. Gallagher Preview Abstract
Friday, May 20, 2005 11:54AM - 12:06PM		K5.00008: X-ray M-shell spectra of multiply-charged heavy ions and their polarization properties Alla Safronova, Ulyana Safronova, Travis Hoppe, Nicholas Ouart, Victor Kantsyrev Preview Abstract
Friday, May 20, 2005 12:06PM - 12:18PM		K5.00009: Splitting of $\Lambda$-doubling in the transition of Hund's coupling cases in sodium molecule Chin-Chun Tsai, Ray-Yuan Chang, Thou-Jen Whang, Chuen-Ping Cheng Preview Abstract
Friday, May 20, 2005 12:18PM - 12:30PM		K5.00010: Calculations of liquid helium and neon VUV emission spectra, self-absorption and scattering for a neutrino detector I.M. Savukov Preview Abstract
		K5.00011: Precision lifetime measurements of a single trapped ion with fast laser pulses David Moehring, Martin Madsen, Boris Blinov, Rudolph Kohn, Richard Vallery, David Gidley, Christopher Monroe Preview Abstract

Session K7: Thesis Prize Committee Lunch

Room: Burnham Yates Conference Center Ivanhoe

Friday, May 20, 2005
12:00PM - 1:30PM

K7.00001: Thesis Prize Committee Lunch

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