Bulletin of the American Physical Society

2006 37th Meeting of the Division of Atomic, Molecular and Optical Physics

Tuesday–Saturday, May 16–20, 2006; Knoxville, TN

Session Index

Session C1: Optical Clocks

Chair: David Weiss, Penn State University
Room: Knoxville Convention Center Lecture Hall

Wednesday, May 17, 2006 10:30AM - 11:06AM		C1.00001: Femtosecond laser frequency combs and their applications in AMO physics Invited Speaker: Preview Abstract
Wednesday, May 17, 2006 11:06AM - 11:42AM		C1.00002: Laser-cooled Atomic Clocks Invited Speaker: Preview Abstract
Wednesday, May 17, 2006 11:42AM - 12:18PM		C1.00003: TBD Invited Speaker: Preview Abstract
Wednesday, May 17, 2006 12:18PM - 12:54PM		C1.00004: Laser Technology in Commercial Atomic Clocks Invited Speaker: Preview Abstract

Session C2: Astrophysics

Chair: Kate Kirby, Harvard Center for Astrophysics
Room: Knoxville Convention Center Ballroom EFG

Wednesday, May 17, 2006 10:30AM - 11:06AM		C2.00001: Millimeter/Sub-millimeter Spectroscopy: Revealing the Building Blocks of Complex Molecules in Space Invited Speaker: Preview Abstract
Wednesday, May 17, 2006 11:06AM - 11:42AM		C2.00002: X-Ray Emission Cross Sections following Charge Exchange by Multiply-Charged Ions of Astrophysical Interest Invited Speaker: Preview Abstract
Wednesday, May 17, 2006 11:42AM - 12:18PM		C2.00003: Electron-impact ionization measurements for use in astrophysics Invited Speaker: Preview Abstract
Wednesday, May 17, 2006 12:18PM - 12:54PM		C2.00004: Pressure broadened alkali-metal resonance lines in brown dwarf and extrasolar planet spectra Invited Speaker: Preview Abstract

Session C3: Ultracold Atoms I

Chair: Gil Summy, Oklahoma State University
Room: Knoxville Convention Center 301D

Wednesday, May 17, 2006 10:30AM - 10:42AM		C3.00001: Determining $s$-wave Scattering Length Ratios from Binary Condensate Dynamics K. M. Mertes, J. W. Merrill, D. S. Hall, R. Carretero-Gonzalez, P. G. Kevrekidis, D. J. Frantzeskakis, H. E. Nistazakis Preview Abstract
Wednesday, May 17, 2006 10:42AM - 10:54AM		C3.00002: Spin noise spectroscopy to probe quantum states of ultracold fermionic atom gases Bogdan Mihaila, Scott Crooker, Krastan Blagoev, Dwight Rickel, Darryl Smith, Peter Littlewood Preview Abstract
Wednesday, May 17, 2006 10:54AM - 11:06AM		C3.00003: High-temperature superfluidity in an ultracold Fermi gas Andre Schirotzek, Martin Zwierlein, Christian Schunck, Wolfgang Ketterle Preview Abstract
Wednesday, May 17, 2006 11:06AM - 11:18AM		C3.00004: Suppression of inelastic collisions in atom waveguides Vladimir Yurovsky, Yehuda Band Preview Abstract
Wednesday, May 17, 2006 11:18AM - 11:30AM		C3.00005: Optical Manipulation of BEC's using the Talbot Effect Mark Edwards Preview Abstract
Wednesday, May 17, 2006 11:30AM - 11:42AM		C3.00006: $^{7}$Li BEC in a millimeter-scale Ioffe-Pritchard trap Mingchang Liu, Ruquan Wang, Francesco Minardi, Mark Kasevich Preview Abstract
Wednesday, May 17, 2006 11:42AM - 11:54AM		C3.00007: Spectral and time-dependent multiple light scattering in ultracold atomic $^{85}$Rb S. Balik, R.G. Olave, C.I. Sukenik, M.D. Havey, V.M. Datsyuk, D.V. Kupriyanov, I.M. Sokolov Preview Abstract
Wednesday, May 17, 2006 11:54AM - 12:06PM		C3.00008: Measurements on RF-dressed Bose Einstein Condensates Matthew R. White, Hong Gao, Matthew Pasienski, Brian DeMarco Preview Abstract
Wednesday, May 17, 2006 12:06PM - 12:18PM		C3.00009: Metastable Bose-Einstein Condensates in a Linear Potential Devang Naik, Mishkat Bhattacharya, Sergio Muniz, Chandra Raman Preview Abstract
Wednesday, May 17, 2006 12:18PM - 12:30PM		C3.00010: Measurement of the temperature dependence of the Casimir-Polder force through collective excitations of a Bose-Einstein condensate John Obrecht, Robert Wild, David Harber, Colleen Gillespie, Eric Cornell Preview Abstract
Wednesday, May 17, 2006 12:30PM - 12:42PM		C3.00011: Direct observation of mean-field induced phase collapse and retrieval in soft bosonic lattices Wei Li, Ari Tuchman, Hui-chun Chien, Mark Kasevich Preview Abstract

Session C4: Short Pulse Processes I

Chair: Chii-Dong Lin, Kansas State University
Room: Knoxville Convention Center 301E

Wednesday, May 17, 2006 10:30AM - 10:42AM		C4.00001: Measuring Attosecond Electron Motion in Molecules Andre D. Bandrauk, Gennady Yudin, Paul B. Corkum Preview Abstract
Wednesday, May 17, 2006 10:42AM - 10:54AM		C4.00002: Attosecond pulse formation via harmonic generation driven by filamentation-compressed few-cycle laser pulses Himadri Chakraborty, Mette Gaarde, Arnaud Couairon Preview Abstract
Wednesday, May 17, 2006 10:54AM - 11:06AM		C4.00003: Attosecond pulse train modulation of non-sequential ionization B. Zimmermann, K.J. Schafer Preview Abstract
Wednesday, May 17, 2006 11:06AM - 11:18AM		C4.00004: A simple model of laser-induced molecular ionization and dissociation B.D. Esry, P.Q. Wang, A.M. Sayler, K.D. Carnes, I. Ben-Itzhak Preview Abstract
Wednesday, May 17, 2006 11:18AM - 11:30AM		C4.00005: Experimental study of structure in enhanced ionization of H$_{2}^{+}$ in intense ultrashort laser pulses I. Ben-Itzhak, P.Q. Wang, A.M. Sayler, K.D. Carnes, B.D. Esry, A.S. Alnaser, B. Ulrich, X.M. Tong, I.V. Litvinyuk, C.M. Maharjan, P. Ranitovic, T. Osipov, R. Ali, S. Ghimire, Z. Chang, C.D. Lin, C.L. Cocke Preview Abstract
Wednesday, May 17, 2006 11:30AM - 11:42AM		C4.00006: Carrier-envelope phase effects in molecular dissociation: practical considerations V. Roudnev, B. D. Esry Preview Abstract
Wednesday, May 17, 2006 11:42AM - 11:54AM		C4.00007: Dynamical alignment of H$_{2}^+$ in an intense ultrashort laser pulse Fatima Anis, R. Cabrera-Trujillo, B. D. Esry Preview Abstract
Wednesday, May 17, 2006 11:54AM - 12:06PM		C4.00008: Effect of Carrier Envelope Phase on Single Shot XUV Supercontinuum Measurements Mahendra Man Shakya, S. Gilbertson, C. Nakamura, C.Q. Li, E. Moon, Z. Duan, J. Tackett, S. Ghimire, Zenghu Chang Preview Abstract
Wednesday, May 17, 2006 12:06PM - 12:18PM		C4.00009: Three-active-electron mechanism of intense-field multiple ionization: recollisions, Coulomb focusing and excitation Phay Ho, Joseph Eberly Preview Abstract
Wednesday, May 17, 2006 12:18PM - 12:30PM		C4.00010: Momentum distribution of multiply charged ions ionized by intense lasers K. I. Dimitriou, S. Yoshida, J. Burgd\"orfer, H. Shimada, Y. Yamazaki Preview Abstract

Session C5: Quantum Computation

Chair: Marianna Safronova, University of Delaware
Room: Knoxville Convention Center 301AB

Wednesday, May 17, 2006 10:30AM - 10:42AM		C5.00001: Rapid control and measurement of clock-state qubits in Yb and Sr Barry C. Sanders, Nathan S. Babcock, Artem M. Dudarev, Mark G. Raizen, Rene Stock Preview Abstract
Wednesday, May 17, 2006 10:42AM - 10:54AM		C5.00002: Preserving Coherence in Rydberg Quantum Bits. Russell S. Minns, Mary R. Kutteruf, Melissa A. Comisso, Hussain Zaidi, Lung Ko, Robert R. Jones Preview Abstract
Wednesday, May 17, 2006 10:54AM - 11:06AM		C5.00003: Dipolar switching for robust quantum computation with polar molecules Susanne Yelin, Kate Kirby, Robin Cote Preview Abstract
Wednesday, May 17, 2006 11:06AM - 11:18AM		C5.00004: Qubit Control and Entangling Collisions in an Optical Lattice Worawarong Rakreungdet, Brian E. Mischuck, Poul S. Jessen Preview Abstract
Wednesday, May 17, 2006 11:18AM - 11:30AM		C5.00005: Fast Ground State Manipulation of Neutral Atoms in Microscopic Dipole Traps Deniz Yavuz, Erich Urban, Todd Johnson, Pasad Kulatunga, Marie Delaney, Thomas Henage, Nick Proite, Thad Walker, Mark Saffman Preview Abstract
Wednesday, May 17, 2006 11:30AM - 11:42AM		C5.00006: Trapped ion quantum computation with transverse phonon modes Shi-Liang Zhu, Chris Monroe, L.-M. Duan Preview Abstract
Wednesday, May 17, 2006 11:42AM - 11:54AM		C5.00007: Steps towards fault-tolerant quantum operations in trapped-ion Quantum information experiments R. Ozeri, C. Langer, J.D. Jost , R.B. Blakestad, J. Britton, J. Chiaverini, D. Hume, W.M. Itano, E. Knill, D. Leibfried, R. Reichle, S. Seidelin, J.H. Wesenberg, D.J. Wineland Preview Abstract
Wednesday, May 17, 2006 11:54AM - 12:06PM		C5.00008: Free-Space Quantum Cryptography in a Hydrogen Fraunhofer Window Daniel Rogers, Joshua Bienfang, Alan Mink, Barry Hershman, Anastase Nakassis, Xiao Tang, Lijun Ma, David Su, Carl Williams, Charles Clark Preview Abstract
Wednesday, May 17, 2006 12:06PM - 12:18PM		C5.00009: Implementation of Grover's search algorithm using entangled `clock state' qubits Kathy-Anne Brickman, Mark Acton, Louis Deslauriers, Paul Haljan, Patricia Lee, Christopher Monroe Preview Abstract
Wednesday, May 17, 2006 12:18PM - 12:30PM		C5.00010: A Quantum Simulator From Trapped Ions Kendra Vant, Dana Berkeland, Warren Lybarger, Rolando Somma, Bernie Jokiel, Christopher Tigges, Malcolm Boshier, John Chiaverini, David Lizon, Robert Scarlett, Matthew Blain Preview Abstract

Session C6: Atom Optics and Atom Interferometry

Chair: Jennifer Sebby-Strabley, National Institute of Standards and Technology
Room: Knoxville Convention Center 301C

Wednesday, May 17, 2006 10:30AM - 10:42AM		C6.00001: Direct imaging of periodic sub-wavelength patterns generated by optical phase masks Alexei Tonyushkin, Tycho Sleator Preview Abstract
Wednesday, May 17, 2006 10:42AM - 10:54AM		C6.00002: Demonstration of Long coherence Times in Guided Atom Interferometers Saijun Wu, Edward Su, Tao Hong, Mara Prentiss Preview Abstract
Wednesday, May 17, 2006 10:54AM - 11:06AM		C6.00003: High-Order Quantum Resonances Observed in a Periodically-Kicked Bose Condensate Changhyun Ryu, Mikkel Andersen, Alipasha Vaziri, Michael d'Arcy, Joshua Grossman, Kristian Helmerson, William Phillips Preview Abstract
Wednesday, May 17, 2006 11:06AM - 11:18AM		C6.00004: Measurement of atomic diffraction phases induced by material gratings John Perreault, Alexander Cronin Preview Abstract
Wednesday, May 17, 2006 11:18AM - 11:30AM		C6.00005: Coherence properties of an ultracold atom beam in a circular waveguide Kevin Moore, Subhadeep Gupta, Kater Murch, Dan Stamper-Kurn Preview Abstract
Wednesday, May 17, 2006 11:30AM - 11:42AM		C6.00006: Interference of Bose-Einstein Condensates on an Atom Chip G.-B. Jo, Y. Shin, C. Sanner, T.A. Pasquini, M. Saba, S. Will, W. Ketterle, D.E. Pritchard, M. Vengalattore, M. Prentiss Preview Abstract
Wednesday, May 17, 2006 11:42AM - 11:54AM		C6.00007: Atom Quantum Interference Device. Michele Saba, Gyuboong Jo, Tom Pasquini, Yong-Il Shin, Caleb Christiansen, Sebastian Will, Wolfgang Ketterle, David Pritchard Preview Abstract
Wednesday, May 17, 2006 11:54AM - 12:06PM		C6.00008: BEC transistor James Stickney, Dana Anderson, Alex Zozulya Preview Abstract
Wednesday, May 17, 2006 12:06PM - 12:18PM		C6.00009: A new Michelson interferometer for Bose-Einstein condensates G. Ofir Garcia, Kenneth Baranowski, Benjamin Deissler, K. Jeramy Hughes, Jessica Reeves, Cass Sackett Preview Abstract
Wednesday, May 17, 2006 12:18PM - 12:30PM		C6.00010: Quantum theory of atom lasers Tobias Kramer, Mirta Rodriguez Pinilla, Christian Bracher Preview Abstract

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