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 L1: Interaction and Strong Lasers with Molecules and Clusters

Chair: Carlos Reinhold, Oak Ridge National Laboratory
Room: Knoxville Convention Center Lecture Hall

Thursday, May 18, 2006 10:30AM - 11:06AM		L1.00001: Inverse Bremsstrahlung and High Harmonic Generation in Clusters and Molecules Invited Speaker: Preview Abstract
Thursday, May 18, 2006 11:06AM - 11:42AM		L1.00002: Interaction of clusters with intense soft x-ray radiation from the VUV-FEL Invited Speaker: Preview Abstract
Thursday, May 18, 2006 11:42AM - 12:18PM		L1.00003: Applications of Attosecond Lasers to Atoms and Molecules in Strong Laser Fields Invited Speaker: Preview Abstract
Thursday, May 18, 2006 12:18PM - 12:54PM		L1.00004: Rare Gas Clusters under an Intense Laser Pulse and Analytical Ion Kinetic Energy Spectra Invited Speaker: Preview Abstract

Session L2: Undergraduate Research

Chair: Donald Griffin, Rollins College
Room: Knoxville Convention Center Ballroom EFG

Thursday, May 18, 2006 10:30AM - 10:50AM		L2.00001: Experimental studies of laser light scattering in turbid media Sawyer Campbell, Rainer Grobe, Charles Su Preview Abstract
Thursday, May 18, 2006 10:50AM - 11:10AM		L2.00002: Macroscopic Quantum Tunneling and Entangled States in Bose-Einstein Condensates Dimitri Dounas-Frazer, Lincoln Carr Preview Abstract
Thursday, May 18, 2006 11:10AM - 11:30AM		L2.00003: An imaging spectrometer to probe pondermotive-gradient field-ionization Jamie Kapplinger, Eric Wells Preview Abstract
Thursday, May 18, 2006 11:30AM - 11:50AM		L2.00004: Hertz level stabilization of a 657nm diode laser Brian Neyenhuis, Rebecca Tang, Greg Doermann, Dallin Durfee Preview Abstract
Thursday, May 18, 2006 11:50AM - 12:10PM		L2.00005: Two-stage Rydberg charge exchange in a strong magnetic field Michael Wall, Chris Norton, Francis Robicheaux Preview Abstract

Session L3: BEC Vortices and Spinor Condensates

Chair: James Williams, National Institute of Standards and Technology
Room: Knoxville Convention Center 301D

Thursday, May 18, 2006 10:30AM - 10:42AM		L3.00001: Vortex pinning in a fast rotating Bose-Einstein condensate Shihkuang Tung, Volker Schweikhard, Eric Cornell Preview Abstract
Thursday, May 18, 2006 10:42AM - 10:54AM		L3.00002: Bragg Spectroscopy of Vortex Lattices in Bose-Einstein condensates Sergio R. Muniz, Devang S. Naik, Mishkatul Bhattacharya, Chandra Raman Preview Abstract
Thursday, May 18, 2006 10:54AM - 11:06AM		L3.00003: Phase transitions in rotating Bose-Einstein condensates. Oleg Vorov, Klaus Bartschat, P. Van Isacker, M. Hussein Preview Abstract
Thursday, May 18, 2006 11:06AM - 11:18AM		L3.00004: Stability of Ring Dark Solitons in Bose-Einstein Condensates Mark Edwards, Lincoln Carr, Charles W. Clark Preview Abstract
Thursday, May 18, 2006 11:18AM - 11:30AM		L3.00005: Fragmentation and Phase Manipulation Studies of Bose-Einstein Condensates using Computer-Generated Holograms Brian Anderson, David Scherer, Chad Weiler, Tyler Neely Preview Abstract
Thursday, May 18, 2006 11:30AM - 11:42AM		L3.00006: Normal modes of vortex sheets in a BEC - connection of Tkachenko modes with hydrodynamic excitations Sungjong Woo, Stephen Choi, Leslie Baksmaty, Nicholas Bigelow Preview Abstract
Thursday, May 18, 2006 11:42AM - 11:54AM		L3.00007: Single-Mode Approximation and Dynamical Localization in a Ferromagnetic Spin-1 Condensate Q. Qin, E.M. Bookjans, P.F. Griffin, M.-S. Chang, M.S. Chapman Preview Abstract
Thursday, May 18, 2006 11:54AM - 12:06PM		L3.00008: Nonadiabatic production of spinor condensates with a QUIC trap Peng Zhang, Zhan Xu, Li You Preview Abstract
Thursday, May 18, 2006 12:06PM - 12:18PM		L3.00009: Spontaneous Symmetry Breaking in a Quenched Ferromagnetic Spinor Condensate Mukund Vengalattore, Lorraine Sadler, James Higbie, Sabrina Leslie, Dan Stamper-Kurn Preview Abstract
Thursday, May 18, 2006 12:18PM - 12:30PM		L3.00010: Magnetometry with Spinor Condensates Sabrina Leslie, James Higbie, Mukund Vengalattore, Lorraine Sadler, Dan Stamper-Kurn Preview Abstract

Session L4: Entanglement

Chair: Barry Sanders, University of Calgary
Room: Knoxville Convention Center 301E

Thursday, May 18, 2006 10:30AM - 10:42AM		L4.00001: Heralded entanglement between remote atomic ensembles Hugues de Riedmatten, Chin-Wen Chou, Daniel Felinto, Sergey Polyakov, Jeff Kimble, Steven van Enk Preview Abstract
Thursday, May 18, 2006 10:42AM - 10:54AM		L4.00002: Quantum Chaos and Entanglement for Two Coupled Spins Collin Trail, Ivan Deutsch, Arjendu Pattanayak, Parin Sripakdeevong Preview Abstract
Thursday, May 18, 2006 10:54AM - 11:06AM		L4.00003: Observable entanglement measures Florian Mintert, Stephen Walburn, Paulo Souto Ribeiro, Luiz Davidovich, Andreas Buchleitner Preview Abstract
Thursday, May 18, 2006 11:06AM - 11:18AM		L4.00004: Towards Feedback Control of Entanglement Jin Wang, Stefano Mancini Preview Abstract
Thursday, May 18, 2006 11:18AM - 11:30AM		L4.00005: Experimental Atom-Photon Entanglement: Markus Weber, Juergen Volz, Wenjamin Rosenfeld, Stefan Berner, Florian Henkel, Christian Kurtsiefer, Harald Weinfurter Preview Abstract
Thursday, May 18, 2006 11:30AM - 11:42AM		L4.00006: Remote phase shifting of an interferometer using entangled-state correlations. Enrique Galvez, Mehul Malik, Brad Melius Preview Abstract
Thursday, May 18, 2006 11:42AM - 11:54AM		L4.00007: Distribution of entanglement in an ion trap array J.D. Jost, C. Langer, R. Ozeri, R.B. Blakestad, J. Britton, J. Chiaverini, D.B. Hume, W.M. Itano, E. Knill, D. Leibfried, R. Reichle, T. Rosenband, S. Seidelin, J.H. Wesenberg, D.J. Wineland Preview Abstract
Thursday, May 18, 2006 11:54AM - 12:06PM		L4.00008: Entanglement of remote atomic qubits Dzmitry Matsukevich, Thierry Chaneliere, Stewart Jenkins, Shau-Yu Lan, Brian Kennedy, Alex Kuzmich Preview Abstract
Thursday, May 18, 2006 12:06PM - 12:18PM		L4.00009: Spooky Phenomena in Two-Photon Processes Ming-Chiang Li Preview Abstract

Session L5: Photoassociation Spectroscopy

Chair: Thomas Killian, Rice University
Room: Knoxville Convention Center 301AB

Thursday, May 18, 2006 10:30AM - 10:42AM		L5.00001: Saturation Effects in Photoassociation Spectroscopy of $^{86}$Sr P.G. Mickelson, Y.N. Martinez, S.B. Nagel, T.C. Killian Preview Abstract
Thursday, May 18, 2006 10:42AM - 10:54AM		L5.00002: Photoassociation of $^{85}$Rb Atoms in $0_{u}^{+}$ States Near the 5S+5P Atomic Limits T.H. Bergeman, Ye Huang, Hyewon K. Pechkis, Jianbing Qi, Dajun Wang, P.L. Gould, E.E. Eyler, W.C. Stwalley, R.A. Cline, J.D. Miller, D.J. Heinzen Preview Abstract
Thursday, May 18, 2006 10:54AM - 11:06AM		L5.00003: High intensity photoassociation spectroscopy of ultracold strontium atoms: nonperturbative theoretical analysis Philippe Pellegrini, Robin C\^ot\'e, Tom Killian Preview Abstract
Thursday, May 18, 2006 11:06AM - 11:18AM		L5.00004: Theory of Alkaline-Earth Photoassociation in a 2D Geometry Pascal Naidon, Paul Julienne, Roman Ciurylo, Tanya Zelevinsky, Martin M. Boyd, Andrew D. Ludlow, Tetsuya Ido, Jun Ye Preview Abstract
Thursday, May 18, 2006 11:18AM - 11:30AM		L5.00005: Narrow Line Photoassociation in an Optical Lattice Tanya Zelevinsky, Martin M. Boyd, Andrew D. Ludlow, Tetsuya Ido, Jun Ye, Roman Ciurylo, Pascal Naidon, Paul S. Julienne Preview Abstract
Thursday, May 18, 2006 11:30AM - 11:42AM		L5.00006: State-selective detection by two-photon ionization and magnetic trapping of ultracold Rb$_{2}$ triplet state molecules Hyewon K. Pechkis, Ye Huang, Dajun Wang, E.E. Eyler, P.L. Gould, W.C. Stwalley Preview Abstract
Thursday, May 18, 2006 11:42AM - 11:54AM		L5.00007: Blue Satellite Bands and Photoassociation near 7$P_{3/2}$ and 7$P_{1/2}$ Atomic Limits in Cesium Marin Pichler, Jianbing Qi, William C. Stwalley, Robert Beuc, Goran Pichler Preview Abstract
Thursday, May 18, 2006 11:54AM - 12:06PM		L5.00008: Direct Observation of the Difference of Scattering Phase Shifts Russell Hart, Xinye Xu, Kurt Gibble Preview Abstract
Thursday, May 18, 2006 12:06PM - 12:18PM		L5.00009: Measurement of the Photoassociation Rate in a BEC of $^{7}$Li M. Junker, D. Dries, Y. Chen, C. Welford, J. Hitchcock, R. G. Hulet Preview Abstract
Thursday, May 18, 2006 12:18PM - 12:30PM		L5.00010: Photoassociative Spectroscopy of Ultracold NaCs Christopher Haimberger, Jan Kleinert, Nicholas P. Bigelow Preview Abstract

Session L6: Atomic and Molecular Structure and Properties I

Chair: Marjatta Lyyra, Temple University
Room: Knoxville Convention Center 301C

Thursday, May 18, 2006 10:30AM - 10:42AM		L6.00001: Two-Photon Coherent Atomic Absorption of Multiple Laser Beams Ming-Chiang Li Preview Abstract
Thursday, May 18, 2006 10:42AM - 10:54AM		L6.00002: Coarse-grained entropy decrease and novel phase-space focusing and cooling in Hamiltonian dynamics Arjendu Pattanayak, Daniel W.C. Brooks, Anton de la Fuente, Lawrence Urrichio, Edward Holby, Daniel Krawisz, Jorge Silva Preview Abstract
Thursday, May 18, 2006 10:54AM - 11:06AM		L6.00003: Non-linear Optical Rotary Dispersion of Crystalline NaClO$_{3}$ and NaBrO$_{3 }$ and Uridine Solutions Andrew Fischer, Richard Pagni, Robert Compton, Jingguo Yang Preview Abstract
Thursday, May 18, 2006 11:06AM - 11:18AM		L6.00004: Effects of Frequency Chirping in Electro-Magnetically Induced Transparency Frank A. Narducci, Jon P. Davis Preview Abstract
Thursday, May 18, 2006 11:18AM - 11:30AM		L6.00005: Coherent Molecular Vortex Generation from an Atomic Condensate H. Ling, D. Grochowski, S. Yi, H. Pu, Weiping Zhang Preview Abstract
Thursday, May 18, 2006 11:30AM - 11:42AM		L6.00006: Effect of optical lattice and microwave fields on the formation and confinement of ultracold molecules Svetlana Kotochigova, Eite Tiesinga Preview Abstract
Thursday, May 18, 2006 11:42AM - 11:54AM		L6.00007: Characterization of statistical properties of x-ray FEL radiation by means of two-photon processes Nina Rohringer, Robin Santra Preview Abstract
Thursday, May 18, 2006 11:54AM - 12:06PM		L6.00008: Recombination and ionization cross sections for all ion stages of argon. Sh. A. Abdel-Naby, S.D. Loch, M.S. Pindzola, N.R. Badnell Preview Abstract
Thursday, May 18, 2006 12:06PM - 12:18PM		L6.00009: On the Structure of the SF$_{6}^{-}$ Anion Jeffrey Steill, Robert Compton, K. Bowen, Sarah Stokes Preview Abstract

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