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 Z1: Hot Topics

Chair: Anthony Starace, University of Nebraska
Room: Knoxville Convention Center Lecture Hall

Saturday, May 20, 2006 9:00AM - 9:36AM		Z1.00001: Experimental evidence for Efimov quantum states Invited Speaker: Preview Abstract
Saturday, May 20, 2006 9:36AM - 10:12AM		Z1.00002: Ultracold three-body collisions and their influence on ultracold quantum gases Invited Speaker: Preview Abstract
Saturday, May 20, 2006 10:12AM - 10:48AM		Z1.00003: Phase Engineering of Entangled Number States (aka Schr\"{o}dinger cats) in Gaseous Bose-Einstein Condensates in ``Two," and ``Many" Wells Invited Speaker: Preview Abstract
Saturday, May 20, 2006 10:48AM - 11:24AM		Z1.00004: Generation and Applications of Femtosecond Optical Vortices Invited Speaker: Preview Abstract

Session Z2: Gaseous Electronics Conference Session

Chair: Rainer Johnsen, University of Pittsburgh
Room: Knoxville Convention Center 301AB

Saturday, May 20, 2006 9:00AM - 9:36AM		Z2.00001: Site Selective Bond Cleavage Upon Dissociative Electron Attachment - A Tool to Control Chemical Reactions. Invited Speaker: Paul Scheier Preview Abstract
Saturday, May 20, 2006 9:36AM - 10:12AM		Z2.00002: Electron-impact ionization and dissociative ionization of biomolecules Invited Speaker: Preview Abstract
Saturday, May 20, 2006 10:12AM - 10:48AM		Z2.00003: Resonant Dissociative Recombination Invited Speaker: Preview Abstract
Saturday, May 20, 2006 10:48AM - 11:24AM		Z2.00004: Low-Energy Electron Interactions with Complex Targets. Invited Speaker: Preview Abstract

Session Z3: Fermionic Superfluidity in Ultracold Gases

Chair: Doerte Blume, Washington State University
Room: Knoxville Convention Center 301C

Saturday, May 20, 2006 9:00AM - 9:12AM		Z3.00001: Fermionic Superfluidity with Imbalanced Spin Populations and the Quantum Phase Transition to the Normal State Martin W. Zwierlein, Andre Schirotzek, Christian H. Schunck, Wolfgang Ketterle Preview Abstract
Saturday, May 20, 2006 9:12AM - 9:24AM		Z3.00002: Pairing and Phase Separation in a Polarized Fermi Gas Guthrie Partridge, Wenhui Li, Ramsey Kamar, Yean-an Liao, Randall Hulet Preview Abstract
Saturday, May 20, 2006 9:24AM - 9:36AM		Z3.00003: Direct Observation of Resonance Condensation in Imbalanced Fermi Mixtures Martin W. Zwierlein, Andre Schirotzek, Christian H. Schunck, Wolfgang Ketterle Preview Abstract
Saturday, May 20, 2006 9:36AM - 9:48AM		Z3.00004: Pairing in a Strongly Interacting Polarized Fermi Gas Wenhui Li, Guthrie Partridge, Ramsey Kamar, Yean-an Liao, Duong Nguyen, Randall Hulet Preview Abstract
Saturday, May 20, 2006 9:48AM - 10:00AM		Z3.00005: Trapped Fermions across a Feshbach resonance with population imbalance Wei Yi, Luming Duan Preview Abstract
Saturday, May 20, 2006 10:00AM - 10:12AM		Z3.00006: Spontaneous Vortices in Imbalance Populated Fermion Gas, Finite Size System Rembert Duine, Jung-Jung Su, Yun-pil Shim, Allan H MacDonald Preview Abstract
Saturday, May 20, 2006 10:12AM - 10:24AM		Z3.00007: First and second sound in the BCS-BEC crossover in uniform Fermi superfluid gases Allan Griffin, Edward Taylor Preview Abstract
Saturday, May 20, 2006 10:24AM - 10:36AM		Z3.00008: Light scattering of degenerate fermions S. Aubin, L. J. LeBlanc, S. Myrskog, M. H. T. Extavour, D. McKay, A. Stummer, J. H. Thywissen Preview Abstract
Saturday, May 20, 2006 10:36AM - 10:48AM		Z3.00009: Interaction Energy in a Paired Two-Component Degenerate Fermi Gas in the BEC-BCS Crossover R.I. Kamar, G.B. Partridge, W. Li, R.G. Hulet Preview Abstract
Saturday, May 20, 2006 10:48AM - 11:00AM		Z3.00010: Superfluid Expansion of a Rotating Fermi Gas Christian Schunck, Martin Zwierlein, Andre Schirotzek, Wolfgang Ketterle Preview Abstract

Session Z4: Rydberg Atoms and Coherent Control

Chair: Thomas Gallagher, University of Virginia
Room: Knoxville Convention Center 301D

Saturday, May 20, 2006 9:00AM - 9:12AM		Z4.00001: Time Dependence of Many-Body Interactions in Ultra-cold Rydberg Atom Samples of Different Geometries Thomas Carroll, Cordelia Ochis, Michael Noel Preview Abstract
Saturday, May 20, 2006 9:12AM - 9:24AM		Z4.00002: Coherence conditions for groups of Rydberg atoms Jesus Hernandez, Francis Robicheaux Preview Abstract
Saturday, May 20, 2006 9:24AM - 9:36AM		Z4.00003: Many-body effects in strongly interacting systems of Rydberg atoms Jovica Stanojevic, Robin C\"ot\'e Preview Abstract
Saturday, May 20, 2006 9:36AM - 9:48AM		Z4.00004: Ionic Dipole and Quadrupole Matrix Elements from Non Adiabatic Core Polarization Edward Shuman, Tom Gallagher Preview Abstract
Saturday, May 20, 2006 9:48AM - 10:00AM		Z4.00005: Weak signal detection using quantum interference Mevan Gunawardena, D.S. Elliott Preview Abstract
Saturday, May 20, 2006 10:00AM - 10:12AM		Z4.00006: Observation of channel phase lag in asymmetric photoelectron angular distributions in the vicinity of autoionizing resonances Rekishu Yamazaki, D.S. Elliott Preview Abstract
Saturday, May 20, 2006 10:12AM - 10:24AM		Z4.00007: Measurement of the phase difference between even and odd continuum waves in photoionization of atomic rubidium. C.A. Rupley, Rekishu Yamazaki, D.S. Elliott Preview Abstract
Saturday, May 20, 2006 10:24AM - 10:36AM		Z4.00008: Observation of high-order quantum resonances in the delta kicked rotor M. Partlow, J.F. Kanem, S. Maneshi, C. Zhuang, A.M. Steinberg, M. Spanner Preview Abstract
Saturday, May 20, 2006 10:36AM - 10:48AM		Z4.00009: Coherent Control of Strong Field Dynamics. Carlos Trallero, Thomas Weinacht, Jayson Cohen Preview Abstract

Session Z5: Quantum Information and Cavity QED

Chair: Peter Maunz, University of Michigan
Room: Knoxville Convention Center 301E

Saturday, May 20, 2006 9:00AM - 9:12AM		Z5.00001: Cavity QED with atom chips and micro-resonators Benjamin Lev, Paul Barclay, Joseph Kerckhoff, Oskar Painter, Hideo Mabuchi Preview Abstract
Saturday, May 20, 2006 9:12AM - 9:24AM		Z5.00002: Optical beams with embedded vortices: building blocks for atom optics and quantum information N. Chattrapiban, I. Arakelyan, S. Mitra, W. T. Hill, III Preview Abstract
Saturday, May 20, 2006 9:24AM - 9:36AM		Z5.00003: Two-Dimensional Control of Trapped Ions in a T-junction Array of Ion Traps D. Hucul, W.K. Hensinger, S. Olmschenk, D. Stick, M. Yeo, M. Acton, L. Deslauriers, J. Rabchuk**, C. Monroe Preview Abstract
Saturday, May 20, 2006 9:36AM - 9:48AM		Z5.00004: Using prior information for continuous measurement quantum state reconstruction. Andrew Silberfarb, Greg Smitho, Ivan Deutsch, Poul Jessen Preview Abstract
Saturday, May 20, 2006 9:48AM - 10:00AM		Z5.00005: Unitary Integration and Fiber Bundle Geometry of N-level Quantum Systems. Dmitry Uskov, Ravi Rau Preview Abstract
Saturday, May 20, 2006 10:00AM - 10:12AM		Z5.00006: Decoherence-free subspaces and spontaneous emission cancellation: necessity of Dicke limit K.-P. Marzlin, R. Karasik, B.C. Sanders, K.B. Whaley Preview Abstract
Saturday, May 20, 2006 10:12AM - 10:24AM		Z5.00007: Detectability of dissipative motion in quantum vacuum via superradiance James Hayden Brownell, Woo-Joong Kim, Michael Brown-Hayes, Roberto Onofrio Preview Abstract
Saturday, May 20, 2006 10:24AM - 10:36AM		Z5.00008: Analysis of photon-atom entanglement generated by AC Stark shifts in a cavity S.K.Y. Lee, C.K. Law Preview Abstract
Saturday, May 20, 2006 10:36AM - 10:48AM		Z5.00009: Toward Cavity QED on an atom chip Thomas Purdy, Dan Stamper-Kurn Preview Abstract

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