Bulletin of the American Physical Society

38th Annual Meeting of the Division of Atomic, Molecular, and Optical Physics

Volume 52, Number 7

Tuesday–Saturday, June 5–9, 2007; Calgary, Alberta, Canada

Session Index

Session C1: Cold Molecules

Co-Sponsoring Units: DAMOP TGPMFC
Chair: T. Bergeman, SUNY-Stony Brook
Room: TELUS Convention Centre Macleod BC

Wednesday, June 6, 2007 1:30PM - 2:06PM		C1.00001: Molecular collision studies with Stark-decelerated beams Invited Speaker: Preview Abstract
Wednesday, June 6, 2007 2:06PM - 2:42PM		C1.00002: Experiments with Ultracold KRb and Rb$_{2}$ Molecules Invited Speaker: Preview Abstract
Wednesday, June 6, 2007 2:42PM - 3:18PM		C1.00003: New theoretical findings on cold molecules in optical lattices Invited Speaker: Preview Abstract
Wednesday, June 6, 2007 3:18PM - 3:54PM		C1.00004: Creating and confining ultracold polar molecules Invited Speaker: Preview Abstract

Session C2: Focus Session: Matter Wave Interferometry

Chair: E. Demler, Harvard University
Room: TELUS Convention Centre Macleod D

Wednesday, June 6, 2007 1:30PM - 2:06PM		C2.00001: Interference and Coherence in 1-d Bose-Einstein-Condensates Invited Speaker: Preview Abstract
Wednesday, June 6, 2007 2:06PM - 2:18PM		C2.00002: On-chip Bose-Einstein condensate interferometer with 0.5 mm arm length Stephen R. Segal, Quentin Diot, Eric A. Cornell, Mara Prentiss, Alex A. Zozulya, Dana Z. Anderson Preview Abstract
Wednesday, June 6, 2007 2:18PM - 2:30PM		C2.00003: Phase Sensitive Recombination of two Bose-Einstein Condensates on an Atom Chip G.-B. Jo, J.-H. Choi, C. Christensen, Y.R. Lee, T.A. Pasquini, W. Ketterle, D.E. Pritchard Preview Abstract
Wednesday, June 6, 2007 2:30PM - 2:42PM		C2.00004: Matter wave interferometry with phase fluctuating condensates J.-H. Choi, G.-B. Jo, T.A. Pasquini, C.A. Christensen, Y.R. Lee, W. Ketterle, D.E. Pritchard Preview Abstract
Wednesday, June 6, 2007 2:42PM - 3:18PM		C2.00005: Two Weakly-Coupled Condensates Invited Speaker: Preview Abstract
Wednesday, June 6, 2007 3:18PM - 3:30PM		C2.00006: An experiment to measure the electric polarizability of $^{87}$Rb using a condensate interferometer Benjamin Deissler, K. Jeramy Hughes, John H.T. Burke, Cass Sackett Preview Abstract
Wednesday, June 6, 2007 3:30PM - 3:42PM		C2.00007: Obtaining a high-visibility Bose-Einstein condensate interferometer K. Jeramy Hughes, Benjamin Deissler, John H.T. Burke, Cass Sackett Preview Abstract
Wednesday, June 6, 2007 3:42PM - 3:54PM		C2.00008: Theoretical analysis of cold atom interferometers with optical control of dynamics James Stickney, Dana Z. Anderson, Alex Zozulya Preview Abstract
Wednesday, June 6, 2007 3:54PM - 4:06PM		C2.00009: Gold coated nano gratings for atom optics Vincent Lonij, John Perreault, Oleg Kornilov, Alex Cronin Preview Abstract
Wednesday, June 6, 2007 4:06PM - 4:18PM		C2.00010: Modifying atom-surface vdW interactions with light Alex Cronin, Vincent Lonij, John Perreault Preview Abstract
Wednesday, June 6, 2007 4:18PM - 4:30PM		C2.00011: Electron Interferometry with Nanogratings Ben McMorran, Alex Cronin Preview Abstract

Session C3: GEC Session: Nanoplasmas

Chair: R. Johnson, University of Pittsburgh
Room: TELUS Convention Centre Glen 201-203

Wednesday, June 6, 2007 1:30PM - 2:06PM		C3.00001: Experimental investigations of reactions in plasma etching of nanometer size structures Invited Speaker: Preview Abstract
Wednesday, June 6, 2007 2:06PM - 2:42PM		C3.00002: Plasma-particle interactions and their role in nanocyrstal formation in plasmas Invited Speaker: Preview Abstract
Wednesday, June 6, 2007 2:42PM - 3:18PM		C3.00003: Plasma Etching of Nano-Scale Features Invited Speaker: Preview Abstract
Wednesday, June 6, 2007 3:18PM - 3:54PM		C3.00004: Nanoscale Challenges in Plasma-Surface Interactions Invited Speaker: Preview Abstract

Session C4: Quantum Computing

Chair: E. Gerjuoy, University of Pittsburgh
Room: TELUS Convention Centre Glen 206

Wednesday, June 6, 2007 1:30PM - 1:42PM		C4.00001: One-way quantum computing in optical lattices with many atom measurements. Timothy Friesen, David Feder Preview Abstract
Wednesday, June 6, 2007 1:42PM - 1:54PM		C4.00002: Entangling operations and rapid measurement of atomic clock-state qubits for violating Bell inequalities Ren\'e Stock, Nathan S. Babcock, Mark G. Raizen, Barry C. Sanders Preview Abstract
Wednesday, June 6, 2007 1:54PM - 2:06PM		C4.00003: Quantum Simulators, Spin Systems, and Trapped Ions Warren Lybarger, John Chiaverini, Rolando Somma, David Lizon, W. Robert Scarlett, Malcolm Boshier, Dana Berkeland Preview Abstract
Wednesday, June 6, 2007 2:06PM - 2:18PM		C4.00004: Sympathetic cooling of a atom in a transported trap via superfluid immersion, preserving quantum information David Hayes, Ivan Deutsch Preview Abstract
Wednesday, June 6, 2007 2:18PM - 2:30PM		C4.00005: Bright Source of Cold Ions for Surface-Electrode Traps Marko Cetina, Andrew Grier, Jonathan Campbell, Isaac Chuang, Vladan Vuletic Preview Abstract
Wednesday, June 6, 2007 2:30PM - 2:42PM		C4.00006: Spatially imaging single atoms in a 3D optical lattice Karl D. Nelson, Xiao Li, David S. Weiss Preview Abstract
Wednesday, June 6, 2007 2:42PM - 2:54PM		C4.00007: Efficient qubit state detection using integrated optics in ion trap quantum computation. Jungsang Kim, Changsoon Kim, Caleb Knoernschild, Bin Liu, Kyle McKay, Felix Lu Preview Abstract
Wednesday, June 6, 2007 2:54PM - 3:06PM		C4.00008: Spin exchange in a double-well optical lattice for a $\sqrt{SWAP}$ gate Patricia Lee, Marco Anderlini, Benjamin Brown, Jennifer Sebby-Strabley, William Phillips, Trey Porto Preview Abstract
Wednesday, June 6, 2007 3:06PM - 3:18PM		C4.00009: Excitation and interaction of Rydberg states in optical dipole traps Erich Urban, Todd Johnson, Thomas Henage, Larry Isenhower, Marie Delaney, Deniz Yavuz, Thad Walker, Mark Saffman Preview Abstract
Wednesday, June 6, 2007 3:18PM - 3:30PM		C4.00010: Femtosecond optical excitation of trapped barium ions N. Kurz, M.R. Dietrich, R. Bowler, G.T. Howell, V. Mirgon, J.S. Salacka, G. Shu, L. Wang, B.B. Blinov Preview Abstract
Wednesday, June 6, 2007 3:30PM - 3:42PM		C4.00011: Microfabricated surface-electrode ion traps for scalable quantum information processing S. Seidelin, J. Britton, J. Chiaverini, R. Reichle, J.J. Bollinger, D. Leibfried, J.H. Wesenberg, R.B. Blakestad, R.J. Epstein, J.M. Amini, K.R. Brown, J.P. Home, D.B. Hume, W.M. Itano, J.D. Jost, E. Knill, C. Langer, R. Ozeri, N. Shiga, D.J. Wineland Preview Abstract
Wednesday, June 6, 2007 3:42PM - 3:54PM		C4.00012: High fidelity quantum gates for ion qubits in optical transitions Kihwan Kim, Mark Riebe, Michael Chwalla, Thomas Monz, Philipp Schindler, Wolfgang Haensel, Piet Schmidt, Christian Roos, Hartmut Haeffner, Jan Benhelm, Gerhard Kirchmair, Timo Koerber, Rainer Blatt, Leandro Aolita Preview Abstract

Session C5: Anti-Matter, Ion Traps, and New Experimental Techniques

Chair: T. Walker, University of Wisconsin
Room: TELUS Convention Centre Glen 205

Wednesday, June 6, 2007 1:30PM - 1:42PM		C5.00001: Measurement of the Decay Rate of the Negative Ion of Positronium (Ps$^-$) G. Gwinner, F. Fleischer, K. Degreif, M. Lestinsky, F. Plenge, D. Schwalm, V. Liechtenstein Preview Abstract
Wednesday, June 6, 2007 1:42PM - 1:54PM		C5.00002: Excited, Resonant, and Unnatural Parity States of Positronic Atoms and Ions Michael W.J. Bromley, Jim Mitroy, Kalman Varga Preview Abstract
Wednesday, June 6, 2007 1:54PM - 2:06PM		C5.00003: Positron Direct Annihilation in Positron-Hydrogen Colliding Systems Chi Yu Hu, Sergey Yakovlev Preview Abstract
Wednesday, June 6, 2007 2:06PM - 2:18PM		C5.00004: Traps for Antimatter: The ALPHA Antihydrogen Apparatus R. Hydomako, R.I. Thompson, M.C. Fujiwara, D.R. Gill, L. Kurchaninov, K. Olchanski, A. Olin, J.W. Storey, W.N. Hardy, D.J. Jones, M.E. Hayden, H. Malik, S. Menary Preview Abstract
Wednesday, June 6, 2007 2:18PM - 2:30PM		C5.00005: A Cooler Trap for the TITAN On-line Trapping Facility at TRIUMF G. Gwinner, Z. Ke, W. Shi, S. Toews, J. Dilling, V. Ryjkov Preview Abstract
Wednesday, June 6, 2007 2:30PM - 2:42PM		C5.00006: Photoionization loading of barium ion traps. Adam Steele, Layne Churchill, Paul Griffin, Michael Chapman Preview Abstract
Wednesday, June 6, 2007 2:42PM - 2:54PM		C5.00007: The Development of a Passive Electrostatic Electron Recycling System (ERS). David Tessier, Ying Niu, Dominic Seccombe, Timothy Reddish, Aaron Alderman, Ben Birdsey, Peter Hammond, Frank Read Preview Abstract
Wednesday, June 6, 2007 2:54PM - 3:06PM		C5.00008: A miniature differential atomic magnetometer based on a diverging laser beam Eleanor Hodby, Elizabeth Donley, John Kitching Preview Abstract
Wednesday, June 6, 2007 3:06PM - 3:18PM		C5.00009: A portable ultrasensitive atomic magnetometer for biomagnetic measurements. Robert Wyllie, Zhimin Li, Ronald Wakai, Nicholas Proite, Peter Cook, Thad Walker Preview Abstract
Wednesday, June 6, 2007 3:18PM - 3:30PM		C5.00010: Study of surface interactions of spin polarized Rb atoms in coated cells using the evanescent wave magnetometer K.F. Zhao, M. Schaden, Z. Wu Preview Abstract
Wednesday, June 6, 2007 3:30PM - 3:42PM		C5.00011: Spin-Exchange Optical Pumping of Solid Alkali Compounds Brian Patton, Kiyoshi Ishikawa, Yuan-Yu Jau, William Happer Preview Abstract
Wednesday, June 6, 2007 3:42PM - 3:54PM		C5.00012: Intracavity Optogalvanic Spectroscopy (ICOGS) Erhan Ilkmen, Ozgur Dogru, Daniel Murnick Preview Abstract

Session C6: Spectroscopy of Molecules and Molecular Clusters

Chair: N. Moazzen-Ahmadi, University of Calgary
Room: TELUS Convention Centre Olde Scotch Room

Wednesday, June 6, 2007 1:30PM - 1:42PM		C6.00001: Observation of the `missing' polar OCS dimer. Mahin Afshari, Mehdi Dehghani, Ziad Abusara, Nasser Moazzen-Ahmadi, Robert McKellar Preview Abstract
Wednesday, June 6, 2007 1:42PM - 1:54PM		C6.00002: The structure of OCS tetramer from infrared laser spectroscopy Mehdi Dehghany, Mahin Afshari, Ziad Abusara, Nasser Moazzen-Ahmadi, A.R.W. McKellar Preview Abstract
Wednesday, June 6, 2007 1:54PM - 2:06PM		C6.00003: The Pure Inversion-Tunneling Transition of Ammonia in Helium Droplets Rudolf Lehnig, Wolfgang J\"ager Preview Abstract
Wednesday, June 6, 2007 2:06PM - 2:18PM		C6.00004: Cyanoacetylene-doped \textit{ortho}-hydrogen and \textit{para}-hydrogen clusters studied using rotational spectroscopy Julie Michaud, Wolfgang J\"{a}ger Preview Abstract
Wednesday, June 6, 2007 2:18PM - 2:30PM		C6.00005: High resolution infrared spectra of helium clusters doped with carbon dioxide or nitrous oxide Robert McKellar Preview Abstract
Wednesday, June 6, 2007 2:30PM - 2:42PM		C6.00006: Spectroscopic and \textit{ab initio} study of the open-shell Xe-O$_{2}$ van der Waals Complex Qing Wen, Wolfgang J\"ager Preview Abstract
Wednesday, June 6, 2007 2:42PM - 2:54PM		C6.00007: Intermolecular Hydrogen Bonding Effect on the VA and VCD Spectra of Lactic Acid in Water and in Methanol: Experimental and DFT Studies Martin Losada, Ha Tran, Yunjie Xu Preview Abstract
Wednesday, June 6, 2007 2:54PM - 3:06PM		C6.00008: Microwave spectroscopic studies of molecular recognition: Analysis of diastereomeric interactions between ethanol and oxirane derivatives Nicole Borho, Yunjie Xu Preview Abstract
Wednesday, June 6, 2007 3:06PM - 3:18PM		C6.00009: A New VISTA on the Infrared Spectrum of Ammonia in the 1.5 $\mu $m Region: Assignment of Combination Bands of $^{14}$NH$_{3}$ and $^{15}$NH$_{3}$ by Isotopic Shift Fingerprinting Ronald Lees, Li Li, Li-Hong Xu Preview Abstract
Wednesday, June 6, 2007 3:18PM - 3:30PM		C6.00010: A global frequency analysis of data in the four lowest vibrational states of ethane Leila Borvayeh, Nasser Moazzen-Ahmadi Preview Abstract
Wednesday, June 6, 2007 3:30PM - 3:42PM		C6.00011: \textit{Ab initio} and Rotational Spectroscopic Study of Propylene Oxide -- (Water)$_{N=2/3}$ Complexes Zheng Su, yunjie Xu Preview Abstract
Wednesday, June 6, 2007 3:42PM - 3:54PM		C6.00012: Experimental determination of the Herman-Wallis factor of Q-branch Raman transitions Michele Marrocco Preview Abstract
Wednesday, June 6, 2007 3:54PM - 4:06PM		C6.00013: Off-axis cavity enhanced absorption spectrometer based on a mid-infrared continuous wave quantum cascade laser Yunjie Xu, Raviraj Kulkarni, Waishun Tam, Zheng Su, Igor Leonov Preview Abstract

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