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 W2: Focus Session: Slowing and Stopping Light

Chair: D. Tokaryk, University of New Brunswick
Room: TELUS Convention Centre Macleod D

Saturday, June 9, 2007 8:00AM - 8:36AM		W2.00001: Towards single photon nonlinear optics with confined photons and atoms Invited Speaker: Preview Abstract
Saturday, June 9, 2007 8:36AM - 9:12AM		W2.00002: Observation of Quantum Destructive Interference in Inelastic Two-Wave Mixing. Invited Speaker: Preview Abstract
Saturday, June 9, 2007 9:12AM - 9:24AM		W2.00003: Towards storage of squeezed light by electromagnetically induced transparency J\"{u}rgen Appel, Eden Figueroa, Frank Vewinger, Dmitry Korystov, Georg G\"{u}nter, Alexander Lvovsky Preview Abstract
Saturday, June 9, 2007 9:24AM - 9:36AM		W2.00004: Slow and stored light in paraffin-coated Rb vapor cells Mason Klein, Michael Hohensee, Yanhong Xiao, Irina Novikova, David Phillips, Ronald Walsworth Preview Abstract
Saturday, June 9, 2007 9:36AM - 9:48AM		W2.00005: Slow and Stored light optimization procedure. Irina Novikova, Alexey V. Gorshkov, David F. Phillips, Anders S. Sorensen, Mikhail D. Lukin, Ronald L. Walsworth Preview Abstract
Saturday, June 9, 2007 9:48AM - 10:00AM		W2.00006: Stored light optimization and optical depth Mason Klein, Yanhong Xiao, Irina Novikova, David Phillips, Ronald Walsworth Preview Abstract
Saturday, June 9, 2007 10:00AM - 10:12AM		W2.00007: Electromagnetically Induced Transparency with Broadband Laser Pulses Deniz Yavuz Preview Abstract
Saturday, June 9, 2007 10:12AM - 10:24AM		W2.00008: Slow photons as charged quasi-particles, and photonic Aharonov-Bohm effect Karl-Peter Marzlin, Juergen Appel, Alexander Lvovsky Preview Abstract
Saturday, June 9, 2007 10:24AM - 10:36AM		W2.00009: Phase Dynamics in Electro-magnetically Induced Transparency Frank A. Narducci, Jon P. Davis Preview Abstract

Session W4: Bose-Einstein Condensates

Chair: J. Bohn, University of Colorado
Room: TELUS Convention Centre Macleod A1-A2

Saturday, June 9, 2007 8:00AM - 8:12AM		W4.00001: ABSTRACT WITHDRAWN Preview Abstract
Saturday, June 9, 2007 8:12AM - 8:24AM		W4.00002: Evolution of Spin Textures in a Spinor Bose Einstein Condensate Jennie Guzman, Mukund Vengalattore, Sabrina Leslie, Dan Stamper-Kurn Preview Abstract
Saturday, June 9, 2007 8:24AM - 8:36AM		W4.00003: ABSTRACT WITHDRAWN Preview Abstract
Saturday, June 9, 2007 8:36AM - 8:48AM		W4.00004: Soliton-soliton interaction in F=1 spinor Bose-Einstein condensates Takahiko Miyakawa, Hiroyuki Abe, Yuko Fukuyo Preview Abstract
Saturday, June 9, 2007 8:48AM - 9:00AM		W4.00005: Observation of phase-fluctuating one-dimensional Bose-Einstein condensates Nicolaas van Druten, Aaldert van Amerongen, Jan-Joris van Es, Philipp Wicke Preview Abstract
Saturday, June 9, 2007 9:00AM - 9:12AM		W4.00006: Critical behavior of a trapped interacting Bose gas Stephan Ritter, Tobias Donner, Thomas Bourdel, Ferdinand Brennecke, Anton \"Ottl, Michael K\"ohl, Tilman Esslinger Preview Abstract
Saturday, June 9, 2007 9:12AM - 9:24AM		W4.00007: Observation of Faraday Waves in a Bose-Einstein Condensate Peter Engels, Collin Atherton, Mark Hoefer Preview Abstract
Saturday, June 9, 2007 9:24AM - 9:36AM		W4.00008: Chaotic escape dynamics of ultracold and Bose-condensed atoms Kevin Mitchell, Daniel A. Steck Preview Abstract
Saturday, June 9, 2007 9:36AM - 9:48AM		W4.00009: Modeling the Expansion of Bose--Einstein Condensate Mixtures in the Thomas--Fermi Limit Mark Edwards, Laura Halmo, Charles Holcombe Preview Abstract
Saturday, June 9, 2007 9:48AM - 10:00AM		W4.00010: A Bose-Einstein Condensate Level Satyan Bhongale, Eddy Timmermans Preview Abstract
Saturday, June 9, 2007 10:00AM - 10:12AM		W4.00011: Calculation of $g_2$ for a Finite Temperature Gas Alice Bezett, Emese Toth, Blair Blakie Preview Abstract
Saturday, June 9, 2007 10:12AM - 10:24AM		W4.00012: Radial and angular rotons in trapped dipolar gases Shai Ronen, Daniele Bortolotti, John Bohn Preview Abstract

Session W5: Quantum Measurement and Quantum Information

Chair: D. Uskov, Louisiana State University
Room: TELUS Convention Centre Macleod A3-A4

Saturday, June 9, 2007 8:00AM - 8:12AM		W5.00001: Measuring an unknown phase with quantum-limited precision using nonlinear beamsplitters Yuping Huang, Michael Moore Preview Abstract
Saturday, June 9, 2007 8:12AM - 8:24AM		W5.00002: Interaction- and measurement-free quantum information processing with single-atom and/or single-photon qubits Michael Moore, Yuping Huang Preview Abstract
Saturday, June 9, 2007 8:24AM - 8:36AM		W5.00003: Adaptive Quantum State Detection through Repetitive Mapping David Hume, Till Rosenband, David Wineland, Jim Bergquist Preview Abstract
Saturday, June 9, 2007 8:36AM - 8:48AM		W5.00004: Atom interferometry, microscopy, complementarity, and the perfect lens Barry Sanders, Karl-Peter Marzlin, Peter Knight Preview Abstract
Saturday, June 9, 2007 8:48AM - 9:00AM		W5.00005: Distinguishability of a Tripartite Unextendible Product Basis using Local Operations and Classical Communication Michael Durocher, Barry C. Sanders, Jonathan Walgate Preview Abstract
Saturday, June 9, 2007 9:00AM - 9:12AM		W5.00006: ABSTRACT HAS BEEN MOVED TO J5.00012 Preview Abstract
Saturday, June 9, 2007 9:12AM - 9:24AM		W5.00007: Three Undistinguished Quantum Radiators in Quantified Cavity Field Nicolae Enaki, Tudor Rosca Preview Abstract
Saturday, June 9, 2007 9:24AM - 9:36AM		W5.00008: Fundamental physics issues of multilevel logic in developing a parallel processor. Anirban Bandyopadhyay, Kazushi Miki Preview Abstract
Saturday, June 9, 2007 9:36AM - 9:48AM		W5.00009: Spherical Geometry of Two Qubit Unitary Operators. Dmitry Uskov, Ravi Rau Preview Abstract
Saturday, June 9, 2007 9:48AM - 10:00AM		W5.00010: The Spekkens Toy Model Revisited Michael Skotiniotis, Aidan Roy, Barry C. Sanders Preview Abstract
Saturday, June 9, 2007 10:00AM - 10:12AM		W5.00011: De Broglie waves as a manifestation of clock desynchronization William Baylis Preview Abstract

Session W6: Optical Diagnostics and Characterization

Chair: F. Robicheaux, Auburn University
Room: TELUS Convention Centre Macleod BC

Saturday, June 9, 2007 8:00AM - 8:12AM		W6.00001: Optical Absorption in Artificial Atoms Yiming Mi, Suichi Iwata Preview Abstract
Saturday, June 9, 2007 8:12AM - 8:24AM		W6.00002: Energy relaxation and dephasing in CARS Svetlana Malinovskaya Preview Abstract
Saturday, June 9, 2007 8:24AM - 8:36AM		W6.00003: Continuous Bremsstrahlung in Trojan atoms and molecules Matt Kalinski Preview Abstract
Saturday, June 9, 2007 8:36AM - 8:48AM		W6.00004: \textit{Escherichia coli} identification and strain discrimination using nanosecond laser-induced breakdown spectroscopy Steven Rehse, Jonathan Diedrich, Sunil Palchaudhuri Preview Abstract
Saturday, June 9, 2007 8:48AM - 9:00AM		W6.00005: Recombination fluorescence in ultracold plasmas Scott Bergeson, Francis Robicheaux Preview Abstract
Saturday, June 9, 2007 9:00AM - 9:12AM		W6.00006: Ion Temperature and Expansion Velocity Measurements Through Fluorescence Imaging in Ultracold Neutral Plasmas Jose Castro, Hong Gao, Priya Gupta, Sampad Laha, Clayton Simien, Thomas Killian Preview Abstract
Saturday, June 9, 2007 9:12AM - 9:24AM		W6.00007: Trace Detection of Metastable He$_2$ Molecules in Superfluid Helium W.G. Rellergert, S.B. Cahn, A. Garvan, J.C. Hanson, J.A. Nikkel, D.N. McKinsey Preview Abstract

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