Bulletin of the American Physical Society

39th Annual Meeting of the APS Division of Atomic, Molecular, and Optical Physics

Volume 53, Number 7

Tuesday–Saturday, May 27–31, 2008; State College, Pennsylvania

Session Index

Session K1: Recent Developments in Ultracold Spinor Systems

Chair: Cheng Chin, University of Chicago
Room: Nittany Lion Inn Ballroom CDE

Thursday, May 29, 2008 2:00PM - 2:36PM		K1.00001: Phases and phase transitions in a dipolar ferromagnetic spinor gas Invited Speaker: Preview Abstract
Thursday, May 29, 2008 2:36PM - 3:12PM		K1.00002: What we know and have yet to learn about spinor Bose-Einstein condensates Invited Speaker: Preview Abstract
Thursday, May 29, 2008 3:12PM - 3:48PM		K1.00003: Spin Dynamics of Spin-1 Bose Gas. Invited Speaker: Preview Abstract
Thursday, May 29, 2008 3:48PM - 4:24PM		K1.00004: Spin dynamics of spin-1 and spin-2 Bose gases Invited Speaker: Preview Abstract

Session K2: Focus Session: Ultracold Dipolar Gases

Chair: Ed Eyler, University of Connecticut
Room: Kern Building 112

Thursday, May 29, 2008 2:00PM - 2:36PM		K2.00001: Ultracold dense gas of heteronuclear deeply bound molecules Invited Speaker: Preview Abstract
Thursday, May 29, 2008 2:36PM - 2:48PM		K2.00002: Universal Dipolar Scattering Christopher Ticknor Preview Abstract
Thursday, May 29, 2008 2:48PM - 3:00PM		K2.00003: Fermionic stabilization and density-wave ground state of a polar condensate. Omjyoti Dutta, Rina Kanamoto, Pierre Meystre Preview Abstract
Thursday, May 29, 2008 3:00PM - 3:12PM		K2.00004: Role of exchange energy in a trapped dipolar Fermi gas Takahiko Miyakawa, Takaaki Sogo, Han Pu Preview Abstract
Thursday, May 29, 2008 3:12PM - 3:48PM		K2.00005: Expansion and Dipolar Collapse of a Quantum Ferrofluid Invited Speaker: Preview Abstract
Thursday, May 29, 2008 3:48PM - 4:00PM		K2.00006: Ultra-cold polar molecules in an optical trap Eric Hudson, Nathan Gilfoy, Stephan Falke, David DeMille Preview Abstract
Thursday, May 29, 2008 4:00PM - 4:12PM		K2.00007: Single photon nonlinearities using arrays of cold polar molecules Renuka Rajapakse, Timothy Bragdon, Ana Maria Rey, Susanne Yelin Preview Abstract
Thursday, May 29, 2008 4:12PM - 4:24PM		K2.00008: Bound-bound Spectroscopy of Ultracold K40-Rb87 Molecules Kang-Kuen Ni, Silke Ospelkaus, Avi Pe'er, Josh Zirbel, Brian Neyenhuis, Marcio Miranda, Svetlana Kotochigova, Paul Julienne, Jun Ye, Deborah Jin Preview Abstract

Session K3: Undergraduate Research Session

Chair: Eric Wells, Augustana College, Sioux Falls
Room: Keller Building 104

Thursday, May 29, 2008 2:00PM - 2:20PM		K3.00001: Precise measurement of the hyperfine splittings within the 6p$_{3/2}$ level of atomic indium using two-color diode laser spectroscopy Invited Speaker: Preview Abstract
Thursday, May 29, 2008 2:20PM - 2:40PM		K3.00002: Stabilized 1762 nm Laser for Barium Ion Qubit Readout via Adiabatic Passage Invited Speaker: Preview Abstract
Thursday, May 29, 2008 2:40PM - 3:00PM		K3.00003: A Novel Short Extended Cavity Diode Laser for Red Wavelengths Invited Speaker: Preview Abstract
Thursday, May 29, 2008 3:00PM - 3:20PM		K3.00004: Beam Production and Stabilization via Frequency Up-conversion in Rubidium Vapor Invited Speaker: Preview Abstract
Thursday, May 29, 2008 3:20PM - 3:40PM		K3.00005: Theoretical study of half-cycle pulse assisted ionization and recombination in Rydberg atoms Invited Speaker: Preview Abstract

Session K4: Experiments with Cold and Ultracold Atoms

Chair: Doerte Blume, Washington State University
Room: Nittany Lion Inn Ballroom AB

Thursday, May 29, 2008 2:00PM - 2:12PM		K4.00001: Atom-molecule oscillations in a Bose-Fermi mixture. M.L. Olsen, J.D. Perreault, T.D. Cumby, D.S. Jin Preview Abstract
Thursday, May 29, 2008 2:12PM - 2:24PM		K4.00002: Stable mixtures of $^6$Li fermions in the three lowest energy spin states J.R. Williams, J.H. Huckans, R.W. Stites, E.L. Hazlett, K.M. O'Hara Preview Abstract
Thursday, May 29, 2008 2:24PM - 2:36PM		K4.00003: Progress Towards a Quantum Gas Microscope Jonathon Gillen, Waseem Bakr, Amy Peng, Simon Foelling, Markus Greiner Preview Abstract
Thursday, May 29, 2008 2:36PM - 2:48PM		K4.00004: Progress Towards a Dual BEC of Na Rb. Gustavo Telles, Matthew Gibbs, Andrew Seltzman, Chandra Raman Preview Abstract
Thursday, May 29, 2008 2:48PM - 3:00PM		K4.00005: A Pumped Atom Laser John Close, Nick Robins, Cristina Figl, Matthew Jeppesen, Graham Dennis Preview Abstract
Thursday, May 29, 2008 3:00PM - 3:12PM		K4.00006: Properties of Magnetic Sublevel Coherences for Precision Measurements Iain Chan, A. Kumarakrishnan Preview Abstract
Thursday, May 29, 2008 3:12PM - 3:24PM		K4.00007: Studying decoherence of cold atoms in optical lattices through 2D pump-probe spectroscopy Samansa Maneshi, Chao Zhuang, XiaoXian Liu, Luciano Cruz, Aephraim Steinberg Preview Abstract
Thursday, May 29, 2008 3:24PM - 3:36PM		K4.00008: Using Spin Echo Techniques to Measure and Null Background Magnetic Fields in Cold Atom Experiments Aaron Smith Preview Abstract
Thursday, May 29, 2008 3:36PM - 3:48PM		K4.00009: Faraday Spectroscopy of Atoms Confined in a Dark Optical Trap Matthew Terraciano, Spencer Olson, Mark Bashkansky, Fredrik Fatemi Preview Abstract
Thursday, May 29, 2008 3:48PM - 4:00PM		K4.00010: Imaging velocity selective resonances in a magnetic field Fredrik Fatemi, Matthew Terraciano, Mark Bashkansky, Zachary Dutton Preview Abstract
Thursday, May 29, 2008 4:00PM - 4:12PM		K4.00011: Study of size-dependent interaction in driven cold atomic system Myoung-Sun Heo, Yonghee Kim, Wonho Jhe, Heung-Ryoul Noh Preview Abstract
Thursday, May 29, 2008 4:12PM - 4:24PM		K4.00012: ATTA-3: The Next-Generation Instrument for $^{81}$Kr-Dating Yun Ding, Z.-T. Lu, K. Bailey, P. Mueller, T.P. O'Connor, R.W. Dunford, L. Young, A.M. Davis , N.C. Sturchio , W. Jiang, S.-M. Hu Preview Abstract

Session K5: Entanglement and Decoherence

Chair: Chris Monroe, University of Maryland
Room: Nittany Lion Inn Boardroom I

Thursday, May 29, 2008 2:00PM - 2:12PM		K5.00001: Generation of Entanglement Outside of the Light Cone James Franson Preview Abstract
Thursday, May 29, 2008 2:12PM - 2:24PM		K5.00002: The memory loophole Daniel Shanahan Preview Abstract
Thursday, May 29, 2008 2:24PM - 2:36PM		K5.00003: Entanglement versus nonlocality in 3-qubit states Shohini Ghose, Neil Sinclair Preview Abstract
Thursday, May 29, 2008 2:36PM - 2:48PM		K5.00004: Entanglement Mechanisms in One-Dimensional Potential Scattering Nathan Harshman, Pavneet Singh Preview Abstract
Thursday, May 29, 2008 2:48PM - 3:00PM		K5.00005: Bell inequality violation with two remote atomic qubits Dzmitry Matsukevich, Peter Maunz, David Moehring, Steven Olmschenk, Chris Monroe Preview Abstract
Thursday, May 29, 2008 3:00PM - 3:12PM		K5.00006: Robust creation of arbitrary-sized Dicke states of trapped ions by global addressing Ian Linington, Nikolay Vitanov Preview Abstract
Thursday, May 29, 2008 3:12PM - 3:24PM		K5.00007: Compact Source of Entangled Images and Squeezed Light Using Four-Wave Mixing in Rubidium Vapor Raphael Pooser, Alberto Marino, Vincent Boyer, Paul Lett Preview Abstract
Thursday, May 29, 2008 3:24PM - 3:36PM		K5.00008: Incoherently generated coherence and immunity to decoherence Barry Sanders, Raisa Karasik, Karl-Peter Marzlin, K. Birgitta Whaley Preview Abstract
Thursday, May 29, 2008 3:36PM - 3:48PM		K5.00009: Multi-particle decoherence free subspaces in extended systems Raisa Karasik, Karl-Peter Marzlin, Barry C. Sanders, K. Birgitta Whaley Preview Abstract
Thursday, May 29, 2008 3:48PM - 4:00PM		K5.00010: Light-Atoms-Mirror Entanglement in an Optical Cavity Claudiu Genes, David Vitali, Paolo Tombesi Preview Abstract

Session K6: Short Pulse (e.g., Attosecond, Femtosecond Processes) II

Chair: Ian Walmsley, University of Oxford
Room: Nittany Lion Inn Boardroom II

Thursday, May 29, 2008 2:00PM - 2:12PM		K6.00001: Charge asymmetric breakup of diatomic molecular ions in an intense ultrashort laser field B. Gaire, J. McKenna, A.M. Sayler, Nora G. Johnson, E. Parke, K.D. Carnes, B.D. Esry, I. Ben-Itzhak Preview Abstract
Thursday, May 29, 2008 2:12PM - 2:24PM		K6.00002: Controlling electron-ion-recollision dynamics with attosecond precision. Fran\c{c}ois L\'egar\'e Preview Abstract
Thursday, May 29, 2008 2:24PM - 2:36PM		K6.00003: Phase-matching of attosecond XUV supercontinuum Steve Gilbertson, Hiroki Mashiko, Chengquan Li, Sabih Khan, Mahendra Shakya, Eric Moon, Zenghu Chang Preview Abstract
Thursday, May 29, 2008 2:36PM - 2:48PM		K6.00004: Strong field impulsive alignment in the presence of high temperatures and large centrifugal distortion Douglas Broege, Ryan Coffee, Philip Bucksbaum Preview Abstract
Thursday, May 29, 2008 2:48PM - 3:00PM		K6.00005: Stimulated predissociation of CO$^{2+}$ using intense ultrashort laser pulses J. McKenna, A.M. Sayler, B. Gaire, Nora G. Johnson, K.D. Carnes, B.D. Esry, I. Ben-Itzhak Preview Abstract
Thursday, May 29, 2008 3:00PM - 3:12PM		K6.00006: Extracting the polarizability anisotropy from transient alignment of HBr Daniel Pinkham, Thibault Vogt, Robert Jones Preview Abstract
Thursday, May 29, 2008 3:12PM - 3:24PM		K6.00007: Attosecond Pulse Carrier-Envelope Phase Effects: Roles of Frequency, Intensity and an Additional IR Pulse Evgeny A. Pronin, Liang-You Peng, Anthony F. Starace Preview Abstract
Thursday, May 29, 2008 3:24PM - 3:36PM		K6.00008: Theory of x-ray diffraction from laser-aligned molecules Phay Ho, Robin Santra Preview Abstract
Thursday, May 29, 2008 3:36PM - 3:48PM		K6.00009: Isotopic Pulse Length Scaling of $\rm H_2^+$ Dissociation in an Intense Laser Field Jianjun Hua, Brett Esry Preview Abstract
Thursday, May 29, 2008 3:48PM - 4:00PM		K6.00010: Fragmenting multi-electron atoms: from single photons to attosecond pulses Agapi Emmanouilidou Preview Abstract
Thursday, May 29, 2008 4:00PM - 4:12PM		K6.00011: Attosecond dissociation of the HT molecule from the He united-atom limit Charles W. Clark, Alan K. Thompson, Michael A. Coplan, John W. Cooper, Patrick Hughes, Robert E. Vest Preview Abstract

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