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 P1: Neutral Atom Entanglement (Co-Sponsored by GQI)

Chair: Rene Stock, University of Toronto
Room: Nittany Lion Inn Ballroom CDE

Friday, May 30, 2008 11:00AM - 11:36AM		P1.00001: Controlled Interaction Between Pairs of Atoms in a Double-Well Optical Lattice Invited Speaker: Preview Abstract
Friday, May 30, 2008 11:36AM - 12:12PM		P1.00002: Single atoms in optical tweezers for quantum computing Invited Speaker: Preview Abstract
Friday, May 30, 2008 12:12PM - 12:48PM		P1.00003: Quantum Information Processing with Alkaline-Earth-Like Atoms Invited Speaker: Preview Abstract
Friday, May 30, 2008 12:48PM - 1:24PM		P1.00004: Controlling interaction of ultracold atoms in an optical superlattice Invited Speaker: Preview Abstract

Session P2: Controlling Electron and Nuclear Spins

Chair: Lilian Childress, Bates College
Room: Kern Building 112

Friday, May 30, 2008 11:00AM - 11:36AM		P2.00001: Manipulating single electron spins and coherence in quantum dots Invited Speaker: Preview Abstract
Friday, May 30, 2008 11:36AM - 12:12PM		P2.00002: Coupled Electronic and Nuclear Spin Quantum Registers in Diamond Invited Speaker: Preview Abstract
Friday, May 30, 2008 12:12PM - 12:48PM		P2.00003: High-sensitivity diamond magnetometer with nanoscale resolution Invited Speaker: Preview Abstract
Friday, May 30, 2008 12:48PM - 1:24PM		P2.00004: Controlling electron and nuclear spins in double quantum dots Invited Speaker: Preview Abstract

Session P3: Focus Session: Atomic Polarization and Dispersion

Chair: Hossein Sadeghpour, ITAMP, Harvard University
Room: Keller Building 104

Friday, May 30, 2008 11:00AM - 11:36AM		P3.00001: Calculation of the dispersion interaction between two atoms Invited Speaker: Preview Abstract
Friday, May 30, 2008 11:36AM - 11:48AM		P3.00002: Polarizability of Mg$^{+}$ from fine structure measurements of high-L Rydberg states of magnesium. Erica L. Snow, Stephen R. Lundeen Preview Abstract
Friday, May 30, 2008 11:48AM - 12:00PM		P3.00003: Relativistic many-body calculation of energies, lifetimes, hyperfine constants, and polarizabilities in $^{7}$Li W.R. Johnson, U.I. Safronova, A. Derevianko, M.S. Safronova Preview Abstract
Friday, May 30, 2008 12:00PM - 12:12PM		P3.00004: Single ion measurement of the branching ratios of the 6P$_{3/2}$ decay in BaII N. Kurz, M.R. Dietrich, G. Shu, J.S. Salacka, R. Bowler, B.B. Blinov Preview Abstract
Friday, May 30, 2008 12:12PM - 12:48PM		P3.00005: Polarizabilities, Atomic Clocks, and Magic Wavelengths Invited Speaker: Preview Abstract
Friday, May 30, 2008 12:48PM - 1:00PM		P3.00006: Precision Measurement of the Rb D2 Transition Linewidth at Ultralow Temperature Brad Schultz, George Noble, He Ming, William van Wijngaarden Preview Abstract
Friday, May 30, 2008 1:00PM - 1:12PM		P3.00007: Lifetime measurements of the rubidium 5D states Dong Sheng, Adrian Perez Galvan, Luis Orozco Preview Abstract
Friday, May 30, 2008 1:12PM - 1:24PM		P3.00008: Theoretical study of the K, Rb, and Fr lifetimes Eugeniya Iskrenova Tchoukova, Marianna Safronova Preview Abstract

Session P4: Bose-Einstein Condensates

Chair: Joseph Thywissen, University of Toronto
Room: Nittany Lion Inn Ballroom AB

Friday, May 30, 2008 11:00AM - 11:12AM		P4.00001: Generation of effective magnetic fields in Raman-dressed states I.B. Spielman, Y.-J. Lin, W.D. Phillips, J.V. Porto Preview Abstract
Friday, May 30, 2008 11:12AM - 11:24AM		P4.00002: Quantum quench in a spinor BEC Sabrina Leslie, Jennie Guzman, Mukund Vengalattore, Christopher Smallwood, Dan Stamper-Kurn Preview Abstract
Friday, May 30, 2008 11:24AM - 11:36AM		P4.00003: Weakly interacting Bose-Einstein condensate in a disordered optical potential T.A. Corcovilos, D. Dries, J. Hitchcock, M. Junker, Y.P. Chen, R.G. Hulet Preview Abstract
Friday, May 30, 2008 11:36AM - 11:48AM		P4.00004: Linewidth broadening in a $^{87}$Rb Bose-Einstein Condensate J.H.T. Burke, B. Deissler, K.J. Hughes, C.A. Sackett Preview Abstract
Friday, May 30, 2008 11:48AM - 12:00PM		P4.00005: Bose-Einstein condensate inside a Bragg-reflecting atom cavity Rui Zhang, Rachel Sapiro, Natalya Morrow, Rahul Mhaskar, Georg Raithel Preview Abstract
Friday, May 30, 2008 12:00PM - 12:12PM		P4.00006: The a.c. and d.c. Josephson effects in a Bose-Einstein condensate Jeff Steinhauer, Shahar Levy, Elias Lahoud, Itay Shomroni Preview Abstract
Friday, May 30, 2008 12:12PM - 12:24PM		P4.00007: Mean-field Stationary State of a Bose Gas at a Feshbach Resonance Andrew Carmichael, Juha Javanainen Preview Abstract
Friday, May 30, 2008 12:24PM - 12:36PM		P4.00008: The nonlinear enhancement of fractal structure in the escape dynamics of Bose condensates Kevin Mitchell, Boaz Ilan Preview Abstract
Friday, May 30, 2008 12:36PM - 12:48PM		P4.00009: Bose Condensates with Small $s$-wave Scattering Lengths: Effect of Dipolar Interaction Yong Chen, D. Dries, J. Hitchcock, R.G. Hulet Preview Abstract
Friday, May 30, 2008 12:48PM - 1:00PM		P4.00010: Bose-Einstein Condensation of Dark-State Polaritons Michael Fleischhauer, Johannes Otterbach, Razmik Unanyan Preview Abstract
Friday, May 30, 2008 1:00PM - 1:12PM		P4.00011: Slow Collisions of Bose-Einstein Condensates Bo Sun, Michael S. Pindzola, John A. Ludlow Preview Abstract
Friday, May 30, 2008 1:12PM - 1:24PM		P4.00012: Cross-Molecular Coupling in Combined Photoassociation and Feshbach Resonances Matt Mackie, Jake Kesselman Preview Abstract

Session P5: Coherent Control/Slow and Stopped Light

Chair: Marin Pichler, Goucher College
Room: Nittany Lion Inn Boardroom I

Friday, May 30, 2008 11:00AM - 11:12AM		P5.00001: Population transfer between two quantum states by piecewise chirping of femtosecond pulses Sergey Zhdanovich, Evgeny Shapiro, Moshe Shapiro, John Hepburn, Valery Milner Preview Abstract
Friday, May 30, 2008 11:12AM - 11:24AM		P5.00002: Robust control by two chirped pulse trains in the presence of decoherence Svetlana Malinovskaya Preview Abstract
Friday, May 30, 2008 11:24AM - 11:36AM		P5.00003: Quantum state control of a Raman-coupled spinor BEC K.C. Wright, L.S. Leslie, N.P. Bigelow Preview Abstract
Friday, May 30, 2008 11:36AM - 11:48AM		P5.00004: Strong Field Coherent Control of Atomic Population Transfer Stephen Clow, Uvo Holscher, Carlos Trallero, Thomas Weinacht Preview Abstract
Friday, May 30, 2008 11:48AM - 12:00PM		P5.00005: Orientation of ``asymmetric-top'' water molecules with shaped terahertz fields Catherine Herne, Philip Bucksbaum Preview Abstract
Friday, May 30, 2008 12:00PM - 12:12PM		P5.00006: Continuous Measurement Quantum State Reconstruction in an Almost Decoherence-Free Protocol Carlos Riofrio, Seth Merkel, Ivan Deutsch Preview Abstract
Friday, May 30, 2008 12:12PM - 12:24PM		P5.00007: Optimal control of light pulse storage and retrieval Irina Novikova, Nathaniel Phillips, Alexey Gorshkov Preview Abstract
Friday, May 30, 2008 12:24PM - 12:36PM		P5.00008: Stored light optimization and optical depth Mason Klein, Yanhong Xiao, Rita Kalra, Michael Hohensee, David F. Phillips, Ronald L. Walsworth Preview Abstract
Friday, May 30, 2008 12:36PM - 12:48PM		P5.00009: Image Storage in Hot Vapors L. Zhao, T. Wang, Y. Xiao, S.F. Yelin Preview Abstract
Friday, May 30, 2008 12:48PM - 1:00PM		P5.00010: Observation of Refractive Index Enhancement with Vanishing Absorption. Nicholas Proite, Brett Unks, Deniz Yavuz Preview Abstract
Friday, May 30, 2008 1:00PM - 1:12PM		P5.00011: Demostration of Double Electromagnetically Induced Transparency in a Hot Atomic Vapor Andrew MacRae, Geoff Campbell, Alexander Lvovsky Preview Abstract
Friday, May 30, 2008 1:12PM - 1:24PM		P5.00012: Dynamical Evolution in the Propagation of Light in a Four-Level Medium Frank A. Narducci, Jon P. Davis Preview Abstract
Friday, May 30, 2008 1:24PM - 1:36PM		P5.00013: Observation of Raman self-focusing in an alkali-metal vapor cell Brett Unks, Nicholas Proite, Jonathan Green, Deniz Yavuz Preview Abstract

Session P6: Ultracold Rydberg Atoms and Plasmas

Chair: Peter Schmelcher, University of Heidelberg
Room: Nittany Lion Inn Boardroom II

Friday, May 30, 2008 11:00AM - 11:12AM		P6.00001: Van der Waals interaction in the cold Rydberg gas Jianing Han, Thomas Gallagher Preview Abstract
Friday, May 30, 2008 11:12AM - 11:24AM		P6.00002: Transform-limited Rydberg-Rydberg Collisions in a Thermal Atomic Beam M.R. Kutteruf, R.R. Jones Preview Abstract
Friday, May 30, 2008 11:24AM - 11:36AM		P6.00003: Electric field effects on cold Rydberg atom pair excitation Arne Schwettmann, James P. Shaffer, Valter A. Nascimento, Lucas L. Caliri, Luis G. Marcassa Preview Abstract
Friday, May 30, 2008 11:36AM - 11:48AM		P6.00004: Long-Range Wells in Rydberg-Rydberg Potential Curves Nolan Samboy, Jovica Stanojevic, Robin C\^ot\'e Preview Abstract
Friday, May 30, 2008 11:48AM - 12:00PM		P6.00005: Long Range, Cold Cs Rydberg Atom-Rydberg Atom Molecules K. Richard Overstreet, Arne Schwettmann, Jonathan Tallant, James P. Shaffer Preview Abstract
Friday, May 30, 2008 12:00PM - 12:12PM		P6.00006: Dipole-Dipole Interactions in a Cold Cs Rydberg Gas Jonathan Tallant, K. Richard Overstreet, Arne Schwettmann, James P. Shaffer Preview Abstract
Friday, May 30, 2008 12:12PM - 12:24PM		P6.00007: Rydberg Atom Population Distributions in Ultracold Plasmas Robert Fletcher, Xianli Zhang, Steven Rolston Preview Abstract
Friday, May 30, 2008 12:24PM - 12:36PM		P6.00008: Using projection imaging to study ultracold plasmas Xianli Zhang, Robert Fletcher, Steven Rolston Preview Abstract
Friday, May 30, 2008 12:36PM - 12:48PM		P6.00009: Highly excited state Rydberg recombination and consequences for ultracold neutral plasmas Hossein Sadeghpour, Thomas Pohl, Daniel Vrinceanu Preview Abstract
Friday, May 30, 2008 12:48PM - 1:00PM		P6.00010: Adiabatic Cooling and Electron-Ion Collisions during Self-Similar Expansion in Ultracold Neutral Plasmas Jose Castro, Hong Gao, Thomas Killian Preview Abstract
Friday, May 30, 2008 1:00PM - 1:12PM		P6.00011: Rydberg atom interactions in high density samples Kelly Younge, Aaron Reinhard, Thomas Pohl, Paul Berman, Georg Raithel Preview Abstract
Friday, May 30, 2008 1:12PM - 1:24PM		P6.00012: Many-Body Ionization in a Frozen Rydberg Gas Edward Shuman, Paul Tanner, Jianing Han, Tom Gallagher Preview Abstract

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