Bulletin of the American Physical Society

40th Annual Meeting of the APS Division of Atomic, Molecular and Optical Physics

Volume 54, Number 7

Tuesday–Saturday, May 19–23, 2009; Charlottesville, Virginia

Session Index

Session E1: Poster Session I (4:00 - 6:00 pm)	Show Abstracts
Wednesday, May 20, 2009 Room: Newcomb Hall Ballroom

		E1.00001: SPECTROSCOPY, LIFETIMES, OSCILLATOR STRENGTHS Preview Abstract
		E1.00002: Observation of the $^{85}$Rb$_{2}$ a $^{3}\Sigma _{u}^{+}$ State by PFOODR Resolved Fluorescence Spectroscopy Bediha Beser, Jianmei Bai, Ergin Ahmed, Vladimir Sovkov, Valery Ivanov, Feng Xie, Li Li, Marjatta Lyyra Preview Abstract
		E1.00003: Bound-free Emission in the NaK Molecule B.M. McGeehan, S. Ashman, S.J. Sweeney, C.M. Wolfe, J.P. Huennekens, A.P. Hickman Preview Abstract
		E1.00004: Energy levels and mid-infrared spectrum of Rydberg states of triatomic hydrogen Jia Wang, Viatcheslav Kokoouline, Chris Greene Preview Abstract
		E1.00005: Franck-Condon factor of the A-X(0-0) transition of CaF measured by the saturation of laser-induced fluorescence B.E. Sauer, T.E. Wall, J.J. Hudson, D. Cho, M.G. Boshier, E.A. Hinds, M.R. Tarbutt Preview Abstract
		E1.00006: Global analysis of data on the $A\ ^{1}\Sigma^{+}$ $\sim$ $b\ ^{3}\Pi$ states of NaK Houssam Salami, Thomas Bergeman, Amanda Ross Preview Abstract
		E1.00007: Robust laser frequency locking by dispersion of atoms in a transverse magnetic field Taro Hasegawa, Mitsuyasu Deguchi Preview Abstract
		E1.00008: ABSTRACT WITHDRAWN Preview Abstract
		E1.00009: Measuring the Nuclear Magnetic Octupole Moment of a Single Trapped Barium-137 Ion Adam Kleczewski, Norval Fortson, Boris Blinov Preview Abstract
		E1.00010: Isotope shift calculations and the variation of fundamental constants Julian Berengut, Victor Flambaum Preview Abstract
		E1.00011: FUNDAMENTAL SYMMETRIES AND PRECISION MEASUREMENTS Preview Abstract
		E1.00012: Polarized atoms in a far-off-resonance YAG laser optical dipole trap Fang Fang, Haiyan Wang, David Feldbaum, David Vieira, Xinxin Zhao Preview Abstract
		E1.00013: PROBING MOLECULES WITH ULTRA-FAST LASERS Preview Abstract
		E1.00014: Complete momentum spectrum of H$_2^+$ ionization by short laser pulses from model Born-Oppenheimer calculations Fatima Anis, B.D. Esry Preview Abstract
		E1.00015: Using the Time-dependent Floquet Method to Study Below-threshold Dissociation and Zero-photon Dissociation Jianjun Hua, Brett Esry Preview Abstract
		E1.00016: Spinning CO$_{2}$ Molecules into High Rotational States with an Optical Centrifuge Amy S. Mullin, Liwei Yuan, Sam Teitelbaum, Allison Robinson Preview Abstract
		E1.00017: ION-ATOM AND ION-ION COLLISIONS Preview Abstract
		E1.00018: Inelastic- collision cross sections for the interactions of $H^{+}$, $He^{2}+$ and $C^{6+}$ ions with liquid water Mario Bernal, Jacinto Liendo Preview Abstract
		E1.00019: Electron Capture in Collisions between Protons and Hydrogen Atoms Thomas Winter Preview Abstract
		E1.00020: Vortices in electron momentum distributions Serguei Ovchinnikov, Joseph Macek, James Sternberg Preview Abstract
		E1.00021: Testing theoretical ion-atom interaction potentials by precise measurements of gas-phase ionic mobilities Rainer Johnsen, Larry Viehland, Timothy Wright Preview Abstract
		E1.00022: A Novel Merged-Beam Apparatus for Studying Anion-Neutral Reactions K. Miller, H. Bruhns, H. Kreckel, M. Lestinsky, W. Mitthumsiri, B. Schmitt, M. Schnell, B. Seredyuk, D.W. Savin, X. Urbain, M.E. Bannister, C.C. Havener, A. Dorn, M.L. Rappaport Preview Abstract
		E1.00023: Quantum mechanical models for the Fermi shuttle James Sternberg, S. Yu. Ovchinnikov, J.H. Macek Preview Abstract
		E1.00024: Ionization of helium by proton and anti-proton impact: a finite-element discrete-variable approach Xiaoxu Guan, Klaus Bartschat Preview Abstract
		E1.00025: Final-state-resolved charge exchange in O$^{7+}$ + H collisions J. Nolte, P.C. Stancil, A. Watanabe Preview Abstract
		E1.00026: Collisions of O+ with He at low energies Dwayne C. Joseph, B.C. Saha, L.B. Zhao Preview Abstract
		E1.00027: Theoretical Fully Differential Cross Sections for Transfer-Excitation Collisions A.L. Harris, M. Schulz, J.L. Peacher, D.H. Madison Preview Abstract
		E1.00028: Kinematically complete studies of collisions between simple molecular ions and neutral gas targets Nora G. Johnson, A.M. Sayler, Ben Berry, Wania Wolff, B. Gaire, M. Zohrabi, J. McKenna, K.D. Carnes, I. Ben-Itzhak Preview Abstract
		E1.00029: COLLISIONS INVOLVING SURFACES Preview Abstract
		E1.00030: Creating reactive potentials for particle-surface interactions: C, H, Li P.S. Krstic, P. Kent Preview Abstract
		E1.00031: The effect of surface interaction on the performance of submillimeter atomic magnetometers K.F. Zhao, M. Schaden, Z. Wu Preview Abstract
		E1.00032: Ionization of Rydberg atoms at metal surfaces Dennis Neufeld, Yu Pu, F. Barry Dunning Preview Abstract
		E1.00033: Scattering of H$^{-}$ by plane and nano-stepped surfaces: Role of the ion speed for probing the surface band structure Himadri Chakraborty, Uwe Thumm Preview Abstract
		E1.00034: Electron emission from condensed-phase targets induced by fast ion transmission R.A. McLawhorn, S.L. McLawhorn, M. Dingfelder, L.H. Toburen, J.L. Shinpaugh, K.D. Carnes Preview Abstract
		E1.00035: QUANTUM INFORMATION AND QUANTUM MEASUREMENTS Preview Abstract
		E1.00036: Three-qubit quantum register and quantum nondemolition detection using a single nitrogen-vacancy center Liang Jiang, Jonathan Hodges, Jero Maze, Mikhail Lukin Preview Abstract
		E1.00037: Progress Towards Quantum Networks Using Nitrogen Vacancy Center in Diamond Emre Togan, Yiwen Chu, Alexei Trifonov, M.V. Gurudev Dutt, Liang Jiang, Lily Childress, Alexander Zibrov, Philip Hemmer, Mikhail Lukin Preview Abstract
		E1.00038: Ion-trap single-photon source for quantum networks Tracy Northup, Helena Barros, Andreas Stute, Carlos Russo, Piet Schmidt Preview Abstract
		E1.00039: Photonic qubits for remote quantum information processing P. Maunz, S. Olmschenk, D. Hayes, D.N. Matsukevich, L.-M. Duan, C. Monroe Preview Abstract
		E1.00040: Fast quantum gates with hyperfine qubit states Q. Quraishi, W. Campbell, J. Mizrahi, C. Monroe Preview Abstract
		E1.00041: Integrated optics approach towards ion trap quantum computation Taehyun Kim, Caleb Knoernschild, Justin Migacz, Rachel Noek, Michael Silver, Jungsang Kim Preview Abstract
		E1.00042: Quantum optomechanics with Cold atoms Zhaoyuan Ma, Kater Murch, Dan Stamper-Kurn Preview Abstract
		E1.00043: Direct spatial imaging of blockade effects in a cold Rydberg gas Andrew Schwarzkopf, Rachel Sapiro, Georg Raithel Preview Abstract
		E1.00044: Coulomb blockade in a cold Rydberg gas measured by Ramsey Fringes Jianing Han, Tom Gallagher Preview Abstract
		E1.00045: COLD ATOMS, MOLECULES, AND PLASMAS Preview Abstract
		E1.00046: Progress with Ultracold Rydberg Atoms in Electric Fields J.E. Johnson, I. Arakelyan, Tao Hong, S.L. Rolston Preview Abstract
		E1.00047: Electric field effects on cold Rydberg atom nD-nD pair collisions Donald W. Booth, Arne Schwettmann, James P. Shaffer, Jader S. Cabral, Luis F. Gon\c{c}alvez, Luis G. Marcassa Preview Abstract
		E1.00048: Rydberg tagging time-of-flight imaging to study 3-body Recombination Jonathan Tallant, Arne Schwettmann, Donald W. Booth, James P. Shaffer Preview Abstract
		E1.00049: Simulations using echo sequences to observe coherence in a cold Rydberg gas Jes\'us V. Hern\'andez, Francis Robicheaux Preview Abstract
		E1.00050: Coherent formation of ultracold molecules in the ground rovibrational state Elena Kuznetsova, Marco Gacesa, Philippe Pellegrini, Robin C\^ot\'e, Mikhail D. Lukin, Susanne F. Yelin Preview Abstract
		E1.00051: A quantum gas of ground state molecules in an optical lattice Johann Danzl, Manfred Mark, Elmar Haller, Mattias Gustavsson, Russell Hart, Hanns-Christoph N\"agerl Preview Abstract
		E1.00052: Cold collisions of Stark decelerated ND$_{3}$ molecules and magnetically trapped $^{87}$Rb atoms Noah Fitch, Paul Parazzoli, Dan Lobser, Heather Lewandowski Preview Abstract
		E1.00053: BOSE-EINSTEIN CONDENSATES Preview Abstract
		E1.00054: Quantum Dynamics of Photoassociation of an Atomic Bose-Einstein Condensate in a Driven Optical Cavity J. Mauricio Campuzano, Christopher P. Search Preview Abstract
		E1.00055: Zero-temperature phase diagram of a two-species atomic Bose-Einstein condensates with an interspecies Feshbach resonance Lu Zhou, Jing Qian, Han Pu, Weiping Zhang, Hong Y. Ling Preview Abstract
		E1.00056: A complete basis for a perturbation expansion of the general N-body problem W. Blake Laing, David W. Kelle, Martin Dunn, Deborah K. Watson Preview Abstract
		E1.00057: A Dipolar Bose-Einstein Condensate as an Anisotropic Superfluid Ryan Wilson, Shai Ronen, John Bohn Preview Abstract
		E1.00058: Dipolar BEC in a double-well potential M. Asad-uz-Zaman, D. Blume Preview Abstract
		E1.00059: Formation of Solitons During the BEC Phase Transition JiaJia Chang, Chris Hamner, Peter Engels Preview Abstract
		E1.00060: The onset of superfluid turbulence in Bose-Einstein condensates Tyler Neely, Edward Samson, Ashton Bradley, Matthew Davis, Brian Anderson Preview Abstract
		E1.00061: Decay of rotational flow of a Bose-Einstein condensate in an optical toroidal potential Anand Ramanathan, Sergio Muniz, Kristian Helmerson, William Phillips Preview Abstract
		E1.00062: Creating arbitrary optical potentials to study and manipulate Bose-Einstein Condensates. Sergio Muniz, Chandra Raman, Kristian Helmerson, William Phillips Preview Abstract
		E1.00063: Resolving and addressing independent Bose-Einstein condensates (BECs) in individual sites of a CO$_{2}$ laser optical lattice Eva Bookjans, Chris D. Hamley, Peyman Ahmadi, Michael S. Chapman Preview Abstract
		E1.00064: Charged impurities in a BEC Rachel Sapiro, David Anderson, Rui Zhang, Georg Raithel Preview Abstract
		E1.00065: Achieving and Analyzing the Cold Atoms in a dilute Atomic Gas Jina Park, Dahyun Yum, Wonho Jhe Preview Abstract
		E1.00066: When the Vacuum is a Drag Andrew Sykes, Matthew Davis, David Roberts Preview Abstract
		E1.00067: DEGENERATE FERMI GASES Preview Abstract
		E1.00068: Controlling spin current in a trapped Fermi gas Xu Du, Yingyi Zhang, Jessie Petricka, Le Luo, Bason Clancy, John Thomas Preview Abstract
		E1.00069: All-optical methods for cooling $^{6}$Li to quantum degeneracy P.M. Duarte, J.M. Hitchcock, T.A. Corcovilos, R.G. Hulet Preview Abstract
		E1.00070: Strongly Interacting Quantum Mixtures of Ultracold Atoms Cheng-Hsun Wu, Ariel Sommer, Ibon Santiago-Gomez, Peyman Ahmadi, Martin Zwierlein Preview Abstract
		E1.00071: Radio-Frequency Spectroscopy of strongly interacting Fermi gases Andre Schirotzek, Cheng-Hsun Wu, Ariel Sommer, Martin Zwierlein Preview Abstract
		E1.00072: Strongly Interacting Fermi and Bose-Fermi Gases Caleb A. Christensen, Jae H. Choi, Gyu-boong Jo, Ye-ryoung Lee, Tony H. Kim, Tout Wang, David E. Pritchard, Wolfgang Ketterle Preview Abstract
		E1.00073: Viscosity Measurements in an Ultracold, Strongly-Interacting, Fermi Gas Chenglin Cao, Jessie Petricka, James Joseph, Ethan Elliot, Bason Clancy, Le Luo, John Thomas Preview Abstract
		E1.00074: Inelastic Collisions of a Fermi Gas in the BEC-BCS Crossover regime Yingyi Zhang, Xu Du, John Thomas Preview Abstract
		E1.00075: Sound propagation in an elongated unitary gas Munekazu Horikoshi, Shuta Nakajima, Yasuhisa Inada, Swarupananda Pradhan, Masahito Ueda, Takashi Mukaiyama Preview Abstract
		E1.00076: Exact numerical simulations of interacting fermions in 1D trapping potentials Bernd Schmidt, Dominik Muth, Alexander Mering, Michael Fleischhauer Preview Abstract
		E1.00077: DYNAMIC AND OUT-OF-EQUILIBRIUM PHENOMENA IN COLD ATOMS Preview Abstract
		E1.00078: Measurement of interaction strength for spontaneous symmetric breaking in a parametrically modulated magneto-optical trap Geol Moon, Myoung-Sun Heo, Yonghee Kim, Heung-Ryoul Noh, Wonho Jhe Preview Abstract
		E1.00079: Mediated interactions in a dilute Bose-Einstein condensate and Fermi gas mixture Deborah Santamore, Eddy Timmermans Preview Abstract
		E1.00080: Modeling a sodium spinor condensate Stephen Maxwell, Thomas Hanna, Yingmei Liu, Eite Tiesinga, Paul Lett Preview Abstract
		E1.00081: Stripe formation and anomalous dynamics of a dual species Bose-Einstein condensate in an optical lattice Uttam Shrestha, Juha Javanainen, Janne Ruostekoski Preview Abstract
		E1.00082: Comprehensive study of parametric resonance of high-density ultracold $^{87}$Rb atoms in an optical dipole trap A. Win, S. Balik, M.D. Havey Preview Abstract
		E1.00083: LASER COOLING AND TRAPPING Preview Abstract
		E1.00084: ABSTRACT WITHDRAWN Preview Abstract
		E1.00085: Laser cooling of rubidium atoms in an integrating sphere Liang Liu, Huadong Cheng, Wenzhuo Zhang, Ling Xiao, Yuzhu Wang Preview Abstract
		E1.00086: Pyramidal Magneto-Optical Atom Traps on a Chip Samuel Pollock, Joseph Cotter, Athanasios Laliotis, Fernando Ramirez-Martinez, Michael Trupke, Ed Hinds Preview Abstract
		E1.00087: Progress toward the magneto-optical trapping of dysprosium Seo Ho Youn, Mingwu Lu, Ushnish Ray, Benjamin Lev Preview Abstract
		E1.00088: Limitations to the Number of $^{85}$Rb and $^{87}$Rb Atoms Simultaneously Confined in a Shallow Optical Trap. Anthony Gorges, Mathew Hamilton, Jacob Roberts Preview Abstract
		E1.00089: Characterization of LIAD loaded sodium MOT Tetsuya Ishikawa, Matthew Gibbs, Gustavo Telles, Chandra Raman Preview Abstract
		E1.00090: Closed-loop stabilization of a quasi-electrostatic trap Dwight Whitaker, Alex Zylstra Preview Abstract
		E1.00091: Progress towards a continuous atom laser Mallory Traxler, Cornelius Hempel, Varun Vaidya, Georg Raithel Preview Abstract
		E1.00092: Optical Sidebands in Extended Cavity Diode Lasers Timothy Roach, Josh Ryor, Paul Oxley Preview Abstract
		E1.00093: Sympathetic Heating Spectroscopy with Ca$^{+}$ Isotopes Craig Clark, Yatis Dodia, James Geoders, Grahame Vittorini, Ricardo Viteri, Kenneth Brown Preview Abstract
		E1.00094: Trapping and Optical Detection of Doubly-charged Ytterbium Ions Martin Schauer, Jeremy Danielson, David Feldbaum, Saidur Rahaman, BaoZhou Sun, Xinxin Zhao, Justin Torgerson Preview Abstract
		E1.00095: Observation of recoil-induced resonaces and electromagnetically induced absorption of cold atoms in diffuse light Liang Liu Preview Abstract
		E1.00096: ANTIMATTER Preview Abstract
		E1.00097: A New Form of Matter -- Unmatter, Composed of Particles and Anti-Particles Florentin Smarandache Preview Abstract
		E1.00098: Low Energy Rydberg States in Dipositronium Joseph DiRienzi, Richard Drachman Preview Abstract
		E1.00099: QUANTUM OPTICS WITH NANOSTRUCTURES Preview Abstract
		E1.00100: Dissipation Assisted Quantum Memory with Coupled Spin Systems Liang Jiang, Frank Verstraete, Ignacio Cirac, Mikhail Lukin Preview Abstract
		E1.00101: Preparation of Non-equilibrium Nuclear Spin States in Quantum Dots Michael Gullans, Jacob Krich, Jacob Taylor, Bertrand Halperin, Amir Yacoby, Michael Stopa, Mikhail Lukin Preview Abstract
		E1.00102: Optical levitation of quantum nano-mechanical resonators Darrick Chang, Cindy Regal, Scott Papp, Dalziel Wilson, Jun Ye, Peter Zoller, Oskar Painter, Jeff Kimble Preview Abstract
		E1.00103: Quantum gates between superconducting and atomic qubits Mark Saffman, Frank Wilhelm, Robert McDermott Preview Abstract
		E1.00104: Quantum gates between atoms coupled by surface plasmons of a nanowire David Dzsotjan, Michael Fleischhauer Preview Abstract
		E1.00105: Strong coupling between an electronic spin qubit and a nano-mechanical resonator Peter Rabl, Paula Cappellaro, Gurudev Dutt, Liang Jiang, Jeronimo Maze, Mikhail Lukin Preview Abstract
		E1.00106: Enhancing the feedback signals used in closed-loop control of molecular fragmentation Michael A. Todt, Nick Smolnisky, Nathan Jastram, Bethany Jochim, N.G. Wells, E. Wells, J. Mckenna, A.M. Sayler, B. Gaire, Nora G. Johnson, M. Zohrabi, K.D. Carnes, I. Ben-Itzhak Preview Abstract
		E1.00107: Near-field Electrical Detection of Optical Surface Plasmons and Single Plasmon Sources Frank Koppens, A. Falk, C. Yu, K. Kang, N. de Leon, A. Akimov, M. Jo, M. Lukin, H. Park Preview Abstract
		E1.00108: A Nanoscale Quantum Interface for Single Atoms Jeff Thompson, Darrick Chang, Alexander Zibrov, Mikhail Lukin Preview Abstract
		E1.00109: Quantum Optics With Integrated Plasmonic/Optical Systems Brendan Shields, Alexey Akimov, Frank Koppens, Chun Yu, Parag Deotare, Darrick Chang, Phillip Hemmer, Alexander Zibrov, Marko Loncar, Hongkun Park, Mikhail Lukin Preview Abstract
		E1.00110: Atom number counting and cavity optomechanics on an integrated atom chip - cavity QED apparatus Daniel Brooks, Thomas Purdy, Thierry Botter, Dan Stamper-Kurn Preview Abstract
		E1.00111: Supercontinuum-Excited Z-scan Spectroscopy of CdSe/ZnS Semiconductor Coreshells JaeTae Seo, Qiguang Yang, William Yu, Wanjoong Kim, Sungsoo Jung Preview Abstract
		E1.00112: NEW EXPERIMENTAL TECHNIQUES Preview Abstract
		E1.00113: Edge enhancement in optically pumped Rb vapor Z. Wu, K.F. Zhao, M. Schaden Preview Abstract
		E1.00114: Millimeter-wave Velocity Modulation Spectroscopy as a Technique to Selectively Detect Molecular Ions DeWayne Halfen, Lucy Ziurys Preview Abstract
		E1.00115: Pseudo-single beam FM spectroscopy for fast, minimally destructive, high SNR detection of Bose-Einstein condensates Chad Fertig, Mary Locke, Ken Kansky Preview Abstract
		E1.00116: Two-Step Dichroic Atomic Vapor Laser Lock Using Electromagnetically Induced Transparency and Absorption Francisco E. Becerra, Richard T. Willis, Steven L. Rolston, Luis A. Orozco Preview Abstract
		E1.00117: A widely tunable laser frequency offset lock with digital counting Joshua Hughes, Chad Fertig Preview Abstract
		E1.00118: Producing and Diagnosing Chirped Nanosecond Pulses C.E. Rogers III, J.L. Carini, J.A. Pechkis, P.L. Gould Preview Abstract
		E1.00119: Optical monitoring of a wavelength-scale mechanical resonator via cavity scattering Ako Chijioke, John Lawall Preview Abstract
		E1.00120: A data acquisition system based on a novel microcontroller B.A. deHarak, T.G. Porter, N.L.S. Martin Preview Abstract
		E1.00121: Combining lattice clocks with cavity QED: Prospects for a mHz-linewidth laser Dominic Meiser, Jun Ye, Murray Holland Preview Abstract
		E1.00122: Determining the spectral width of an ultrashort light pulse with a diffraction grating-based spectrometer J. Bruce Johnson Preview Abstract
		E1.00123: Neutral Atom Lithography Using a Bright Metastable Helium Beam Claire Allred, Jason Reeves, Chris Corder, Harold Metcalf Preview Abstract
		E1.00124: Spatial light modulators for cold atom manipulation: guiding into a Laguerre-Gaussian mode Laurence Pruvost, Michael Mestre, Fabienne Diry, Bruno Viaris de Lesegno Preview Abstract

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Bulletin of the American Physical Society

40th Annual Meeting of the APS Division of Atomic, Molecular and Optical Physics

Volume 54, Number 7

Tuesday–Saturday, May 19–23, 2009; Charlottesville, Virginia

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