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 J1: Quantum Interferometry and Spin Squeezing

Chair: Juha Javanainen, University of Connecticut
Room: Chemistry Building 402

Thursday, May 21, 2009 8:00AM - 8:12AM		J1.00001: State Preparation for Rare-Earth Ion Based Quantum Memory Elizabeth Goldschmidt, Sarah Beavan, Matthew Eisaman, Jingyun Fan, Michael Hohensee, Zachary Levine, Ludwig Mathey, Sergey Polyakov, Alan Migdall Preview Abstract
Thursday, May 21, 2009 8:12AM - 8:24AM		J1.00002: Practical quantum metrology with Bose-Einstein condensates Alexandre Tacla, Sergio Boixo, Animesh Datta, Matthew Davis, Anil Shaji, Carlton Caves Preview Abstract
Thursday, May 21, 2009 8:24AM - 8:36AM		J1.00003: A Simple Criterion for Quantum States of Light to Be Applicable for the Heisenberg-Limited Interferometry Hwang Lee, Yang Gao Preview Abstract
Thursday, May 21, 2009 8:36AM - 8:48AM		J1.00004: Quantum Eraser for Improved Spin Squeezing in a Double-Pass Optical-Feedback Geometry Collin Trail, Ivan Deutsch Preview Abstract
Thursday, May 21, 2009 8:48AM - 9:00AM		J1.00005: Optimization of States in a Lossy Interferometer Blane McCracken, Tae-Woo Lee, Sean D. Huver, Lev Kaplan, Hwang Lee, Changjun Min, Dmitry B. Uskov, Christoph F. Wildfeuer, Georgios Veronis, Jonathan P. Dowling Preview Abstract
Thursday, May 21, 2009 9:00AM - 9:12AM		J1.00006: Interferometry with a photon-number resolving detector Christoph Wildfeuer, Aaron Pearlman, Jun Chen, Jingyun Fan, Alan Migdall, Jonathan Dowling Preview Abstract
Thursday, May 21, 2009 9:12AM - 9:24AM		J1.00007: Optimized Double-Well Quantum Interferometry with Gaussian Squeezed States Yuping Huang, Michael Moore Preview Abstract
Thursday, May 21, 2009 9:24AM - 9:36AM		J1.00008: Quantum transport in a nonlinear optical fiber: single-photon switching, photonic bound states and more Mohammad Hafezi, Darrick E. Chang, Vladimir Lukin, Eugene Demler, Mikhail D. Lukin Preview Abstract
Thursday, May 21, 2009 9:36AM - 9:48AM		J1.00009: Decoherence-enhanced measurements Daniel Braun, John Martin Preview Abstract
Thursday, May 21, 2009 9:48AM - 10:00AM		J1.00010: Parity detection in Quantum Optical metrology Aravind Chiruvelli, Hwang Lee Preview Abstract
Thursday, May 21, 2009 10:00AM - 10:12AM		J1.00011: Two-photon absorption of path-entangled number states Petr Anisimov, William N. Plick, Christoph F. Wildfeuer, Hwang Lee, Jonathan P. Dowling Preview Abstract

Session J2: Vector Potentials in Cold Gases

Chair: Jay Vaishnav, National Institute of Standards and Technology, Gaithersburg
Room: Gilmer Hall 130

Thursday, May 21, 2009 8:00AM - 8:30AM		J2.00001: Realizing artificial magnetic fields via optical lattice immersion Invited Speaker: Preview Abstract
Thursday, May 21, 2009 8:30AM - 9:00AM		J2.00002: Cold atoms in a rotating optical lattice Invited Speaker: Preview Abstract
Thursday, May 21, 2009 9:00AM - 9:30AM		J2.00003: Vortex configurations of ultracold bosons in rotating optical lattices Invited Speaker: Preview Abstract
Thursday, May 21, 2009 9:30AM - 10:00AM		J2.00004: Creating effective vector potentials with light Invited Speaker: Preview Abstract

Session J3: Dynamics and Out of Equilibrium Phenomena in Cold Atoms

Chair: Chandra Raman, Georgia Institute of Technology
Room: Gilmer Hall 190

Thursday, May 21, 2009 8:00AM - 8:12AM		J3.00001: Light scattering dynamics on the $F=1 \to F'=0$ transition in a high-density ultracold atomic gas of $^{87}$Rb S. Balik, A. Win, I.M. Sokolov, D.V. Kupriyanov, M.D. Havey Preview Abstract
Thursday, May 21, 2009 8:12AM - 8:24AM		J3.00002: Non-equilibrium behavior of the formation of a Bose-Einstein condensate in a disordered one-dimensional optical lattice Emily Edwards, Matthew Beeler, Tao Hong, Steven Rolston Preview Abstract
Thursday, May 21, 2009 8:24AM - 8:36AM		J3.00003: Anomalous spin segregation in a weakly interacting two component Fermi gas Stefan Natu, Erich Mueller Preview Abstract
Thursday, May 21, 2009 8:36AM - 8:48AM		J3.00004: Controlling the Ratchet Effect for Cold Atoms Arjendu Pattanayak, Anatole Kenfack, Jiang Bin Gong Preview Abstract
Thursday, May 21, 2009 8:48AM - 9:00AM		J3.00005: Supercurrent decay in one-dimensional Bose gases in a ring optical lattice Ippei Danshita, Anatoli Polkovnikov Preview Abstract
Thursday, May 21, 2009 9:00AM - 9:12AM		J3.00006: A supercritical superfluid Or: Seeing vortices unbind Ludwig Mathey, Anatoli Polkovnikov Preview Abstract
Thursday, May 21, 2009 9:12AM - 9:24AM		J3.00007: Relaxation dynamics in quasi one-dimensional cold gases Dominik Muth, Michael Fleischhauer Preview Abstract
Thursday, May 21, 2009 9:24AM - 9:36AM		J3.00008: On the microscopic theoretical approach of Spontaneous Symmetry Breaking in parametrically driven Cold atomic system Junhyun Lee, Yonghee Kim, Myoung-Sun Heo, Wonho Jhe, Mark Dykman Preview Abstract
Thursday, May 21, 2009 9:36AM - 9:48AM		J3.00009: Time-symmetry breaking for modulated cold atoms as a realization of meanfield critical behavior Myoung-Sun Heo, Yonghee Kim, Geol Moon, Mark Dykman, Wonho Jhe Preview Abstract
Thursday, May 21, 2009 9:48AM - 10:00AM		J3.00010: Effects of quantum fluctuations on the pulsating instability of a BEC in an optical lattice Uttam Shrestha, Juha Javanainen, Janne Ruostekoski Preview Abstract

Session J4: Efimov States and other Many-Body Interactions

Chair: Cheng Chin, University of Chicago
Room: Clark Hall 108

Thursday, May 21, 2009 8:00AM - 8:12AM		J4.00001: The Efimov Effect and Color Superconductivity in a Three-State Fermi Gas J.R. Williams, E.L. Hazlett, J.H. Huckans, R.W. Stites, Y. Zhang, K.M. O'Hara Preview Abstract
Thursday, May 21, 2009 8:12AM - 8:24AM		J4.00002: Extracting Efimov physics from three-body recombination at finite energies Yujun Wang, J.P. D'Incao, B.D. Esry Preview Abstract
Thursday, May 21, 2009 8:24AM - 8:36AM		J4.00003: A step beyond the Efimov scenario: evidence of a universal four-body state Francesca Ferlaino, Steven Knoop, Martin Berninger, Walter Harm, Hanns-Christoph Naegerl, Rudolf Grimm Preview Abstract
Thursday, May 21, 2009 8:36AM - 8:48AM		J4.00004: Universal four-body resonances in ultracold atomic and molecular gases Jose P. D'Incao, Javier von Stecher, Chris H. Greene Preview Abstract
Thursday, May 21, 2009 8:48AM - 9:00AM		J4.00005: Investigating Many-body Physics with Ultracold Molecules in Optical Lattices Michael Wall, Lincoln Carr Preview Abstract
Thursday, May 21, 2009 9:00AM - 9:12AM		J4.00006: Strongly Correlated Few-Boson Dynamics in Waveguides Peter Schmelcher, Sascha Zoellner, Vladimir Melezhik Preview Abstract
Thursday, May 21, 2009 9:12AM - 9:24AM		J4.00007: Counterflow and paired superfluidity in one-dimensional Bose mixtures Anzi Hu, Ludwig Mathey, Ippei Danshita, Carl Williams, Charles Clark Preview Abstract
Thursday, May 21, 2009 9:24AM - 9:36AM		J4.00008: Observation of Spin-Polarons in a tunable Fermi liquid Andre Schirotzek, Cheng-Hsun Wu, Ariel Sommer, Martin Zwierlein Preview Abstract
Thursday, May 21, 2009 9:36AM - 9:48AM		J4.00009: Polarized Fermi Gases at Unitarity in Anisotropic traps Leslie Baksmaty, Han Pu, Hong Lu, Carlos Bolech Preview Abstract
Thursday, May 21, 2009 9:48AM - 10:00AM		J4.00010: Prospects for ultracold dipolar physics, microscopy, and QIP with dysprosium Benjamin Lev, Seo Ho Youn, Mingwu Lu, Ushnish Ray Preview Abstract

Session J5: Undergraduate Session

Chair: Wesley Walter, Denison University
Room: Clark Hall 107

Thursday, May 21, 2009 8:00AM - 8:20AM		J5.00001: Light Polarization Dependence of Optical Dipole Traps Created in the Diffraction Pattern of a Pinhole Invited Speaker: Preview Abstract
Thursday, May 21, 2009 8:20AM - 8:40AM		J5.00002: Semi-classical electron dynamics and the generation of below threshold harmonics Invited Speaker: Preview Abstract
Thursday, May 21, 2009 8:40AM - 9:00AM		J5.00003: Polarizability Measurements in a Multi-Species Atom Interferometer Invited Speaker: Preview Abstract
Thursday, May 21, 2009 9:00AM - 9:20AM		J5.00004: Modeling BEC's in Double Wells Invited Speaker: Preview Abstract
Thursday, May 21, 2009 9:20AM - 9:40AM		J5.00005: Molecular analogs for studying the time-dependence of atomic ionization Invited Speaker: Preview Abstract
Thursday, May 21, 2009 9:40AM - 10:00AM		J5.00006: Ionization of Methane in Strong and Ultrastrong Fields Invited Speaker: Preview Abstract

Session J6: Focus Session: Exotic States in Rydberg Atoms

Chair: Tom Killian, Rice University
Room: Minor Hall 125

Thursday, May 21, 2009 8:00AM - 8:30AM		J6.00001: Observation of ultralong range Rydberg molecules Invited Speaker: Preview Abstract
Thursday, May 21, 2009 8:30AM - 8:42AM		J6.00002: Observation of Cs Rydberg atom macrodimers Arne Schwettmann, K. Richard Overstreet, Jonathan Tallant, Donald W. Booth, James P. Shaffer Preview Abstract
Thursday, May 21, 2009 8:42AM - 8:54AM		J6.00003: Four-Wave Mixing and Coherent Processes in Ultracold Atoms Using Intermediate Rydberg States. E. Brekke, J.O. Day, L. Hardy, T.G. Walker Preview Abstract
Thursday, May 21, 2009 8:54AM - 9:06AM		J6.00004: Properties of the ultracold molecular plasma formed in a seeded supersonic beam of NO Edward Grant, Jonathan Morrison, Christopher Rennick Preview Abstract
Thursday, May 21, 2009 9:06AM - 9:18AM		J6.00005: Using Population Echoes to Explore Coherent Interactions in a Nearly Frozen Rydberg Gas M.R. Kutteruf, R.R. Jones Preview Abstract
Thursday, May 21, 2009 9:18AM - 9:30AM		J6.00006: Rotary echo tests of coherence in Rydberg-atom excitation Kelly Cooper Younge, Georg Raithel Preview Abstract
Thursday, May 21, 2009 9:30AM - 10:00AM		J6.00007: Rydberg atoms in ultracold plasmas Invited Speaker: Preview Abstract

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