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 S1: Quantum Information with Matter and Light

Chair: Mirko Lobino, University of Calgary
Room: Chemistry Building 402

Friday, May 22, 2009 2:00PM - 2:30PM		S1.00001: Towards Quantum Repeaters Invited Speaker: Preview Abstract
Friday, May 22, 2009 2:30PM - 3:00PM		S1.00002: Quantum dots in photonic crystals: from quantum information processing to single photon nonlinear optics Invited Speaker: Preview Abstract
Friday, May 22, 2009 3:00PM - 3:30PM		S1.00003: Quantum networking with trapped ions and photons Invited Speaker: Preview Abstract
Friday, May 22, 2009 3:30PM - 4:00PM		S1.00004: Long-lived Quantum Memories Invited Speaker: Preview Abstract

Session S2: Focus Session: Spectroscopy of Strongly Interacting Fermi Gases

Chair: Walter Hofstetter, University of Frankfurt
Room: Gilmer Hall 130

Friday, May 22, 2009 2:00PM - 2:30PM		S2.00001: TBA Invited Speaker: Preview Abstract
Friday, May 22, 2009 2:30PM - 2:42PM		S2.00002: Universal Relations for the Strongly-interacting Fermi Gas Eric Braaten, Lucas Platter Preview Abstract
Friday, May 22, 2009 2:42PM - 2:54PM		S2.00003: Measurements of the Paired Fraction in the BEC-BCS Crossover Wenhui Li, Yean-an Liao, Tobias Paprotta, Ann Sophie Rittner, Guthrie B. Partridge, Randall G. Hulet Preview Abstract
Friday, May 22, 2009 2:54PM - 3:24PM		S2.00004: Observation of Spin Polarons in a Tunable Fermi Liquid of Ultracold Atoms Invited Speaker: Preview Abstract
Friday, May 22, 2009 3:24PM - 3:36PM		S2.00005: Photoemission Spectroscopy of an Ultra Cold Fermi Gas John P. Gaebler, J. T. Stewart, Deborah S. Jin Preview Abstract
Friday, May 22, 2009 3:36PM - 3:48PM		S2.00006: Three-body Recombination of Fermionic Atoms with Large Scattering Lengths Daekyoung Kang, Eric Braaten, Hans-Werner Hammer, Lucas Platter Preview Abstract
Friday, May 22, 2009 3:48PM - 4:00PM		S2.00007: Detection of Fermi Pairing by Electromagnetically Induced Transparency Lei Jiang, Han Pu, Weiping Zhang, Hong Ling Preview Abstract

Session S3: Optical Lattices II

Chair: Dominik Schneble, Stony Brook University
Room: Gilmer Hall 190

Friday, May 22, 2009 2:00PM - 2:12PM		S3.00001: Experimental investigation of the Fermi-Hubbard model in a 3D optical lattice of $^6${Li} atoms T.A. Corcovilos, J.M. Hitchcock, P.M. Duarte, R.G. Hulet Preview Abstract
Friday, May 22, 2009 2:12PM - 2:24PM		S3.00002: Effects of fermions on the superfluid-insulator phase diagram of the Bose-Hubbard model Roman Lutchyn, Sumanta Tewari, Sankar Das Sarma Preview Abstract
Friday, May 22, 2009 2:24PM - 2:36PM		S3.00003: Elastic decay of doublons in the Fermi-Hubbard model Daniel Greif, Niels Strohmaier, Robert Jordens, Leticia Tarruell, Henning Moritz, Tilman Esslinger Preview Abstract
Friday, May 22, 2009 2:36PM - 2:48PM		S3.00004: Direct Observation of Multi-Band Physics using Quantum Phase Diffusion in 3D Optical Lattices Sebastian Will, Thorsten Best, Simon Braun, Ulrich Schneider, Lucia Hackerm\"{u}ller, Dirk-S\"{o}ren L\"{u}hmann, Immanuel Bloch Preview Abstract
Friday, May 22, 2009 2:48PM - 3:00PM		S3.00005: Lattice model for strongly interacting fermions in an optical lattice Jason Kestner, Luming Duan Preview Abstract
Friday, May 22, 2009 3:00PM - 3:12PM		S3.00006: Effective three-body interactions and decoherence of coherent atom states in optical lattices Philip Johnson, Eite Tiesinga, Trey Porto, Carl Williams Preview Abstract
Friday, May 22, 2009 3:12PM - 3:24PM		S3.00007: Soliton in a lattice derived from quantum mechanics Juha Javanainen, Uttam Shrestha Preview Abstract
Friday, May 22, 2009 3:24PM - 3:36PM		S3.00008: Damping of Dipole Oscillations of a Bose-Einstein Condensate in a Random Potential D. Dries, S.E. Pollack, J. Hitchcock, R.G. Hulet Preview Abstract
Friday, May 22, 2009 3:36PM - 3:48PM		S3.00009: BEC in a shaken optical lattice E. Arimondo, D. Ciampini, H. Lignier, O. Morsch, A. Zenesini Preview Abstract
Friday, May 22, 2009 3:48PM - 4:00PM		S3.00010: Coherent control of Wannier-Stark states via interference between one- and two-phonon excitation Chao Zhuang, Christopher R. Paul, Samansa Maneshi, Luciano S. Cruz, Aephraim M. Steinberg Preview Abstract

Session S4: Laser Trapping and Cooling

Chair: Kristian Corwin, Kansas State University
Room: Clark Hall 108

Friday, May 22, 2009 2:00PM - 2:12PM		S4.00001: Methods for Non-destructive Temperature Measurements in a Magneto-Optical Trap Frank A. Narducci, Dwight Duncan, Grady R. White, James Lough, Jon P. Davis Preview Abstract
Friday, May 22, 2009 2:12PM - 2:24PM		S4.00002: Influence of Optical Molasses in the Loading of a Shallow Optical Trap Mathew Hamilton, Anthony Gorges, Jacob Roberts Preview Abstract
Friday, May 22, 2009 2:24PM - 2:36PM		S4.00003: Cross Species Suppression of Optical Trap Loading Rate in a Heteronuclear Mixture Anthony Gorges, Mathew Hamilton, Jacob Roberts Preview Abstract
Friday, May 22, 2009 2:36PM - 2:48PM		S4.00004: Multistage Zeeman deceleration A.W. Wiederkehr, S.D. Hogan, M. Andrist, H. Schmutz, B. Lambilotte, F. Merkt Preview Abstract
Friday, May 22, 2009 2:48PM - 3:00PM		S4.00005: Efficient Cooling of Paramagnetic Atoms with Single Photons Travis Bannerman, Gabriel Price, Kirsten Viering, Mark Raizen Preview Abstract
Friday, May 22, 2009 3:00PM - 3:12PM		S4.00006: Progress towards trapping of atomic hydrogen isotopes Isaac Chavez, Adam Libson, Tom Mazur, Julia Majors, Mark Raizen Preview Abstract
Friday, May 22, 2009 3:12PM - 3:24PM		S4.00007: Guiding and Trapping of Rydberg atoms in a linear magnetic atom guide Cornelius Hempel, Mallory Traxler, Varun Vaidya, Georg Raithel Preview Abstract
Friday, May 22, 2009 3:24PM - 3:36PM		S4.00008: Light scattering from a dense and ultracold atomic gas Dmitriy Kupriyanov, Igor Sokolov, Mark Havey Preview Abstract
Friday, May 22, 2009 3:36PM - 3:48PM		S4.00009: A New Technique for Measuring Atomic Recoil Frequency Using Coherence Functions Scott Beattie, Brynle Barrett, Iain Chan, Carson Mok, Itay Yavin, A. Kumarakrishnan Preview Abstract
Friday, May 22, 2009 3:48PM - 4:00PM		S4.00010: Transient enhancement of the nonlinear atom-photon coupling via recoil-induced resonances Joel Greenberg, Daniel Gauthier Preview Abstract
Friday, May 22, 2009 4:00PM - 4:12PM		S4.00011: Towards the creation of Fock states of atoms Hrishikesh Kelkar, Tongcang Li, David Medellin, Kirsten Viering, Mark Raizen Preview Abstract

Session S5: Short Pulse Processes

Chair: Cornelis Uiterwaal, University of Nebraska-Lincoln
Room: Clark Hall 107

Friday, May 22, 2009 2:00PM - 2:12PM		S5.00001: Photoionization energy and angle differential probabilities of He under chirped attosecond x-ray pulses Teck-Ghee Lee, Mitch Pindzola, Francis Robicheaux Preview Abstract
Friday, May 22, 2009 2:12PM - 2:24PM		S5.00002: Two-color attosecond control of helium Jes\'us V. Hern\'andez, B.D. Esry Preview Abstract
Friday, May 22, 2009 2:24PM - 2:36PM		S5.00003: Two-Photon Resonant-Single and Double Ionization of Helium by Ultrashort Laser Pulses Alicia Palacios, Thomas N. Rescigno, C. William McCurdy Preview Abstract
Friday, May 22, 2009 2:36PM - 2:48PM		S5.00004: Strong field Cooper minimum in High Harmonic Generation Joseph Farrell, Brian McFarland, Phil Bucksbaum, Markus G\"uhr Preview Abstract
Friday, May 22, 2009 2:48PM - 3:00PM		S5.00005: Quantitative rescattering theory for high-order harmonic generation from aligned molecules Anh-Thu Le, Robert Lucchese, Mu-Tao Lee, Chii-Dong Lin Preview Abstract
Friday, May 22, 2009 3:00PM - 3:12PM		S5.00006: Polarization Resolved Characterization of High Harmonic Emission from Aligned Molecules Xibin Zhou, Robynne Lock, Henry Kapteyn, Margaret Murnane Preview Abstract
Friday, May 22, 2009 3:12PM - 3:24PM		S5.00007: Effects of streaking laser intensity on the characterization of isolated attosecond pulses He Wang, Sabih Khan, Michael Chini, Shouyuan Chen, Zenghu Chang Preview Abstract
Friday, May 22, 2009 3:24PM - 3:36PM		S5.00008: Control of electron localization in a molecule using XUV and IR pulses Kamal P. Singh, P. Ranitovic, W. Cao, S. De, D. Ray, S. Chen, I. Bocharova, M. Magrakvelidze, H. Mashiko, F. He, U. Thumm, A. Becker, I. Litvinyuk, C.L. Cocke Preview Abstract
Friday, May 22, 2009 3:36PM - 3:48PM		S5.00009: The Role of Mass in the Carrier-Envelope Phase Effect for $\rm H_2^+$ Dissociation Jianjun Hua, Brett Esry Preview Abstract
Friday, May 22, 2009 3:48PM - 4:00PM		S5.00010: Strongly Polarized Plasma Emission Produced by Laser Ablation of Aluminum Robert Gordon, Yaoming Liu, John Penczak, Youbo Zhao Preview Abstract

Session S6: Molecular Dissociation Induced by Electron Collisions

Chair: Chris Greene, University of Colorado
Room: Minor Hall 125

Friday, May 22, 2009 2:00PM - 2:30PM		S6.00001: Molecular dissociation induced by electron collisions Invited Speaker: Preview Abstract
Friday, May 22, 2009 2:30PM - 3:00PM		S6.00002: Molecular Dissociation Induced by Electron Collisions Invited Speaker: Preview Abstract
Friday, May 22, 2009 3:00PM - 3:30PM		S6.00003: Theory of dissociative recombination of triatomic molecular ions Invited Speaker: Preview Abstract
Friday, May 22, 2009 3:30PM - 4:00PM		S6.00004: Ab initio calculations of dissociative attachment and dissociative recombination of electrons and polyatomic species Invited Speaker: Preview Abstract

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