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 W1: Nanoscale Optomechanics

Chair: Duncan O'Dell, McMaster University
Room: Chemistry Building 402

Saturday, May 23, 2009 8:00AM - 8:30AM		W1.00001: Coupling MEMS to photons: a new approach to macroscopic quantum phenomena Invited Speaker: Preview Abstract
Saturday, May 23, 2009 8:30AM - 9:00AM		W1.00002: Quantum-Opto-Mechanics: Towards quantum optical control of micromechanical resonators Invited Speaker: Preview Abstract
Saturday, May 23, 2009 9:00AM - 9:30AM		W1.00003: Ultracold atoms coupled to micro- and nanomechanical oscillators: towards hybrid quantum systems Invited Speaker: Preview Abstract
Saturday, May 23, 2009 9:30AM - 10:00AM		W1.00004: Cavity optomechanics and its applications Invited Speaker: Preview Abstract

Session W2: Ultracold Collisions, Photoassociation, and Spectroscopy

Chair: Michael Lim, Rowan University
Room: Gilmer Hall 130

Saturday, May 23, 2009 8:00AM - 8:12AM		W2.00001: Collision and evaporation dynamics of different isotopes of Sr Y. Natali Martinez de Escobar, Pascal Mickelson, Mi Yan, Thomas Killian Preview Abstract
Saturday, May 23, 2009 8:12AM - 8:24AM		W2.00002: Collisions and atom loss in ultracold, strongly interacting Na-Li mixtures Jae H. Choi, Caleb A. Christensen, Gyu-Boong Jo, Ye-ryoung Lee, Tout Wang, Tony H. Kim, David E. Pritchard, Wolfgang Ketterle Preview Abstract
Saturday, May 23, 2009 8:24AM - 8:36AM		W2.00003: The Effect of Sinusoidal Spectral Phase on Photoassociation followed by Excitation Hyounguk Jang, Marc L. Trachy, Giorgi Veshapidze, Charles W. Fehrenbach, Brett D. DePaola Preview Abstract
Saturday, May 23, 2009 8:36AM - 8:48AM		W2.00004: Theoretical studies of reaction rates for the Rb-NH system Daniel Haxton, Steven Wrathmall, Heather Lewandowski, Chris Greene Preview Abstract
Saturday, May 23, 2009 8:48AM - 9:00AM		W2.00005: Technique for Rapid Raman Spectrography of Cold Alkali Vapors. Fredrik Fatemi, Matthew Terraciano, Zachary Dutton, Mark Bashkansky Preview Abstract
Saturday, May 23, 2009 9:00AM - 9:12AM		W2.00006: Precise multiwavelength differential light shift measurements in lattice-trapped $^{87}$Rb Nathan Lundblad, Radu Chicireanu, Karl Nelson, Malte Schlosser, William Phillips, Trey Porto Preview Abstract
Saturday, May 23, 2009 9:12AM - 9:24AM		W2.00007: Mapping the composite character of magnetically trapped Rydberg atoms Peter Schmelcher, Michael Mayle, Igor Lesanovsky Preview Abstract
Saturday, May 23, 2009 9:24AM - 9:36AM		W2.00008: Two body and multibody interaction in a cold Rydberg gas Jianing Han, Tom Gallagher Preview Abstract

Session W3: Ultracold Atoms in Reduced Dimensions

Chair: Stefan Baur, Cornell University
Room: Gilmer Hall 190

Saturday, May 23, 2009 8:00AM - 8:12AM		W3.00001: Realization of a Super-Tonks-Girardeau gas with strong attractive interactions Russell Hart, Elmar Haller, Mattias Gustavsson, Manfred Mark, Johann Danzl, Guido Pupillo, Hanns-Christoph N\"agerl Preview Abstract
Saturday, May 23, 2009 8:12AM - 8:24AM		W3.00002: ABSTRACT WITHDRAWN Preview Abstract
Saturday, May 23, 2009 8:24AM - 8:36AM		W3.00003: Studying integrability in the 1D Bose gas using atom chips, RF dressing and interference Nicolaas van Druten, Philipp Wicke, Jan-Joris van Es, Aaldert van Amerongen, Shannon Whitlock Preview Abstract
Saturday, May 23, 2009 8:36AM - 8:48AM		W3.00004: Spin-incoherent Luttinger liquid regime of trapped Fermi gases Satyan Bhongale, Paata Kakashvili, Carlos Bolech, Han Pu Preview Abstract
Saturday, May 23, 2009 8:48AM - 9:00AM		W3.00005: FFLO vs Bose-Fermi mixture in a two channel model of a 1D Fermi gas: a 3-body study Stefan Baur, John Shumway, Erich Mueller Preview Abstract
Saturday, May 23, 2009 9:00AM - 9:12AM		W3.00006: Probing the FFLO phase of a spin imbalanced 1D Fermi gas Ann Sophie C. Rittner, Yean-An Liao, Tobias Paprotta, Wenhui Li, Randall G. Hulet Preview Abstract
Saturday, May 23, 2009 9:12AM - 9:24AM		W3.00007: Excitation spectrum and effective interactions of highly-elongated Fermi gas D. Blume, D. Rakshit Preview Abstract
Saturday, May 23, 2009 9:24AM - 9:36AM		W3.00008: Finite-size and confinement effects in spin-polarized trapped Fermi gases Mark Ku, Jens Braun, Achim Schwenk Preview Abstract
Saturday, May 23, 2009 9:36AM - 9:48AM		W3.00009: ABSTRACT WITHDRAWN Preview Abstract
Saturday, May 23, 2009 9:48AM - 10:00AM		W3.00010: Phase Diagram of A One Dimensional Spin-Imbalanced Fermi Gas Yean-an Liao, Ann Sophie C. Rittner, Tobias Paprotta, Wenhui Li, Randall G. Hulet Preview Abstract

Session W4: Breakthroughs in Molecular Physics

Chair: Daniel Savin, Columbia University
Room: Clark Hall 108

Saturday, May 23, 2009 8:00AM - 8:30AM		W4.00001: Molecular Programming with DNA Invited Speaker: Preview Abstract
Saturday, May 23, 2009 8:30AM - 9:00AM		W4.00002: High-Throughput Microwave Spectroscopy for Chemical Kinetics and Trace Detection Invited Speaker: Preview Abstract
Saturday, May 23, 2009 9:00AM - 9:30AM		W4.00003: Observing Energy Flow and Controlling Molecular Dynamics in Gases and Liquids Invited Speaker: Preview Abstract
Saturday, May 23, 2009 9:30AM - 10:00AM		W4.00004: Exotic Molecules in the Laboratory and Interstellar Space Invited Speaker: Preview Abstract

Session W5: Molecules in Strong Fields

Chair: Bob Jones, University of Virginia
Room: Clark Hall 107

Saturday, May 23, 2009 8:00AM - 8:12AM		W5.00001: Resonance enhanced multiphoton ionization of benzene-like molecules in focused femtosecond radiation with three-dimensional spatial resolution Timothy Scarborough, David Foote, James Strohaber, Cornelis Uiterwaal Preview Abstract
Saturday, May 23, 2009 8:12AM - 8:24AM		W5.00002: Recoil collisions as a portal to field assisted ionization in the strong field ionization of diatomic molecules Agapi Emmanouilidou Preview Abstract
Saturday, May 23, 2009 8:24AM - 8:36AM		W5.00003: Semiclassical propagation method for tunneling ionization Ilya Fabrikant, Gordon Gallup Preview Abstract
Saturday, May 23, 2009 8:36AM - 8:48AM		W5.00004: Coherent control of the electron motion and localization in the dissociating H$_2^+$ by attosecond and femtosecond laser pulses Feng He, Andreas Becker, Uwe Thumm Preview Abstract
Saturday, May 23, 2009 8:48AM - 9:00AM		W5.00005: Real-time dynamics of electron localization observed in dissociating N$_{2}^{3+}$ Igor Litvinyuk, Irina Bocharova, Dipanwita Ray, Sankar De, Lew Cocke Preview Abstract
Saturday, May 23, 2009 9:00AM - 9:12AM		W5.00006: Suppression in dissociation probability of H$_2^+$ by ultrashort laser pulses in a high resolution experiment Fatima Anis, J. McKenna, B. Gaire, Nora G. Johnson, M. Zohrabi, A.M. Sayler, K.D. Carnes, I. Ben-Itzhak, B.D. Esry Preview Abstract
Saturday, May 23, 2009 9:12AM - 9:24AM		W5.00007: Laser Coulomb Explosion Imaging of molecular dynamics in CO$_{2}$ molecule Francois Legare, Irina Bocharova, Igor Litvinyuk, Joseph Sanderson, Reza Karimi Preview Abstract
Saturday, May 23, 2009 9:24AM - 9:36AM		W5.00008: Fullerenes in intense laser fields Andreas Becker, Agnieszka Jaron-Becker, Farhad Faisal, Marcelo Ciappina Preview Abstract
Saturday, May 23, 2009 9:36AM - 9:48AM		W5.00009: Absence of permanent dipole transitions in HD$^{+}$ strong-field dissociation B. Gaire, J. McKenna, A.M. Sayler, Nora G. Johnson, M. Zohrabi, K.D. Carnes, B.D. Esry, I. Ben-Itzhak Preview Abstract
Saturday, May 23, 2009 9:48AM - 10:00AM		W5.00010: Asymmetric ion ejection from hydrogen molecules using two-color laser pulses D. Ray, S. De, F. He, H. Mashiko, U. Thumm, I.V. Litvinyuk, C.L. Cocke, I. Znakovskaya, M.F. Kling, G.G. Paulus Preview Abstract

Session W6: Focus Session: Quantum Measurements and Tomography

Co-Sponsoring Units: GQI
Chair: Olivier Pfister, University of Virginia
Room: Minor Hall 125

Saturday, May 23, 2009 8:00AM - 8:30AM		W6.00001: Quantum Measurements Based on Photon Number Resolved Detection Invited Speaker: Preview Abstract
Saturday, May 23, 2009 8:30AM - 9:00AM		W6.00002: Coherent State Quantum Process Tomography Invited Speaker: Preview Abstract
Saturday, May 23, 2009 9:00AM - 9:12AM		W6.00003: Toward Quantum Non-demolition of nitrogen-vacancy centers in diamond Jonathan Hodges, Liang Jiang, Jeronimo Maze, Mikhail Lukin Preview Abstract
Saturday, May 23, 2009 9:12AM - 9:24AM		W6.00004: Improving Sensitivity and Bandwidth of an Atomic Magnetometer using Quantum Non-Demolition Measurement Vishal Shah, Georgios Vasilakis, Michael Romalis Preview Abstract
Saturday, May 23, 2009 9:24AM - 9:36AM		W6.00005: Entanglement-based Free Space Quantum Cryptography in Daylight Ilja Gerhardt, Matthew P. Peloso, Caleb Ho, Antia Lamas-Linares, Christian Kurtsiefer Preview Abstract
Saturday, May 23, 2009 9:36AM - 9:48AM		W6.00006: Quantum State Reconstruction and Random Evolution Carlos Riofrio, Seth Merkel, Steven Flammia, Ivan Deutsch Preview Abstract
Saturday, May 23, 2009 9:48AM - 10:00AM		W6.00007: ABSTRACT WITHDRAWN Preview Abstract

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