Bulletin of the American Physical Society

41st Annual Meeting of the APS Division of Atomic, Molecular and Optical Physics

Volume 55, Number 5

Tuesday–Saturday, May 25–29, 2010; Houston, Texas

Session Index

Session B1: Atomic and Molecular Physics in Early Universe

Chair: Daniel Savin, Columbia University
Room: Imperial East

Wednesday, May 26, 2010 10:30AM - 11:00AM		B1.00001: Primordial gas chemistry and the formation of the first stars Invited Speaker: Preview Abstract
Wednesday, May 26, 2010 11:00AM - 11:30AM		B1.00002: Molecular hydrogen formation in the early universe: new implications from laboratory measurements Invited Speaker: Preview Abstract
Wednesday, May 26, 2010 11:30AM - 12:00PM		B1.00003: Low-Energy Mutual Neutralization Studies for Early Universe Hydrogen Chemistry Invited Speaker: Preview Abstract
Wednesday, May 26, 2010 12:00PM - 12:30PM		B1.00004: Atomic physics and the cosmological 21 cm signal Invited Speaker: Preview Abstract

Session B2: Ultracold Molecules

Chair: Phil Gould, University of Connecticut
Room: Imperial Center

Wednesday, May 26, 2010 10:30AM - 10:42AM		B2.00001: Efimov physics in 6Li atoms Daekyoung Kang, Eric Braaten, Hans-Werner Hammer, Lucas Platter Preview Abstract
Wednesday, May 26, 2010 10:42AM - 10:54AM		B2.00002: Universality in weakly-bound bosonic clusters Javier von Stecher Preview Abstract
Wednesday, May 26, 2010 10:54AM - 11:06AM		B2.00003: Extending universal three-body physics to finite energies: Efimov features for $a<0 $ Yujun Wang, B.D. Esry Preview Abstract
Wednesday, May 26, 2010 11:06AM - 11:18AM		B2.00004: Recombination of Three Dipoles into Weakly Bound Dimers Seth Rittenhouse, Christopher Ticknor Preview Abstract
Wednesday, May 26, 2010 11:18AM - 11:30AM		B2.00005: Optical Feshbach Resonances in $^{88}$Sr Travis Nicholson, Sebastian Blatt, Benjamin Bloom, Jun Ye Preview Abstract
Wednesday, May 26, 2010 11:30AM - 11:42AM		B2.00006: Optical Feschbach Resonances Beyond the Single Bound-State Model Krittika Kanjilal, Iris Reichenbach, Ivan Deutsch Preview Abstract
Wednesday, May 26, 2010 11:42AM - 11:54AM		B2.00007: Pulsed Laser Depletion Spectroscopy of Ultracold NaCs Molecules Patrick Zabawa, Amy Wakim, Amanda Neukirch, Nicholas Bigelow, Elena Pazyuk, Andrey Stolyarov, Maris Tamanis, Ruvin Ferber Preview Abstract
Wednesday, May 26, 2010 11:54AM - 12:06PM		B2.00008: Spectroscopic analysis of the $\left( 2 \right)^3\Sigma ^+$ state of ${ }^{\mbox{41}}\mbox{K}{ }^{\mbox{87}}\mbox{Rb}$ towards ultracold rovibronic ground-state molecules Kiyotaka Aikawa, Jun Kobayashi, Masahito Ueda, Shin Inouye Preview Abstract
Wednesday, May 26, 2010 12:06PM - 12:18PM		B2.00009: Collision physics and collective phenomena with ultra-cold atoms and molecules Eite Tiesinga Preview Abstract
Wednesday, May 26, 2010 12:18PM - 12:30PM		B2.00010: Analysis of ultracold Rb + Yb collisions Stephen Maxwell, Eite Tiesinga, Paul Julienne Preview Abstract

Session B3: Alkaline-Earth Quantum Fluids and Quantum Computing

Chair: Charles Clark, National Institute of Standards and Technology
Room: Imperial West

Wednesday, May 26, 2010 10:30AM - 11:00AM		B3.00001: Quantum Degenerate Gases of Atomic Strontium Invited Speaker: Preview Abstract
Wednesday, May 26, 2010 11:00AM - 11:30AM		B3.00002: Two-orbital SU(N) magnetism with ultracold alkaline-earth atoms Invited Speaker: Preview Abstract
Wednesday, May 26, 2010 11:30AM - 12:00PM		B3.00003: Ultracold ytterbium atoms in an optical lattice Invited Speaker: Preview Abstract
Wednesday, May 26, 2010 12:00PM - 12:30PM		B3.00004: Optical Feshbach resonances in 171 Yb: a versatile tool for the implementation of quantum information processing and study of superfluids Invited Speaker: Preview Abstract

Session B4: Focus Session: Strong Field Alignment and Orientation

Chair: Oliver Gessner, Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory
Room: Regency Ballroom

Wednesday, May 26, 2010 10:30AM - 11:00AM		B4.00001: Ultrafast strong field xray interactions with aligned molecules at LCLS Invited Speaker: Preview Abstract
Wednesday, May 26, 2010 11:00AM - 11:12AM		B4.00002: Angle- and internuclear separation- resolved strong field processes in molecules George Gibson, Li Fang Preview Abstract
Wednesday, May 26, 2010 11:12AM - 11:24AM		B4.00003: Ultrafast Electron Diffraction from Aligned Molecules Martin Centurion, Peter Reckenthaeler, Werner Fuss, Sergei Trushin, Ferenc Krausz, Ernst Fill Preview Abstract
Wednesday, May 26, 2010 11:24AM - 11:36AM		B4.00004: Deflection of field-free aligned molecules Ilya Averbukh, Erez Gershnabel Preview Abstract
Wednesday, May 26, 2010 11:36AM - 12:06PM		B4.00005: Towards Control of 3D Alignment of Polyatomic Molecules Invited Speaker: Preview Abstract
Wednesday, May 26, 2010 12:06PM - 12:18PM		B4.00006: Multi-dimensional quantum-beat spectroscopy of the rotational-vibrational dynamics in D$_2^+$ Uwe Thumm, Martin Winter, Ruediger Schmidt Preview Abstract
Wednesday, May 26, 2010 12:18PM - 12:30PM		B4.00007: Computational studies of x-ray scattering from threedimensionally- aligned asymmetric-top molecules Stefan Pabst, Phay Ho, Robin Santra Preview Abstract

Session B5: Photoionization

Chair: William McCurdy, University of California, Davis
Room: Arboretum I-III

Wednesday, May 26, 2010 10:30AM - 10:42AM		B5.00001: Double Photoionization of Atomic Beryllium Frank L. Yip, C. William McCurdy, Thomas N. Rescigno Preview Abstract
Wednesday, May 26, 2010 10:42AM - 10:54AM		B5.00002: Nuclear Recoil Cross Sections from Time-dependent Studies of Two-Photon Double Ionization of Helium Dan H. Horner, Thomas N. Rescigno, C. William McCurdy Preview Abstract
Wednesday, May 26, 2010 10:54AM - 11:06AM		B5.00003: Triple differential cross sections for the double photoionization of Li James Colgan, Anatoli Kheifets, Dmitry Fursa, C.W. Hines, Igor Bray, Michael Pindzola Preview Abstract
Wednesday, May 26, 2010 11:06AM - 11:18AM		B5.00004: Double Ionization of H$_2$ in Intense Short-Pulse Laser Fields Xiaoxu Guan, Klaus Bartschat Bartschat, Barry I. Schneider Preview Abstract
Wednesday, May 26, 2010 11:18AM - 11:30AM		B5.00005: Double Photoionization of Naphthalene and Azulene Ralf Wehlitz, Pavle Jurani\'c Preview Abstract
Wednesday, May 26, 2010 11:30AM - 11:42AM		B5.00006: Time-dependent close-coupling calculations of the double photoionization of He@C$_{60}$ John Ludlow, Teck-Ghee Lee, M.S. Pindzola Preview Abstract
Wednesday, May 26, 2010 11:42AM - 11:54AM		B5.00007: Asymmetric Core-Photoelectron Angular Distributions of Fixed-in-Space CO$_2$ F.P. Sturm, M. Schoeffler, S. Lee, T. Osipov, N. Neumann, H.-K. Kim, S. Kirschner, B. Rudek, J.B. Williams, J.D. Daughhetee, C.L. Cocke, K. Ueda, A.L. Landers, Th. Weber, M.H. Prior, A. Belkacem, R. Doerner Preview Abstract
Wednesday, May 26, 2010 11:54AM - 12:06PM		B5.00008: Perturbation Theory Analysis of Attosecond Photoionization Evgeny A. Pronin, Anthony F. Starace, Mikhail V. Frolov, Nikolai L. Manakov Preview Abstract
Wednesday, May 26, 2010 12:06PM - 12:18PM		B5.00009: Angular Dependance of Auger Decay of Double Core Vacancies in N$_{2}$ James Cryan, James Glownia, Philip Bucksbaum, Ryan Coffee Preview Abstract
Wednesday, May 26, 2010 12:18PM - 12:30PM		B5.00010: Dynamics of Micro-Plasmas Generated in Noble Gases by Strong-Field Laser Pulses Dmitri A. Romanov, Ryan Compton, Alex Filin, Robert J. Levis Preview Abstract

Session B6: Quantum Information and Quantum Computing

Chair: Dietrich Leibfried, National Institute of Standards and Technology
Room: Arboretum IV-V

Wednesday, May 26, 2010 10:30AM - 10:42AM		B6.00001: Using and Extending Randomized Benchmarks for Trapped-Ion Quantum Computing Adam Meier, Emanuel Knill Preview Abstract
Wednesday, May 26, 2010 10:42AM - 10:54AM		B6.00002: Microwave pulse driven quantum algorithms with ultracold polar molecules in an electric field Philippe Pellegrini, La\"etitia Bomble, Mich\`ele Desouter-Lecomte Preview Abstract
Wednesday, May 26, 2010 10:54AM - 11:06AM		B6.00003: Implementation of an attack scheme on a practical QKD system Antia Lamas-Linares, Qin Liu, Ilja Gerhardt, Vadim Makarov, Christian Kurtsiefer Preview Abstract
Wednesday, May 26, 2010 11:06AM - 11:18AM		B6.00004: Environment-induced bound entanglement Julio T. Barreiro, P. Schindler, O. Guehne, T. Monz, M. Chwalla, V. Nebendahl, M. Hennrich, R. Blatt Preview Abstract
Wednesday, May 26, 2010 11:18AM - 11:30AM		B6.00005: Decoherence Effects in a Light Storage Experiment Jin Wang Preview Abstract
Wednesday, May 26, 2010 11:30AM - 11:42AM		B6.00006: Coherence freeze in an optical lattice investigated via two-dimensional pump-probe spectroscopy Samansa Maneshi, Chao Zhuang, Christopher Paul, Luciano Cruz, Aephraim Steinberg Preview Abstract
Wednesday, May 26, 2010 11:42AM - 11:54AM		B6.00007: Telecom wavelength photons from a long-lived quantum memory Alexander G. Radnaev, Yaroslav O. Dudin, Ran Zhao, Stewart D. Jenkins, Alex Kuzmich, Brian Kennedy Preview Abstract
Wednesday, May 26, 2010 11:54AM - 12:06PM		B6.00008: Fundamental bounds and performance tests for the storage or transmission of quantum light Norbert Lutkenhaus, Hauke Haseler, Nathan Killoran Preview Abstract
Wednesday, May 26, 2010 12:06PM - 12:18PM		B6.00009: Tailored State Preparation for Solid-State Quantum Memory Jingyun Fan, Elizabeth Goldschmidt, Sergey Polyakov, Sarah Beavan, Alan Migdall Preview Abstract
Wednesday, May 26, 2010 12:18PM - 12:30PM		B6.00010: Light shift compensated quantum memories Yaroslav O. Dudin, Ran Zhao, Stewart D. Jenkins, Brian Kennedy, Alex Kuzmich Preview Abstract

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