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 S1: Controlling Dissipation in Quantum Systems

Chair: Jake Taylor, National Institute of Standards and Technology
Room: Imperial East

Friday, May 28, 2010 2:00PM - 2:30PM		S1.00001: Dissipation and Coherence; an example in Cavity QED Invited Speaker: Preview Abstract
Friday, May 28, 2010 2:30PM - 3:00PM		S1.00002: Dissipative processes for quantum simulation and computation Invited Speaker: Preview Abstract
Friday, May 28, 2010 3:00PM - 3:30PM		S1.00003: Strong dissipation inhibits losses and induces correlations in cold molecular gases Invited Speaker: Preview Abstract
Friday, May 28, 2010 3:30PM - 4:00PM		S1.00004: A Rydberg Quantum Simulator for Dissipative Dynamics Invited Speaker: Preview Abstract

Session S2: Nanoplasmas and Ponderomotive Potentials

Chair: Robert Jones, University of Virginia
Room: Imperial Center

Friday, May 28, 2010 2:00PM - 2:30PM		S2.00001: Acceleration of neutral atoms in strong short-pulse laser fields Invited Speaker: Preview Abstract
Friday, May 28, 2010 2:30PM - 3:00PM		S2.00002: High harmonics and attosecond pulses emerging from laser filament Invited Speaker: Preview Abstract
Friday, May 28, 2010 3:00PM - 3:30PM		S2.00003: High Intensity Femtosecond XUV and X-ray Pulse Interactions with Atomic Clusters Invited Speaker: Preview Abstract
Friday, May 28, 2010 3:30PM - 4:00PM		S2.00004: Relativistic Attosecond Electron Bunches from Laser-Illuminated Droplets Invited Speaker: Preview Abstract

Session S3: Focus Session: Opto-Mechanical Systems

Chair: Lincoln Carr, Colorado School of Mines
Room: Imperial West

Friday, May 28, 2010 2:00PM - 2:30PM		S3.00001: Quantum cavity opto-mechanics with cold atoms: measuring and controlling a mechanical oscillator with light Invited Speaker: Preview Abstract
Friday, May 28, 2010 2:30PM - 3:00PM		S3.00002: Nanomechanical motion measured with an imprecision below the standard quantum limit Invited Speaker: Preview Abstract
Friday, May 28, 2010 3:00PM - 3:12PM		S3.00003: Opto-mechanical transducers for long-distance quantum communication applications Peter Rabl, Kai Stannigel, Anders Sorensen, Peter Zoller, Mikhail Lukin Preview Abstract
Friday, May 28, 2010 3:12PM - 3:24PM		S3.00004: Atomic probe Wigner tomography of a nanomechanical system Swati Singh, Pierre Meystre Preview Abstract
Friday, May 28, 2010 3:24PM - 3:36PM		S3.00005: Optical trapping and cooling of microspheres: towards the quantum limit Tongcang Li, Simon Kheifets, David Medellin, Mark Raizen Preview Abstract
Friday, May 28, 2010 3:36PM - 3:48PM		S3.00006: Classical dynamics of the optomechanical modes of a Bose-Einstein Condensate in a ring cavity Wenzhou Chen, Dan Goldbaum, Mishkat Bhattacharya, Pierre Meystre Preview Abstract
Friday, May 28, 2010 3:48PM - 4:00PM		S3.00007: Chip-Based Optical Interactions with Rubidium Vapor Kasturi Saha, Pablo Londero, Jacob Levy, Aaron Slepkov, Amar Bhagwat, Vivek Venkataraman, Michal Lipson, Alexander L. Gaeta Preview Abstract

Session S4: Precision Measurements and Clocks

Co-Sponsoring Units: GPMFC
Chair: Kristan Corwin, Kansas State University
Room: Regency Ballroom

Friday, May 28, 2010 2:00PM - 2:12PM		S4.00001: Precision measurements of atomic g factor ratios using a dual species MOT I. Chan, R. Berthiaume, B. Barrett, C. Mok, A. Carew, A. Kumarakrishnan Preview Abstract
Friday, May 28, 2010 2:12PM - 2:24PM		S4.00002: A dual-isotope rubidium magnetometer for probing anomalous spin-dependent interactions of the proton Ian Lacey, L.R. Jacome, Lok Fai Chan, Rodrigo Peregrina, Delyana Delcheva, Derek Kimball Preview Abstract
Friday, May 28, 2010 2:24PM - 2:36PM		S4.00003: Sensitivity of microwave spectra of molecules to variation of electron-to-proton mass ratio Mikhail Kozlov, Alexander Lapinov, Sergey Levshakov Preview Abstract
Friday, May 28, 2010 2:36PM - 2:48PM		S4.00004: Universal Corrections to Gyromagnetic Ratios of Bound Particles with Arbitrary Spins Timothy Martin, Michael Eides Preview Abstract
Friday, May 28, 2010 2:48PM - 3:00PM		S4.00005: Progress towards a precision measurement of atomic recoil frequency using an echo interferometer B. Barrett, A. Carew, S. Beattie, I. Chan, C. Mok, R. Berthiaume, A. Kumarakrishnan Preview Abstract
Friday, May 28, 2010 3:00PM - 3:12PM		S4.00006: Relativity and Al$^+$ Optical Clocks Chin-wen Chou, David B. Hume, David J. Wineland, Till Rosenband Preview Abstract
Friday, May 28, 2010 3:12PM - 3:24PM		S4.00007: Towards a lattice based neutral magnesium optical frequency standard Hrishikesh Kelkar, Matthias Riedmann, Temmo Wuebbena, Andre Kulosa, Jan Friebe, Andre Pape, Sana Amairi, Sina Malobabic, Klaus Zipfel, Steffen Ruehmann, Ernst -Maria Rasel, Wolfgang Ertmer Preview Abstract
Friday, May 28, 2010 3:24PM - 3:36PM		S4.00008: Suppression of collisional shifts in an optical lattice clock by trapping atoms in a 2D lattice Matthew Swallows, Michael Bishof, Yige Lin, Michael Martin, Sebastian Blatt, Ana-Maria Rey, Jun Ye Preview Abstract
Friday, May 28, 2010 3:36PM - 3:48PM		S4.00009: Experimental observation of magic-wavelength behavior of a microwave transition in optical lattice-trapped rubidium Nathan Lundblad, Malte Schlosser, Trey Porto Preview Abstract
Friday, May 28, 2010 3:48PM - 4:00PM		S4.00010: Scalar and vector differential light shift measurements in optical lattice-trapped $^{87}$Rb Radu Chicireanu, Karl Nelson, Steven Olmschenk, Trey Porto Preview Abstract

Session S5: Ultracold Mixtures / Lattices

Chair: Kirk Madison, University of British Columbia
Room: Arboretum I-III

Friday, May 28, 2010 2:00PM - 2:12PM		S5.00001: A trapped single ion inside a Bose-Einstein condensate Carlo Sias, Christoph Zipkes, Stefan Palzer, Michael Koehl Preview Abstract
Friday, May 28, 2010 2:12PM - 2:24PM		S5.00002: Quantum degeneracy of mixed strontium gases Mi Yan, Brian DeSalvo, Pascal Mickelson, Natali Martinez de Escobar, Thomas Killian Preview Abstract
Friday, May 28, 2010 2:24PM - 2:36PM		S5.00003: Local probing and thermometry of a degenerate Fermi gas Torben M\"{u}ller, Bruno Zimmermann, Jakob Meineke, David Stadler, Jean-Philippe Brantut, Henning Moritz, Tilman Esslinger Preview Abstract
Friday, May 28, 2010 2:36PM - 2:48PM		S5.00004: Linear response thermometry with ultracold fermionic atoms in an optical lattice Daniel Greif, Leticia Tarruell, Thomas Uehlinger, Robert Jordens, Niels Strohmaier, Henning Moritz, Tilman Esslinger Preview Abstract
Friday, May 28, 2010 2:48PM - 3:00PM		S5.00005: A degenerate gas of Fermi atoms in a 1D optical lattice Andrey Turlapov, Kirill Martiyanov, Vasiliy Makhalov Preview Abstract
Friday, May 28, 2010 3:00PM - 3:12PM		S5.00006: Toward Simultaneous Quantum Degeneracy of $^{133}$Cs and $^6$Li Atoms Arjun Sharma, Skyler Degenkolb, Nathan Gemelke, Kathy-Anne Brickman Soderberg, Cheng Chin Preview Abstract
Friday, May 28, 2010 3:12PM - 3:24PM		S5.00007: Towards strongly interacting Fermi-Fermi mixtures of ultracold atoms Cheng-Hsun Wu, Ibon Santiago, Jee-Woo Park, Peyman Ahmadi, Martin W. Zwierlein Preview Abstract
Friday, May 28, 2010 3:24PM - 3:36PM		S5.00008: Free Expansion of ultracold fermions in an optical lattice Ulrich Schneider, Lucia Hackermueller, Jens Philipp Ronzheimer, Sebastian Will, Simon Braun, Thorsten Best, Michael Schreiber, Kin Chung Fong, Immanuel Bloch Preview Abstract
Friday, May 28, 2010 3:36PM - 3:48PM		S5.00009: Phases of a 2D Bose Gas in an Optical Lattice Karina Jimenez-Garcia, Robert Compton, Yu-Ju Lin, William Phillips, James Porto, Ian Spielman Preview Abstract
Friday, May 28, 2010 3:48PM - 4:00PM		S5.00010: Interacting Bose-Fermi Mixtures in 3D Optical Lattice Potentials Sebastian Will, Thorsten Best, Simon Braun, Philipp Ronzheimer, Ulrich Schneider, Michael Schreiber, Kin Chung Fong, Lucia Hackerm\"uller, Tim Rom, Dirk-S\"oren L\"uhmann, Immanuel Bloch Preview Abstract

Session S6: Ultracold Dipoles

Chair: Robert Forrey, Pennsylvania State University
Room: Arboretum IV-V

Friday, May 28, 2010 2:00PM - 2:12PM		S6.00001: Ultracold dipoles on a ring Sascha Zoellner, Georg M. Bruun, Stephanie M. Reimann Preview Abstract
Friday, May 28, 2010 2:12PM - 2:24PM		S6.00002: Controllable stability of dipolar gases in 1-D geometry Robin C\^ot\'e, John Montgomery, Jason Byrd Preview Abstract
Friday, May 28, 2010 2:24PM - 2:36PM		S6.00003: ABSTRACT WITHDRAWN Preview Abstract
Friday, May 28, 2010 2:36PM - 2:48PM		S6.00004: Controlling collective rotational excitations of polar molecules in optical lattices Felipe Herrera, Marina Litinskaya, Roman Krems Preview Abstract
Friday, May 28, 2010 2:48PM - 3:00PM		S6.00005: Observation of dipolar collisions in a near quantum-degenerate gas of polar molecules Dajun Wang, K.-K. Ni, S. Ospelkaus, G. Qu\`{e}m\`{e}ner, B. Neyenhuis, M.H.G. de Miranda, J.L. Bohn, J. Ye, D.S. Jin Preview Abstract
Friday, May 28, 2010 3:00PM - 3:12PM		S6.00006: Bosonic and fermionic dipolar collisions in confined geometries Jose P. D'Incao, Brett D. Esry, Chris H. Greene Preview Abstract
Friday, May 28, 2010 3:12PM - 3:24PM		S6.00007: Towards dipolar collisions between magnetically trapped OH and buffer gas cooled ND$_{3}$ Mark Yeo, Brian Sawyer, Benjamin Stuhl, David Patterson, John Doyle, Jun Ye Preview Abstract
Friday, May 28, 2010 3:24PM - 3:36PM		S6.00008: Ultracold dipolar collisions of KRb molecules in a 2D confined geometry Goulven Quemener, John Bohn Preview Abstract
Friday, May 28, 2010 3:36PM - 3:48PM		S6.00009: Simple treatment of ultracold polar molecule collisions John Bohn, Goulven Qu\'{e}m\'{e}ner, Zbigniew Idziaszek, Paul Julienne Preview Abstract
Friday, May 28, 2010 3:48PM - 4:00PM		S6.00010: Mixed triplet and singlet pairing in multicomponent fermion systems with dipolar interactions Congjun Wu, Jorge Hirsch Preview Abstract

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