Bulletin of the American Physical Society

42nd Annual Meeting of the APS Division of Atomic, Molecular and Optical Physics

Volume 56, Number 5

Monday–Friday, June 13–17, 2011; Atlanta, Georgia

Session Index

Session B1: The X-ray Universe

Chair: Phillip Stancil, University of Georgia
Room: A601

Tuesday, June 14, 2011 10:30AM - 11:00AM		B1.00001: Laboratory Spectroscopy for Interpreting Astrophysical Spectra Invited Speaker: Preview Abstract
Tuesday, June 14, 2011 11:00AM - 11:30AM		B1.00002: Photonic and electronic interactions of ions Invited Speaker: Preview Abstract
Tuesday, June 14, 2011 11:30AM - 12:00PM		B1.00003: The X-ray Sun Invited Speaker: Preview Abstract
Tuesday, June 14, 2011 12:00PM - 12:30PM		B1.00004: X-ray photoionization and resonant scattering of highly charged ions in the laboratory Invited Speaker: Preview Abstract

Session B2: Focus Session: Control of Quantum Dynamics

Chair: Louis DiMauro, Ohio State University
Room: A602

Tuesday, June 14, 2011 10:30AM - 11:00AM		B2.00001: Adaptive femtosecond control using feedback from three-dimensional momentum images Invited Speaker: Preview Abstract
Tuesday, June 14, 2011 11:00AM - 11:12AM		B2.00002: Controlling the XUV Transparency of Helium using Two Pathway Quantum Interference Craig W. Hogle, X.M. Tong, X. Zhou, N. Toshima, P. Ranitovic, M.M. Murnane, H.C. Kapteyn Preview Abstract
Tuesday, June 14, 2011 11:12AM - 11:24AM		B2.00003: Controlling double ionization of atoms in an intense bichromatic laser pulse Adam Kamor, Francois Mauger, Cristel Chandre, Turgay Uzer Preview Abstract
Tuesday, June 14, 2011 11:24AM - 11:36AM		B2.00004: Coherent control of vibrational state distribution in non-polar molecules Antonio Picon, Jens Biegert, Agnieszka Jaron-Becker, Andreas Becker Preview Abstract
Tuesday, June 14, 2011 11:36AM - 11:48AM		B2.00005: Coherent control of H$_2^+$ ionization with intense XUV+IR fields C.B. Madsen, B.D. Esry Preview Abstract
Tuesday, June 14, 2011 11:48AM - 12:00PM		B2.00006: Carrier-envelope phase control of the dissociation of $\rm{H}_2^+$ at long infrared wavelengths ( $800 - 2000$~nm ) Shuo Zeng, Brett Esry Preview Abstract
Tuesday, June 14, 2011 12:00PM - 12:30PM		B2.00007: Control of Strong Field Molecular Ionization using Shaped Ultrafast Laser Pulses Invited Speaker: Preview Abstract

Session B3: Novel Techniques with Cold Atoms

Chair: Gretchen Campbell, JQI and NIST
Room: A703

Tuesday, June 14, 2011 10:30AM - 10:42AM		B3.00001: Resonance Imaging and Coherent Transport of Atoms in an Optical Lattice Jae Hoon Lee, Enrique Montano, Poul Jessen Preview Abstract
Tuesday, June 14, 2011 10:42AM - 10:54AM		B3.00002: Probing an ultracold atomic crystal with matter waves Bryce Gadway, Daniel Pertot, Jeremy Reeves, Dominik Schneble Preview Abstract
Tuesday, June 14, 2011 10:54AM - 11:06AM		B3.00003: Momentum-resolved spectroscopy of ultracold fermions in optical lattices Christoph Becker, S\"oren G\"otze, Jannes Heinze, Jasper Krauser, Bastian Hundt, Nick Fl\"aschner, Dirk-S\"oren L\"uhmann, Klaus Sengstock Preview Abstract
Tuesday, June 14, 2011 11:06AM - 11:18AM		B3.00004: Photon-assisted tunneling in an optical superlattice Sylvain Nascimbene, Monika Aidelsburger, Marcos Atala, Yu-Ao Chen, Stefan Trotzky, Immanuel Bloch Preview Abstract
Tuesday, June 14, 2011 11:18AM - 11:30AM		B3.00005: Synthetic single beam heterodyne interferometry (SSHI) for continuous, high bandwidth, minimally destructive detection of ultracold atoms Mary Locke, Chad Fertig Preview Abstract
Tuesday, June 14, 2011 11:30AM - 11:42AM		B3.00006: Discrete interferometer with individual trapped atoms Andreas Steffen, Andrea Alberti, Wolfgang Alt, Noomen Belmechri, Sebastian Hild, Michal Karski, Artur Widera, Dieter Meschede Preview Abstract
Tuesday, June 14, 2011 11:42AM - 11:54AM		B3.00007: Investigating the Effect of Density Inhomogenity on Photoemission Spectroscopy Tara Drake, John Gaebler, Rabin Paudel, J. Stewart, Deborah Jin Preview Abstract
Tuesday, June 14, 2011 11:54AM - 12:06PM		B3.00008: Enabling Nanotechnology with Focused Ion Beams from Laser Cooled Atoms A.V. Steele, B. Knuffman, J. Orloff, M. Maazouz, J.J. McClelland Preview Abstract
Tuesday, June 14, 2011 12:06PM - 12:18PM		B3.00009: Sub-wavelength optical trapping and manipulation using far-field optics Jeff Thompson, Tobias Tiecke, Alexey Gorshkov, Liang Jiang, Mikhail Lukin Preview Abstract
Tuesday, June 14, 2011 12:18PM - 12:30PM		B3.00010: Field Ionization of Cold Atoms near the Wall of a Single Carbon Nanotube Anne Goodsell, Trygve Ristroph, J.A. Golovchenko, Lene Vestergaard Hau Preview Abstract

Session B4: Focus Session: Dipolar Quantum Gases

Chair: Benjamin Lev, University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign
Room: A704

Tuesday, June 14, 2011 10:30AM - 11:00AM		B4.00001: Rotational Frenkel excitons in optical lattices with polar molecules Invited Speaker: Preview Abstract
Tuesday, June 14, 2011 11:00AM - 11:30AM		B4.00002: Optimizing the entangling power of Rydberg quantum gates Invited Speaker: Preview Abstract
Tuesday, June 14, 2011 11:30AM - 11:42AM		B4.00003: Ultracold polar KRb molecules Brian Neyenhuis, Amodsen Chotia, Steven Moses, Jun Ye, Deborah Jin Preview Abstract
Tuesday, June 14, 2011 11:42AM - 11:54AM		B4.00004: The Efimov effect for three dipoles Yujun Wang, J. P. D'Incao, Chris H. Greene Preview Abstract
Tuesday, June 14, 2011 11:54AM - 12:06PM		B4.00005: Quantum Magnetism with Polar Alkali Dimers Alexey Gorshkov, Salvatore Manmana, Jun Ye, Eugene Demler, Mikhail Lukin, Ana Maria Rey Preview Abstract
Tuesday, June 14, 2011 12:06PM - 12:18PM		B4.00006: Electric and magnetic long-range interactions between two Erbium atoms Olivier Dulieu, Maxence Lepers, Mireille Aymar, Eliane Luc, Jean-Francois Wyart Preview Abstract
Tuesday, June 14, 2011 12:18PM - 12:30PM		B4.00007: Narrow-line cooling and the optical dipole trapping of dysprosium Seo-Ho Youn, Mingwu Lu, Nathaniel Burdick, Benjamin Lev Preview Abstract

Session B5: Molecular Structure and Spectroscopy

Chair: Ed Eyler, University of Connecticut
Room: A705

Tuesday, June 14, 2011 10:30AM - 10:42AM		B5.00001: Spectroscopy of LiRb molecules and prospects for creating ultracold ground state LiRb molecules Sourav Dutta, Adeel Altaf, John Lorenz, D.S. Elliott, Yong P. Chen Preview Abstract
Tuesday, June 14, 2011 10:42AM - 10:54AM		B5.00002: Long range interactions between like homonuclear alkali metal diatoms Jason Byrd, John Montgomery, Jr., Robin C\^{o}t\'{e} Preview Abstract
Tuesday, June 14, 2011 10:54AM - 11:06AM		B5.00003: Blue-detuned photoassociation in Rb$_2$ M.A. Bellos, D. Rahmlow, R. Carollo, J. Banerjee, E.E. Eyler, P.L. Gould, W.C. Stwalley Preview Abstract
Tuesday, June 14, 2011 11:06AM - 11:18AM		B5.00004: \textit{Ab initio} potential curves for the ground states of Ca$_{2}^+$: Existence of a double minimum in the A$^2 \Sigma_{g}^+$ state Sandipan Banerjee, Jason Byrd, Robin C\^ot\'e, H Michels, John Montgomery Preview Abstract
Tuesday, June 14, 2011 11:18AM - 11:30AM		B5.00005: Dissociation Energy of the Ground State of NaH Thou-Jen Whang, Hsien-Yu Huang, Tsai-Lien Lu, Yung-Yung Chang, Chin-Chun Tsai Preview Abstract
Tuesday, June 14, 2011 11:30AM - 11:42AM		B5.00006: Rydberg states of triatomic hydrogen and deuterium Jia Wang, Chris Greene, Richard Saykally Preview Abstract
Tuesday, June 14, 2011 11:42AM - 11:54AM		B5.00007: Partial derivatives of eigenvalues without finite differences J.F. Babb Preview Abstract
Tuesday, June 14, 2011 11:54AM - 12:06PM		B5.00008: Frequency-Comb Velocity-Modulation Spectroscopy Laura Sinclair, Kevin Cossel, Tyler Coffey, Jun Ye, Eric Cornell Preview Abstract
Tuesday, June 14, 2011 12:06PM - 12:18PM		B5.00009: Collisional Orientation Transfer Facilitated Polarization Spectroscopy J. Bai, E. Ahmed, B. Beser, Y. Guan, M. Lyyra, S. Ashman, C. Wolfe, J. Huennekens Preview Abstract
Tuesday, June 14, 2011 12:18PM - 12:30PM		B5.00010: Dual channel system for two-photon excited fluorescence-based relative measurements of high accuracy two-photon absorption spectra Nikolay Makarov, Joel Hales, Joseph Perry Preview Abstract

Session B6: Undergraduate Session

Chair: Katharina Gillen, California Polytechnic State University
Room: A706

Tuesday, June 14, 2011 10:30AM - 11:00AM		B6.00001: What's So Interesting About AMO Physics? Invited Speaker: Preview Abstract
Tuesday, June 14, 2011 11:00AM - 11:18AM		B6.00002: Possibility of Stark-insensitive cotrapping of two atomic species in optical lattices Muir Morrison, V.A. Dzuba, A. Derevianko Preview Abstract
Tuesday, June 14, 2011 11:18AM - 11:36AM		B6.00003: Pair creation rates for one-dimensional fermionic and bosonic vacua Matthew Ware, Q. Su, R. Grobe Preview Abstract
Tuesday, June 14, 2011 11:36AM - 11:54AM		B6.00004: Measured Impact of core electrons on Van der Waals potentials Catherine Klauss, Vincent P.A. Lonij, William F. Holmgren, Ivan Hromada, Alex D. Cronin Preview Abstract
Tuesday, June 14, 2011 11:54AM - 12:12PM		B6.00005: Strong-field dissociation dynamics of NO$^{2+}$: A multiphoton electronic or vibrational excitation? Bethany Jochim, E. Wells, M. Zohrabi, B. Gaire, U. Abulikemu, K.D. Carnes, B.D. Esry, I. Ben-Itzhak Preview Abstract
Tuesday, June 14, 2011 12:12PM - 12:30PM		B6.00006: Causality and relativistic localization in one-dimensional Hamiltonians Benjamin Shields, R. Grobe, Q. Su Preview Abstract

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