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 U1: Dissipation in Cold Atom Systems

Chair: Trey Porto, JQI and NIST
Room: A601

Friday, June 17, 2011 10:30AM - 10:42AM		U1.00001: Quantitative Studies of Vortex Decay in Finite Temperature Atomic Condensates Ashleigh Joy Allen, Carlo F. Barenghi, Nick P. Proukakis Preview Abstract
Friday, June 17, 2011 10:42AM - 10:54AM		U1.00002: Dynamics of relaxation and the equilibrium state in an incompletely-chaotic quantum system Vladimir Yurovsky, Abraham Ben-Reuven, Maxim Olshanii Preview Abstract
Friday, June 17, 2011 10:54AM - 11:06AM		U1.00003: Quantum Quenches in a Strongly Correlated Optical Lattice David Chen, Cecilia Borries, Matthew White, Brian DeMarco Preview Abstract
Friday, June 17, 2011 11:06AM - 11:18AM		U1.00004: Non-equilibrium dynamics around integrability in a one-dimensional two-component Bose gas Nicolaas van Druten, Philipp Wicke, Shannon Whitlock Preview Abstract
Friday, June 17, 2011 11:18AM - 11:30AM		U1.00005: Dynamics of a quantum quench in an ultracold atomic BCS superfluid Bogdan Damski, Chih-Chun Chien Preview Abstract
Friday, June 17, 2011 11:30AM - 11:42AM		U1.00006: Solitons as the early stage of quasicondensate formation during evaporative cooling Piotr Deuar, Emilia Witkowska, Mariusz Gajda, Kazimierz Rzazewski Preview Abstract
Friday, June 17, 2011 11:42AM - 11:54AM		U1.00007: Onset of thermalization in a 1D Bose gas Jean-Felix Riou, Aaron W. Reinhard, Laura Adams, David S. Weiss Preview Abstract
Friday, June 17, 2011 11:54AM - 12:06PM		U1.00008: Persistent currents from the decay of quantum turbulence: signatures of an inverse energy cascade in Bose-Einstein condensates Brian P. Anderson, Tyler W. Neely, E. Carlo Samson, Ewan M. Wright, Sam J. Rooney, Ashton S. Bradley, Matthew J. Davis, Kody J. H. Law, Ricardo Carretero-Gonzalez, Panayotis G. Kevrekidis Preview Abstract
Friday, June 17, 2011 12:06PM - 12:18PM		U1.00009: Macroscopic Quantum Tunneling of Solitons in Bose-Einstein Condensates Joseph A. Glick, Lincoln D. Carr Preview Abstract

Session U2: Matter Wave Interferometry

Chair: John Burke, Air Force Research Laboratory
Room: A602

Friday, June 17, 2011 10:30AM - 10:42AM		U2.00001: Coherent control of atomic motion in an optical lattice for precise measurements of gravity Marco Giacinto Tarallo, Andrea Alberti, Nicola Poli, Marco Prevedelli, Fu-Yuan Wang, Guglielmo M. Tino Preview Abstract
Friday, June 17, 2011 10:42AM - 10:54AM		U2.00002: Atom interferometry with large momentum transfer Shau-Yu Lan, Pei-Chen Kuan, Brian Estey, Holger M\"uller Preview Abstract
Friday, June 17, 2011 10:54AM - 11:06AM		U2.00003: Inertially sensitive light pulse atom interferometry at short interrogation times David Butts, Krish Kotru, Joseph Kinast, Brian Timmons, Richard Stoner Preview Abstract
Friday, June 17, 2011 11:06AM - 11:18AM		U2.00004: Momentum-space engineering of Bose-Einstein condensates Brandon Benton, Jeffrey Heward, Mark Edwards, Charles Clark Preview Abstract
Friday, June 17, 2011 11:18AM - 11:30AM		U2.00005: Atomic Interaction Effects in Precision Bose-Einstein Condensate Interferometry Alan O. Jamison, J. Nathan Kutz, Vladyslav V. Ivanov, Anders H. Hansen, Alexander Khramov, William H. Dowd, Subhadeep Gupta Preview Abstract
Friday, June 17, 2011 11:30AM - 11:42AM		U2.00006: Progress towards a test of the universality of free fall using a $^6$Li/$^7$Li atom interferometer Geena Kim, Paul Hamilton, Dennis Schlippert, Holger M\"{u}ller Preview Abstract
Friday, June 17, 2011 11:42AM - 11:54AM		U2.00007: Design for a compact CW atom laser Erik Power, Georg Raithel Preview Abstract
Friday, June 17, 2011 11:54AM - 12:06PM		U2.00008: Atom guidance in the TE$_{01}$ donut mode of a large-core hollow fiber J.A. Pechkis, F.K. Fatemi Preview Abstract
Friday, June 17, 2011 12:06PM - 12:18PM		U2.00009: Enhanced atom interferometry through quantum information science Mark Edwards, Brandon Benton, Michael Krygier, Charles Clark Preview Abstract
Friday, June 17, 2011 12:18PM - 12:30PM		U2.00010: Arbitrarily shaped high-coherence electron bunches from ultracold plasma R.E. Scholten, A.J. McCulloch, D.V. Sheludko, M. Junker, S.C. Bell, S.D. Saliba, K.A. Nugent Preview Abstract

Session U3: Atomic, Molecular, and Nanoparticle Structure and Properties

Chair: Carol Tanner, University of Notre Dame
Room: A703

Friday, June 17, 2011 10:30AM - 10:42AM		U3.00001: Improved Polarizabilities of Th$^{4+}$ from microwave spectroscopy of Th$^{3+}$ Rydberg levels Julie Keele, Stephen Lundeen, Charles Fehrenbach Preview Abstract
Friday, June 17, 2011 10:42AM - 10:54AM		U3.00002: Polarizability measurements of the ground and metastable states of Sr, Yb, and Ba William Holmgren, Ivan Hromada, Catherine Klauss, Vincent Lonij, Alex Cronin Preview Abstract
Friday, June 17, 2011 10:54AM - 11:06AM		U3.00003: Up-down asymmetry of the electrons ejected from barium $6p_{1/2}nk$ autoionizing states Jirakan Nunkaew, Tom Gallagher Preview Abstract
Friday, June 17, 2011 11:06AM - 11:18AM		U3.00004: Electromagnetically Induced Transparency in the Far-off Resonance Trap of Cs Atoms Chin-Chun Tsai, Zong-Syun He, Sheng-Lung Lin, Yung-Yung Chang Preview Abstract
Friday, June 17, 2011 11:18AM - 11:30AM		U3.00005: Causes of power broadening in EIT intensity noise spectroscopy Michael Crescimanno, Charles Snider, Shannon O'Leary Preview Abstract
Friday, June 17, 2011 11:30AM - 11:42AM		U3.00006: Anti-Relaxation Coatings at High Magnetic Field Ben Olsen, Will Happer, Brian Patton, Dmitry Budker, Mikhail Balabas Preview Abstract
Friday, June 17, 2011 11:42AM - 11:54AM		U3.00007: Investigation of hyperfine clock resonances in alkali-vapor cells with novel antirelaxation surface coating Eric Corsini, Todor Karaulanov, Mikhail Balabas Preview Abstract
Friday, June 17, 2011 11:54AM - 12:06PM		U3.00008: Precision Laser Transmission Spectroscopy: Applications to Nanoparticle Systems Carol Tanner, Frank Li, Ching-Ting Hwang, Robert Schafer, Steven Ruggiero Preview Abstract
Friday, June 17, 2011 12:06PM - 12:18PM		U3.00009: Wheeler-Feynman absorber revisited: a useful technique to calculate decay rates and lifetimes in small scale optical systems Murugesan Venkatapathi Preview Abstract
Friday, June 17, 2011 12:18PM - 12:30PM		U3.00010: ABSTRACT WITHDRAWN Preview Abstract

Session U4: Focus Session: Cold Rydberg Gases

Chair: Michael Noel, Bryn Mawr College
Room: A704

Friday, June 17, 2011 10:30AM - 11:00AM		U4.00001: Rydberg-dressed Atoms Invited Speaker: Preview Abstract
Friday, June 17, 2011 11:00AM - 11:30AM		U4.00002: Coherent Rydberg Excitation in Thermal Microcells Invited Speaker: Preview Abstract
Friday, June 17, 2011 11:30AM - 11:42AM		U4.00003: Enhancement of Rydberg-atom trapping efficiency in a ponderomotive optical lattice using lattice translations Sarah E. Anderson, Georg Raithel Preview Abstract
Friday, June 17, 2011 11:42AM - 11:54AM		U4.00004: Dipole-dipole broadening of \textit{ns-np} Rydberg transitions Hyunwook Park, Tom Gallagher Preview Abstract
Friday, June 17, 2011 11:54AM - 12:06PM		U4.00005: Probing RF electric fields with Rydberg atoms Arne Schwettmann, Jonathon Sedlacek, Cale Gentry, James Shaffer Preview Abstract
Friday, June 17, 2011 12:06PM - 12:18PM		U4.00006: Rydberg Interactions On An Atom Chip Robert Spreeuw, Vanessa Leung, Atreju Tauschinsky, Ben van Linden van den Heuvell Preview Abstract
Friday, June 17, 2011 12:18PM - 12:30PM		U4.00007: Multi-grid experimental apparatus for the study of ultracold Rydberg-Rydberg interaction Joshua Gurian, Paul Huillery, Yoann Bruneau, Patrick Cheinet, Andrea Fioretti, Daniel Comparat, Pierre Pillet Preview Abstract

Session U5: Non Linear Optics

Chair: Daniel Gauthier, Duke University
Room: A705

Friday, June 17, 2011 10:30AM - 10:42AM		U5.00001: Optical Information and Light-Matter Interactions in a Bose-Einstein condensate L. Suzanne Leslie, Azure Hansen, Justin T. Schultz, Nicholas P. Bigelow Preview Abstract
Friday, June 17, 2011 10:42AM - 10:54AM		U5.00002: Atomic State Localization using EIT in Cold Atoms Zach Simmons, Nicholas Proite, Deniz Yavuz Preview Abstract
Friday, June 17, 2011 10:54AM - 11:06AM		U5.00003: Electromagnetically-induced transparency using cylindrical vector beams Fredrik Fatemi, Guy Beadie Preview Abstract
Friday, June 17, 2011 11:06AM - 11:18AM		U5.00004: Spatially Resolved Object Detection Using Entangled Twin Beams Jeremy Clark, Zhifan Zhou, Quentin Glorieux, Ulrich Vogl, Paul Lett Preview Abstract
Friday, June 17, 2011 11:18AM - 11:30AM		U5.00005: Degenerate four-wave mixing in atomic ytterbium Tian Li, Ryan Baker, Jonathan Weinstein Preview Abstract
Friday, June 17, 2011 11:30AM - 11:42AM		U5.00006: Studies of Raman Transitions in Cold Atoms in Arbitrary Magnetic Fields Frank Narducci, Jon Davis, Emily Clifton, Sara DeSavage, Kyle Gordon Preview Abstract
Friday, June 17, 2011 11:42AM - 11:54AM		U5.00007: Pattern Formations for Optical Switching Using Cold Atoms as a Nonlinear Medium Bonnie Schmittberger, Joel Greenberg, Daniel Gauthier Preview Abstract
Friday, June 17, 2011 11:54AM - 12:06PM		U5.00008: Bright Photon Pair Source with High Spectral and Spatial Purity J. Schaake, R. Bennink, P. Evans, W. Grice, T. Humble Preview Abstract
Friday, June 17, 2011 12:06PM - 12:18PM		U5.00009: Generation of Squeezed Light via Phase-Sensitive Amplification Neil Corzo-Trejo, Alberto Marino, Quentin Glorieux, Kevin Jones, Paul Lett Preview Abstract
Friday, June 17, 2011 12:18PM - 12:30PM		U5.00010: Dual All-optical OR/NOR Logic Gates in Hot Rubidium Vapor Zhifan Zhou, Jietai Jing, Cunjin Liu, Jun Zhou, Weiping Zhang Preview Abstract

Session U6: Hot Topics

Chair: Gerald Gabrielse, Harvard University
Room: A706

Friday, June 17, 2011 10:30AM - 11:00AM		U6.00001: Atom Trap Trace Analysis Invited Speaker: Preview Abstract
Friday, June 17, 2011 11:00AM - 11:30AM		U6.00002: Improved Measurement of the Electron EDM Invited Speaker: Preview Abstract
Friday, June 17, 2011 11:30AM - 12:00PM		U6.00003: Sequential Double Ionization: The Timing of Release Invited Speaker: Preview Abstract
Friday, June 17, 2011 12:00PM - 12:30PM		U6.00004: 14-qubit entanglement: creation and coherence Invited Speaker: Preview Abstract

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