Bulletin of the American Physical Society

43rd Annual Meeting of the APS Division of Atomic, Molecular and Optical Physics

Volume 57, Number 5

Monday–Friday, June 4–8, 2012; Orange County, California

Session Index

Session M1: Cold Chemistry

Chair: Kaden Hazzard, JILA
Room: Grand Ballroom BCD

Thursday, June 7, 2012 8:00AM - 8:12AM		M1.00001: Systematic analysis of long-range interactions between vibrating polar bialkali molecules Olivier Dulieu, Romain Vexiau, Maxence Lepers, Mireille Aymar, Nadia Bouloufa Preview Abstract
Thursday, June 7, 2012 8:12AM - 8:24AM		M1.00002: \"Uber-Resonant Scattering of Ultracold Molecules Michael Mayle, Brandon P. Ruzic, John L. Bohn Preview Abstract
Thursday, June 7, 2012 8:24AM - 8:36AM		M1.00003: Dynamics of strongly reactive molecules Michael Foss-Feig, Ana Maria Rey Preview Abstract
Thursday, June 7, 2012 8:36AM - 8:48AM		M1.00004: Frenkel biexcitons in optical lattices with polar molecules Marina Litinskaya, Ping Xiang, Roman Krems Preview Abstract
Thursday, June 7, 2012 8:48AM - 9:00AM		M1.00005: Spectroscopy of $^{39}$K$^{85}$Rb electronic states in the predicted region of resonantly coupled excited states for the direct formation of the $X$(0,0) state Jayita Banerjee, David Rahmlow, Ryan Carollo, Michael Bellos, Matthew Bermudez, Edward Eyler, Philip Gould, William Stwalley Preview Abstract
Thursday, June 7, 2012 9:00AM - 9:12AM		M1.00006: Rovibrational Optical Pumping of NaCs Marek Haruza, Patrick Zabawa, Amy Wakim, Nicholas Bigelow Preview Abstract
Thursday, June 7, 2012 9:12AM - 9:24AM		M1.00007: Threshold resonances in ultracold chemical reactions Robin C\^ot\'e, Ionel Simbotin, Subhas Ghosal Preview Abstract
Thursday, June 7, 2012 9:24AM - 9:36AM		M1.00008: Photoassociation of alkali tetramers into high vibrational states Jason Byrd, Subhas Ghosal, John Montgomery, Jr, Robin C\^ot\'e Preview Abstract
Thursday, June 7, 2012 9:36AM - 9:48AM		M1.00009: Molecule-molecule hyperfine Feshbach resonances Alisdair Wallis, Roman Krems Preview Abstract
Thursday, June 7, 2012 9:48AM - 10:00AM		M1.00010: Cold dipolar collisions in magnetically trapped OH Benjamin Stuhl, Mark Yeo, Matt Hummon, Jun Ye Preview Abstract

Session M2: Strongly Interacting Fermions

Chair: Elise Novitski, Harvard University
Room: Grand Ballroom GF

Thursday, June 7, 2012 8:00AM - 8:12AM		M2.00001: Compressibility of a Repulsive Fermi Gas of $^6$ Li Myoung-Sun Heo, Yeryoung Lee, Tout T. Wang, Timur M. Rvachov, Wolfgang Ketterle, David E. Pritchard Preview Abstract
Thursday, June 7, 2012 8:12AM - 8:24AM		M2.00002: Revealing the Superfluid Lambda Transition in the Universal Thermodynamics of a Unitary Fermi Gas Mark Ku, Ariel Sommer, Lawrence Cheuk, Martin Zwierlein Preview Abstract
Thursday, June 7, 2012 8:24AM - 8:36AM		M2.00003: Pseudogap Effects in Rotating Fermi Gases from BCS to BEC Peter Scherpelz, Vivek Mishra, Dan Wulin, Kathryn Levin, Attipat Rajagopal Preview Abstract
Thursday, June 7, 2012 8:36AM - 8:48AM		M2.00004: Repulsive polarons in a strongly interacting Fermi mixture Christoph Kohstall, Matteo Zaccanti, Michael Jag, Andreas Trenkwalder, Florian Schreck, Rudolf Grimm, Pietro Massignan, Georg Bruun Preview Abstract
Thursday, June 7, 2012 8:48AM - 9:00AM		M2.00005: Dynamics of a Repulsive Fermi-Fermi Mixture Marko Cetina, Matteo Zaccanti, Michael Jag, Christoph Kohstall, Andreas Trenkwalder, Florian Schreck, Rudolf Grimm Preview Abstract
Thursday, June 7, 2012 9:00AM - 9:12AM		M2.00006: Highly Polarized Fermi Gases across a Narrow Feshbach Resonance Ran Qi, Hui Zhai Preview Abstract
Thursday, June 7, 2012 9:12AM - 9:24AM		M2.00007: Towards Probing Homogeneous Strongly Interacting Fermi Gas Yoav Sagi, Tara Drake, Rabin Paudel, John Stewart, John Gaebler, Deborah Jin Preview Abstract
Thursday, June 7, 2012 9:24AM - 9:36AM		M2.00008: Realization of a Resonant Fermi Gas with a Large Effective Range Y. Zhang, E.L. Hazlett, R.W. Stites, K.M. O'Hara Preview Abstract
Thursday, June 7, 2012 9:36AM - 9:48AM		M2.00009: Degeneracies in trapped two-component Fermi gases D. Blume, K.M. Daily, D. Rakshit Preview Abstract
Thursday, June 7, 2012 9:48AM - 10:00AM		M2.00010: Expansion of 1D polarized superfluids Hong Lu, L.O. Baksmaty, C.J. Bolech, Han Pu Preview Abstract

Session M3: Focus Session: Atomic Spectroscopy

Chair: Yuri Ralchenko, NIST
Room: Grand Ballroom E

Thursday, June 7, 2012 8:00AM - 8:30AM		M3.00001: Resonant Auger Destruction in X-ray Photoionized Plasmas Invited Speaker: Duane Liedahl Preview Abstract
Thursday, June 7, 2012 8:30AM - 8:42AM		M3.00002: EUV Spectra of Xenon Observed with an Electron Beam Ion Trap Joseph Reader, Dimitry Osin, John Gillaspy, Yuri Ralchenko Preview Abstract
Thursday, June 7, 2012 8:42AM - 9:12AM		M3.00003: Spectroscopy of Z-pinch plasmas: how atomic and plasma physics merge and unfold new applications Invited Speaker: Alla Safronova Preview Abstract
Thursday, June 7, 2012 9:12AM - 9:24AM		M3.00004: Synthetic X-Ray Spectra of Ar and Kr for Analysis of Data from the Z Machine at SNL Arati Dasgupta, Robert Clark, Ward Thornhill, Nicholas Ouart, John Apruzese, John Giuliani, Brent Jones, Dave Ampleford Preview Abstract
Thursday, June 7, 2012 9:24AM - 9:36AM		M3.00005: Properties of Ni$^{+}$ from microwave spectroscopy of n=9 Rydberg levels of Nickel Shannon Woods, Julie Keele, Chris Smith, Stephen Lundeen Preview Abstract
Thursday, June 7, 2012 9:36AM - 9:48AM		M3.00006: The Spectroscopy of Barium $6p_{1/2}nk$ Autoionizing States in Weak Electric Fields Jirakan Nunkaew, Thomas Gallagher Preview Abstract
Thursday, June 7, 2012 9:48AM - 10:00AM		M3.00007: Two-photon Direct Frequency Comb Spectroscopy of Alkali Atoms Khoa Nguyen, Trinity Pradhananga, Christopher Palm, Jason Stalnaker, Derek Jackson Kimball Preview Abstract

Session M4: Focus Session: Control of Molecular Dynamics

Chair: Jonathan Wrubel, NIST
Room: Garden 1-2

Thursday, June 7, 2012 8:00AM - 8:30AM		M4.00001: Clocking Ultrafast Wave Packet Dynamics in Molecules through UV-induced Symmetry Breaking Invited Speaker: Alicia Palacios Preview Abstract
Thursday, June 7, 2012 8:30AM - 9:00AM		M4.00002: Ultralong-range energy transfer by interatomic Coulombic decay in the giant helium dimer Invited Speaker: Nicolas Sisourat Preview Abstract
Thursday, June 7, 2012 9:00AM - 9:12AM		M4.00003: Attosecond coherent control of C2D4 dynamics Predrag Ranitovic, Craig Hogle, Margaret Murnane, Henry Kapteyn Preview Abstract
Thursday, June 7, 2012 9:12AM - 9:24AM		M4.00004: Control of Molecular Rotation with a Chiral Train of Ultrashort Pulses Sergey Zhdanovich, Alexander Milner, Casey Bloomquist, Johannes Floss, Ilya Averbukh, John Hepburn, Valery Milner Preview Abstract
Thursday, June 7, 2012 9:24AM - 9:36AM		M4.00005: Coherent Ro-vibrational Revivals in a Thermal Molecular Ensemble Martin Bitter, Evgeny A. Shapiro, Valery Milner Preview Abstract
Thursday, June 7, 2012 9:36AM - 9:48AM		M4.00006: Phase control with many cycle pulses in the absence of CEP stabilization Hyounguk Jang, Guan-Yeu Chen, Wendell T. Hill III Preview Abstract
Thursday, June 7, 2012 9:48AM - 10:00AM		M4.00007: Understanding Intense Field Two-Color and Carrier-Envelope Phase Control D. Ursrey, B.D. Esry Preview Abstract

Session M5: Atoms and Cavities

Chair: Murray Holland, University of Colorado at Boulder, JILA
Room: Garden 3

Thursday, June 7, 2012 8:00AM - 8:12AM		M5.00001: Generation of mesoscopic entangled states in a cavity coupled to an atomic ensemble Gor Nikoghosyan, Michael Hartmann, Martin Plenio Preview Abstract
Thursday, June 7, 2012 8:12AM - 8:24AM		M5.00002: Atom-cavity system as a passive photon adder Julio Gea-Banacloche Preview Abstract
Thursday, June 7, 2012 8:24AM - 8:36AM		M5.00003: Photon blockade with a four-level atom coupled to a microcavity Michal Bajcsy, Arka Majumdar, Jelena Vu\v{c}kovi\'{c} Preview Abstract
Thursday, June 7, 2012 8:36AM - 8:48AM		M5.00004: Collective state signatures in quantum correlations of Cavity QED Pablo Barberis-Blostein, Howard Carmichael, Luis Orozco Preview Abstract
Thursday, June 7, 2012 8:48AM - 9:00AM		M5.00005: Deterministic and on-demand solid-state generation of photon Fock states Keyu Xia, Jason Twamley, Gavin Brennen, Demosthenes Ellinas Preview Abstract
Thursday, June 7, 2012 9:00AM - 9:12AM		M5.00006: Control of Photon Fock States in an Optical Cavity Byron Lowry, Bereket Berhane, Sergey Drakunov Preview Abstract
Thursday, June 7, 2012 9:12AM - 9:24AM		M5.00007: ABSTRACT WITHDRAWN Preview Abstract
Thursday, June 7, 2012 9:24AM - 9:36AM		M5.00008: Dissipative Preparation of Squeezing of a Collective Atomic Spin in a Cavity Johannes Otterbach, Emanuele Dalla Torre, Vladan Vuletic, Mikhail Lukin Preview Abstract
Thursday, June 7, 2012 9:36AM - 9:48AM		M5.00009: A Superradiant Raman Laser with $<$ 1 Intracavity Photons Justin Bohnet, Zilong Chen, Joshua Weiner, Dominic Meiser, Murray Holland, James Thompson Preview Abstract
Thursday, June 7, 2012 9:48AM - 10:00AM		M5.00010: Superradiant emission from a cascade atomic ensemble by positive-P phase space method simulation Hsiang-Hua Jen Preview Abstract

Session M6: Rydberg Atom Interactions and Nonlinear Optics

Chair: Alex Kuzmich, Georgia Tech
Room: Garden 4

Thursday, June 7, 2012 8:00AM - 8:12AM		M6.00001: Dynamics of Rydberg spin waves in atomic ensembles Francesco Bariani, Y.O. Dudin, A. Kuzmich, T.A.B. Kennedy Preview Abstract
Thursday, June 7, 2012 8:12AM - 8:24AM		M6.00002: Dissipative Many-body Quantum Optics in Rydberg Media Alexey Gorshkov, Rejish Nath, Johannes Otterbach, Michael Fleischhauer, Mikhail Lukin, Thomas Pohl Preview Abstract
Thursday, June 7, 2012 8:24AM - 8:36AM		M6.00003: Few-photon optical nonlinearities using cold Rydberg atoms Thibault Peyronel, Ofer Firstenberg, Qiyu Liang, Vladan Vuletic Preview Abstract
Thursday, June 7, 2012 8:36AM - 8:48AM		M6.00004: Steady-state antiferromagnetic order and quasi-crystalisation of Rydberg excitations in optically driven atomic ensembles Michael Hoening, David Petrosyan, Michael Fleischhauer Preview Abstract
Thursday, June 7, 2012 8:48AM - 9:00AM		M6.00005: Homonuclear cesium Rydberg molecules Seth Rittenhouse, Hossein Sadeghpour Preview Abstract
Thursday, June 7, 2012 9:00AM - 9:12AM		M6.00006: Ultra-long-range Cs Trilobite Molecules in a Crossed 1064 nm Dipole Trap Jonathan Tallant, Donald Booth, James Shaffer Preview Abstract
Thursday, June 7, 2012 9:12AM - 9:24AM		M6.00007: Theoretical Dynamics of Heavy Rydberg States in Rb$_2$ Adam Kirrander, H.R. Sadeghpour Preview Abstract
Thursday, June 7, 2012 9:24AM - 9:36AM		M6.00008: Anisotropic Rydberg Interactions Donald Booth, Jonathan Tallant, Arne Schwettmann, James Shaffer Preview Abstract
Thursday, June 7, 2012 9:36AM - 9:48AM		M6.00009: Exciting Rydberg atom superposition states for control of resonant energy exchange Donald P. Fahey, Michael W. Noel, Thomas Carroll Preview Abstract
Thursday, June 7, 2012 9:48AM - 10:00AM		M6.00010: Polarization Dependent Dark Resonances in Electromagnetically Induced Transparency with Rydberg Atoms Jonathon Sedlacek, Arne Schwettmann, Haoquan Fan, James Shaffer Preview Abstract

Session M7: Undergraduate Session

Chair: Charles Conover, Colby College
Room: Terrace

Thursday, June 7, 2012 8:00AM - 8:30AM		M7.00001: LeRoy Apker Award Lecture: Strong-field dissociation dynamics of NO$^{2+}$: A multiphoton electronic or vibrational excitation? Invited Speaker: Bethany Jochim Preview Abstract
Thursday, June 7, 2012 8:30AM - 8:45AM		M7.00002: Calculations of Hyperfine Antihydrogen Spectroscopy Patrick Donnan, Francis Robicheaux Preview Abstract
Thursday, June 7, 2012 8:45AM - 9:00AM		M7.00003: Empirical Model for Total Internal Reflection (TIR) from Highly Turbid Media Kashika Goyal, Miao Dong, Bradley Worth, Lalit Bali, Samir Bali Preview Abstract
Thursday, June 7, 2012 9:00AM - 9:15AM		M7.00004: Modeling Quantum Spin Dynamics in an Ultracold Gas B.J. Land, C.D. Hamley, C.S. Gerving, T.M. Hoang, M.L.B. Anquez, M.S. Chapman Preview Abstract
Thursday, June 7, 2012 9:15AM - 9:30AM		M7.00005: Revisiting Pound-Drever-Hall frequency stabilization in the radio-frequency domain Chelsea Liekhus-Schmaltz, James Martin Preview Abstract
Thursday, June 7, 2012 9:30AM - 9:45AM		M7.00006: A new $^{3}$He-$^{129}$Xe Co-magnetometer using a Ramsey measurement sequence and Rb-K magnetometer for spin detection Aaron Kabcenell, Iannis Kominis, Michael Romalis Preview Abstract
Thursday, June 7, 2012 9:45AM - 10:00AM		M7.00007: Investigating Electronic Properties and Bound-Bound Transitions in the Negative Ion of Lanthanum Daniel Matyas, Adam Lebovitz, Kirsten Liebl, Daniel Gibson, Walter Wesley Preview Abstract

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