Bulletin of the American Physical Society

2013 Joint Meeting of the APS Division of Atomic, Molecular & Optical Physics and the CAP Division of Atomic, Molecular & Optical Physics, Canada

Volume 58, Number 6

Monday–Friday, June 3–7, 2013; Quebec City, Canada

Session Index

Session N1: Dynamics of Ultracold Few-Atom Systems

Chair: Doerte Blume, Washington State University
Room: 200A

Thursday, June 6, 2013 10:30AM - 11:00AM		N1.00001: Experimental studies of ultracold few-fermion systems Invited Speaker: Selim Jochim Preview Abstract
Thursday, June 6, 2013 11:00AM - 11:30AM		N1.00002: Effective multibody interactions of confined ultracold bosons Invited Speaker: Philip Johnson Preview Abstract
Thursday, June 6, 2013 11:30AM - 12:00PM		N1.00003: Effect of Spin-Orbit Coupling to Interacting Ultracold Atoms Invited Speaker: Xiaoling Cui Preview Abstract
Thursday, June 6, 2013 12:00PM - 12:30PM		N1.00004: Few-body dynamics of dipolar and finite-range systems Invited Speaker: Chris Greene Preview Abstract

Session N2: Optical Lattices

Chair: Brian DeMarco, University of Illinois
Room: 200B

Thursday, June 6, 2013 10:30AM - 10:42AM		N2.00001: Formation and decay of Bose Einstein condensates in an excited band of a double-well optical lattice Saurabh Paul, Eite Tiesinga Preview Abstract
Thursday, June 6, 2013 10:42AM - 10:54AM		N2.00002: Experiments with single atoms laser-cooled to their 3D ground state in an optical tweezer Adam Kaufman, Brian Lester, Cindy Regal Preview Abstract
Thursday, June 6, 2013 10:54AM - 11:06AM		N2.00003: First-order transition and hysteresis phenomena of Bose-Bose mixtures in an optical lattice Daisuke Yamamoto, Takeshi Ozaki, Carlos Sa de Melo, Ippei Danshita Preview Abstract
Thursday, June 6, 2013 11:06AM - 11:18AM		N2.00004: Disordered Hubbard Model with Ultracold Atoms William McGehee, Stanimir Kondov, Brian DeMarco Preview Abstract
Thursday, June 6, 2013 11:18AM - 11:30AM		N2.00005: Ultracold atoms in an optical lattice one millimeter from air Dylan Jervis, Graham Edge, Stefan Trotzky, David McKay, Joseph Thywissen Preview Abstract
Thursday, June 6, 2013 11:30AM - 11:42AM		N2.00006: Decoherence and heating of fermions in optical lattices Saubhik Sarkar, Stephan Langer, Johannes Schachenmayer, Andrew J. Daley Preview Abstract
Thursday, June 6, 2013 11:42AM - 11:54AM		N2.00007: Superfluidity and Mott transitions of repulsively interacting three-component fermionic atoms in an optical lattice Kensuke Inaba, Sei-ichiro Suga Preview Abstract
Thursday, June 6, 2013 11:54AM - 12:06PM		N2.00008: Quantum phases of quadrupolar Fermi gases in optical lattices Satyan Bhongale, Ludwig Mathey, Erhai Zhao, Susanne Yellin, Mikhail Lemeshko Preview Abstract
Thursday, June 6, 2013 12:06PM - 12:18PM		N2.00009: Collective many-body effects in ultracold gases in an optical cavity Mark Lee, Janne Ruostekoski Preview Abstract
Thursday, June 6, 2013 12:18PM - 12:30PM		N2.00010: Controlled manipulation of light by cooperative response of atoms in an optical lattice Stewart Jenkins, Janne Ruostekoski Preview Abstract

Session N3: 1D Quantum Gases

Chair: Randy Hulet, Rice University
Room: 202

Thursday, June 6, 2013 10:30AM - 10:42AM		N3.00001: Initial state dependence on the relaxation of out-of-equilibrium spin-1/2 systems Eduardo Torres-Herrera, Lea Santos Preview Abstract
Thursday, June 6, 2013 10:42AM - 10:54AM		N3.00002: Quantum flutter versus Bloch oscillations in one-dimensional quantum liquids out of equilibrium Charles Mathy, Michael Knap, Eugene Demler Preview Abstract
Thursday, June 6, 2013 10:54AM - 11:06AM		N3.00003: Damping of dipole oscillations of one-dimensional Bose gases induced by quantum phase slips Ippei Danshita Preview Abstract
Thursday, June 6, 2013 11:06AM - 11:18AM		N3.00004: Thermodynamics of ultracold Bose gases at a dimensional crossover Ralf Labouvie, Andreas Vogler, Vera Guarrera, Herwig Ott Preview Abstract
Thursday, June 6, 2013 11:18AM - 11:30AM		N3.00005: Dynamical control of a quantum Kapitza pendulum in a spin-1 BEC Thai Hoang, Corey Gerving, Ben Land, Martin Anquez, Chris Hamley, Michael Chapman Preview Abstract
Thursday, June 6, 2013 11:30AM - 11:42AM		N3.00006: Collective Modes of One-Dimensional Bose Gases: From Few to Many Particles Lushuai Cao, R\"udiger Schmitz, Sven Kr\"onke, Peter Schmelcher Preview Abstract
Thursday, June 6, 2013 11:42AM - 11:54AM		N3.00007: One-Dimensional Bose Gases Out of Equilibrium Tim Langen, Maximilian Kuhnert, Michael Gring, Bernhard Rauer, David Adu Smith, Remi Geiger, Igor Mazets, Takuya Kitagawa, Eugene Demler, J\"org Schmiedmayer Preview Abstract
Thursday, June 6, 2013 11:54AM - 12:06PM		N3.00008: Correlation functions of quasi-one-dimensional cold gases in well-defined spin states Vladimir Yurovsky Preview Abstract

Session N4: Ion-atom Collisions

Chair: Charles Havener, Oak Ridge National Laboratory
Room: 204

Thursday, June 6, 2013 10:30AM - 10:42AM		N4.00001: Comparative study of the \textit{ab initio} potential curves for Be$_2^+$, Mg$_2^+$, Ca$_2^+$ and Sr$_2^+$ molecular ions Sandipan Banerjee, John Montgomery, Robin C\^ot\'e Preview Abstract
Thursday, June 6, 2013 10:42AM - 10:54AM		N4.00002: Charge transfer in ultracold atom-ion alkaline-earth systems Diego Valente, Sandipan Banerjee, Robin C\^ot\'e Preview Abstract
Thursday, June 6, 2013 10:54AM - 11:06AM		N4.00003: Strong multiple-capture effect in slow Ar$^{17+}$-Ar collisions: a quantum mechanical analysis Arash Salehzadeh, Tom Kirchner Preview Abstract
Thursday, June 6, 2013 11:06AM - 11:18AM		N4.00004: Theoretical investigation of collisions between highly-charged N$^{5+}$ and N$^{6+}$ with He Y. Wu, L. Liu, L.L. Yan, C.L. Zhang, J.G. Wang, P.C. Stancil, H.P. Liebermann, R.J. Buenker Preview Abstract
Thursday, June 6, 2013 11:18AM - 11:30AM		N4.00005: Calculating Auger Lifetimes Directly from Time Propagation using the Multiconfiguration Time-Dependent Hartree-Fock Method Brant Abeln, C. William McCurdy, Daniel Haxton Preview Abstract
Thursday, June 6, 2013 11:30AM - 11:42AM		N4.00006: Towards imaging the folding of single biomolecules in an ion trap Erik Streed Preview Abstract

Session N5: Quantum Simulations and Dynamics

Chair: James Freericks, Georgetown University
Room: 301

Thursday, June 6, 2013 10:30AM - 10:42AM		N5.00001: Quantum simulation by filtered Hamiltonian engineering Ashok Ajoy, Paola Cappellaro Preview Abstract
Thursday, June 6, 2013 10:42AM - 10:54AM		N5.00002: Adiabatic Quantum Computation with Neutral Cesium Aaron Hankin, L. Paul Parazzoli, Chin-Wen Chou, Yuan-Yu Jau, George Burns, Amber Young, Shanalyn Kemme, Andrew Ferdinand, Grant Biedermann, Andrew Landahl Preview Abstract
Thursday, June 6, 2013 10:54AM - 11:06AM		N5.00003: On Heat in a Quantum Mechanical Process Tanapat Deesuwan, Janet Anders Preview Abstract
Thursday, June 6, 2013 11:06AM - 11:18AM		N5.00004: Optimizing Adiabaticity in a Trapped-Ion Quantum Simulator Phil Richerme, Crystal Senko, Simcha Korenblit, Jacob Smith, Aaron Lee, Christopher Monroe Preview Abstract
Thursday, June 6, 2013 11:18AM - 11:30AM		N5.00005: Quantum simulation of open-system dynamical maps with trapped ions P. Schindler, M. Mueller, D. Nigg, J.T. Barreiro, E.A. Martinez, M. Hennrich, T. Monz, S. Diehl, P. Zoller, R. Blatt Preview Abstract
Thursday, June 6, 2013 11:30AM - 11:42AM		N5.00006: Dynamical Entanglement Creation and Measurement with Cold Atoms or Ions Johannes Schachenmayer, Hannes Pichler, Peter Zoller, Ben Lanyon, Andrew Daley Preview Abstract
Thursday, June 6, 2013 11:42AM - 11:54AM		N5.00007: Behaviour of quantum correlations in a non-equilibrium system at criticality Chaitanya Joshi, Jonathan Keeling Preview Abstract
Thursday, June 6, 2013 11:54AM - 12:06PM		N5.00008: Nucleation and Dynamics of Topological Defects in Trapped Yb Ion-crystals Sara Ejtemaee, Paul C. Haljan Preview Abstract
Thursday, June 6, 2013 12:06PM - 12:18PM		N5.00009: The role of resonant and off-resonant modes in Non-Markovian behaviour Vignesh Venkataraman, Douglas Plato, Myungshik Kim Preview Abstract
Thursday, June 6, 2013 12:18PM - 12:30PM		N5.00010: Robust Online Hamiltonian Learning Christopher Granade, Christopher Ferrie, Nathan Wiebe, David Cory Preview Abstract

Session N6: Quantum Cavities and Resonators

Chair: Stephan Ritter, Max Planck Institute for Quantum Optics
Room: 302

Thursday, June 6, 2013 10:30AM - 10:42AM		N6.00001: Control of conditional quantum beats in cavity QED Andres Cimmarusti, Wanderson Pimenta, Burkley Patterson, Luis Orozco, Pablo Barberis-Blostein, Howard Carmichael Preview Abstract
Thursday, June 6, 2013 10:42AM - 10:54AM		N6.00002: Cavity QED systems simulating field theories using Continuous Matrix Product States (cMPS) as variational states Aizar Enciso Dominguez, Sean Barrett, David Jennings Preview Abstract
Thursday, June 6, 2013 10:54AM - 11:06AM		N6.00003: Optimal Control Functions of Photon Fock States in a Cavity Byron Lowry, Bereket Berhane, Sergey Drakunov Preview Abstract
Thursday, June 6, 2013 11:06AM - 11:18AM		N6.00004: Experimental verification of light shift imbalance induced blockade in an atomic ensemble via collective state Rabi oscillation and coincidence detection May Kim, Yanfei Tu, Subramanian Krishnamurthy, Selim Shahriar Preview Abstract
Thursday, June 6, 2013 11:18AM - 11:30AM		N6.00005: Possibility of cavity optomechanical phase shifts at the single photon level Julio Gea-Banacloche Preview Abstract
Thursday, June 6, 2013 11:30AM - 11:42AM		N6.00006: Phononic Phase Conjugation in an Optomechanical System Lukas Buchmann, Ewan Wright, Pierre Meystre Preview Abstract
Thursday, June 6, 2013 11:42AM - 11:54AM		N6.00007: Efficient Guidance of Higher Order Modes in Subwavelength Optical Nanofiber Waveguides J.E. Hoffman, S. Ravets, P. Kordell, L.A. Orozco, S.L. Rolston, G. Beadie, F. Fatemi Preview Abstract

Session N7: Focus Session: High Harmonic Generation

Chair: Anthony Starace, University of Nebraska
Room: 303

Thursday, June 6, 2013 10:30AM - 11:00AM		N7.00001: Probing time-resolved large-amplitude molecular vibrations with high-order harmonics generated by ultrashort laser pulses Invited Speaker: Chii-Dong Lin Preview Abstract
Thursday, June 6, 2013 11:00AM - 11:12AM		N7.00002: XUV Laser Assisted Control of High Harmonic Generation Michelle Miller, Andreas Becker Preview Abstract
Thursday, June 6, 2013 11:12AM - 11:24AM		N7.00003: Electron correlations in harmonic generation spectra of beryllium Jean Marcel Ngoko Djiokap, Anthony F. Starace Preview Abstract
Thursday, June 6, 2013 11:24AM - 11:36AM		N7.00004: High-order harmonic generation from a coherent superposition of atomic and molecular states Szczepan Chelkowski, Timm Bredtmann, Andr\'e Bandrauk Preview Abstract
Thursday, June 6, 2013 11:36AM - 12:06PM		N7.00005: High harmonic generation with intense infrared few-cycle laser pulses Invited Speaker: Francois Legare Preview Abstract
Thursday, June 6, 2013 12:06PM - 12:18PM		N7.00006: Macroscopic phase matching condition of higher order harmonics generation Sudipta Mondal, Jan Tross, Philipp Klaus, Frederic Condin, Carlos Trallero Preview Abstract
Thursday, June 6, 2013 12:18PM - 12:30PM		N7.00007: Optimizing High Harmonic Generation for Studying Excited State Dynamics James Cryan, Elio Champenois, Rafal Rakowski, Roger Falcone, Ali Belkacem Preview Abstract

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