Bulletin of the American Physical Society

45th Annual Meeting of the APS Division of Atomic, Molecular and Optical Physics

Volume 59, Number 8

Monday–Friday, June 2–6, 2014; Madison, Wisconsin

Session Index

Session U2: Invited Session: Hot Topics

Chair: Randall Hulet, Rice University
Room: Ballroom CD

Friday, June 6, 2014 10:30AM - 11:00AM		U2.00001: Ultrafast Rotation of Light Fields Applied to Highly Non-Linear Optics Invited Speaker: Fabien Qu\'er\'e Preview Abstract
Friday, June 6, 2014 11:00AM - 11:30AM		U2.00002: Generation of Atomic Fock States Using Rydberg Blockade Invited Speaker: Thad Walker Preview Abstract
Friday, June 6, 2014 11:30AM - 12:00PM		U2.00003: Quantum Dynamics of Many-body Spin Chains Using Atomic Ions Invited Speaker: Crystal Senko Preview Abstract
Friday, June 6, 2014 12:00PM - 12:30PM		U2.00004: Magneto-optical Trapping of a Diatomic Molecule Invited Speaker: Dave DeMille Preview Abstract

Session U3: Cold Molecules and Photoassociative Spectroscopy

Chair: Paul Lett, National Institute of Standards and Technology
Room: Ballroom A

Friday, June 6, 2014 10:30AM - 10:42AM		U3.00001: Photoassociation spectroscopy enhanced by optical pumping Marek Haruza, Maitreyi Jayaseelan, Nicholas Bigelow Preview Abstract
Friday, June 6, 2014 10:42AM - 10:54AM		U3.00002: Accurate, predictive model of ultracold three-body recombination of Cs atoms P. Julienne, Yujun Wang Preview Abstract
Friday, June 6, 2014 10:54AM - 11:06AM		U3.00003: Long Range Interactions of Ytterbium in Mixed Quantum Gases Charles W. Clark, S.G. Porsev, M.S. Safronova, A. Derevianko Preview Abstract
Friday, June 6, 2014 11:06AM - 11:18AM		U3.00004: Continuous Vibrational Cooling of Ground State Rb$_2$ Jonathan Tallant, Luis Marcassa Preview Abstract
Friday, June 6, 2014 11:18AM - 11:30AM		U3.00005: Collisional studies of an ultracold mixture of lithium and excited state ytterbium atoms William Dowd, Richard Roy, Rajendra Shrestha, Subhadeep Gupta Preview Abstract
Friday, June 6, 2014 11:30AM - 11:42AM		U3.00006: Cooling of Electronically-Excited Diatomic Molecules in a Supersonic Microplasma Jet Thomas J. Houlahan, Jr., Rui Su, J. Gary Eden Preview Abstract
Friday, June 6, 2014 11:42AM - 11:54AM		U3.00007: Born-Oppenheimer study of two-component few-particle systems under one-dimensional confinement Nirav Mehta Preview Abstract
Friday, June 6, 2014 11:54AM - 12:06PM		U3.00008: Quantum defect theory with full close-coupling method at short-range: Applications to ro-vibrational transitions in ultracold H$_2$-H$_2$ collisions and beyond Jisha Hazra, N. Balakrishnan, Brandon P. Ruzic, John L. Bohn Preview Abstract
Friday, June 6, 2014 12:06PM - 12:18PM		U3.00009: Nonadiabatic effects in ultracold strontium ``physicist's molecules'' via anomalous linear, quadratic, and higher order Zeeman shifts Mickey McDonald, Geoffrey Iwata, Bart McGuyer, Tanya Zelevinsky Preview Abstract
Friday, June 6, 2014 12:18PM - 12:30PM		U3.00010: Forbidden transitions of ultracold Sr$_2$ molecules Bart McGuyer, Mickey McDonald, Geoffrey Iwata, Tanya Zelevinsky Preview Abstract

Session U4: Polarons and Quantum Optics with Ultracold Atoms

Chair: Pierre Meystre, University of Arizona
Room: Ballroom B

Friday, June 6, 2014 10:30AM - 10:42AM		U4.00001: ABSTRACT WITHDRAWN Preview Abstract
Friday, June 6, 2014 10:42AM - 10:54AM		U4.00002: Interferometric measurement of many-body topological invariants using polarons Fabian Grusdt, Norman Yao, Dmitry Abanin, Eugene Demler Preview Abstract
Friday, June 6, 2014 10:54AM - 11:06AM		U4.00003: Observation of grand-canonical number statistics in a photon Bose-Einstein Julian Schmitt, Tobias Damm, David Dung, Frank Vewinger, Jan Klaers, Martin Weitz Preview Abstract
Friday, June 6, 2014 11:06AM - 11:18AM		U4.00004: Crossover between a laser-like state and a photon Bose-Einstein condensate Martin Weitz, Julian Schmitt, Tobias Damm, Frank Vewinger, Jan Klaers Preview Abstract
Friday, June 6, 2014 11:18AM - 11:30AM		U4.00005: ABSTRACT WITHDRAWN Preview Abstract
Friday, June 6, 2014 11:30AM - 11:42AM		U4.00006: Dissipative preparation of squeezed states with ultracold atomic gases Gentaro Watanabe, Roland Cristopher F. Caballar, Sebastian Diehl, Harri M\"akel\"a, Markus Oberthaler Preview Abstract
Friday, June 6, 2014 11:42AM - 11:54AM		U4.00007: Generation of Planar squeezing in a cold atomic ensemble Giorgio Colangelo, Naeimeh Behbood, Ferran Martin Ciurana, Graciana Puentes, Robert J. Sewell, Morgan W. Mitchell Preview Abstract
Friday, June 6, 2014 11:54AM - 12:06PM		U4.00008: Polaron Properties of a Fermi Impurity in a Dipolar Condensate Hong Ling, Ben Kain Preview Abstract
Friday, June 6, 2014 12:06PM - 12:18PM		U4.00009: Radio frequency spectroscopy of polarons in ultracold Bose gases Aditya Shashi, Fabian Grusdt, Dmitry Abanin, Eugene Demler Preview Abstract

Session U5: Spin-orbit Coupled and Low Dimensional Gases

Chair: Yong Chen, Purdue University
Room: Lecture Hall

Friday, June 6, 2014 10:30AM - 10:42AM		U5.00001: Magnetically Generated Spin-Orbit Coupling for Ultracold Atoms Brandon Anderson, Ian Spielman, Gediminas Juzeliunas Preview Abstract
Friday, June 6, 2014 10:42AM - 10:54AM		U5.00002: Dark Solitons with Majorana Fermions in Spin-Orbit-Coupled Fermi Gases Yong Xu, Li Mao, Biao Wu, Chuanwei Zhang Preview Abstract
Friday, June 6, 2014 10:54AM - 11:06AM		U5.00003: Majorana fermions in quasi-1D and higher dimensional ultracold optical lattices Chunlei Qu, Ming Gong, Yong Xu, Sumanta Tewari, Chuanwei Zhang Preview Abstract
Friday, June 6, 2014 11:06AM - 11:18AM		U5.00004: Realization and Detection of Three Dimensional Chiral Topological Insulators in Optical Lattices Shengtao Wang, Dong-Ling Deng, Luming Duan Preview Abstract
Friday, June 6, 2014 11:18AM - 11:30AM		U5.00005: Breakdown of the scale invariance in a near-Tonks-Girardeau gas: some exact results and beyond Zhedong Zhang, Gregory Astrakharchik, David Aveline, Steven Choi, H\'el\`ene Perrin, Thomas Bergeman, Maxim Olshanii Preview Abstract
Friday, June 6, 2014 11:30AM - 11:42AM		U5.00006: Traces of Integrability in Relaxation of One-Dimensional Two-Mass Mixtures Zaijong Hwang, Frank Cao, Maxim Olshanii Preview Abstract
Friday, June 6, 2014 11:42AM - 11:54AM		U5.00007: Relaxation and thermalization dynamics in the one-dimensional Bose-Hubbard-model Fabian Heidrich-Meisner, Stefan Sorg, Lode Pollet, Lev Vidmar Preview Abstract
Friday, June 6, 2014 11:54AM - 12:06PM		U5.00008: Universal Scaling Properties of N-Body States in Low Dimensions Jeff Maki, Mohammadreza Mohammadi, Fei Zhou Preview Abstract

Session U6: Quantum Information Theory

Chair: Carlton Caves, University of New Mexico
Room: Hall EH

Friday, June 6, 2014 10:30AM - 10:42AM		U6.00001: Robust population transfer by non-overlapping pulse trains Vladimir Malinovsky Preview Abstract
Friday, June 6, 2014 10:42AM - 10:54AM		U6.00002: Effect of environment on the Berry phase measurements Maxim Vavilov, Canran Xu Preview Abstract
Friday, June 6, 2014 10:54AM - 11:06AM		U6.00003: Strong converse for the classical capacity of all phase-insensitive bosonic Gaussian channels Bhaskar Roy Bardhan, Raul Garcia-Patron, Mark M. Wilde, Andreas Winter Preview Abstract
Friday, June 6, 2014 11:06AM - 11:18AM		U6.00004: Noise of photons produced by electroluminescence of a double quantum dot connected to high quality resonator Canran Xu, Maxim Vavilov Preview Abstract
Friday, June 6, 2014 11:18AM - 11:30AM		U6.00005: Classical stochastic measurement trajectories for a continuously monitored multi-mode quantum system Janne Ruostekoski, Mark Lee Preview Abstract
Friday, June 6, 2014 11:30AM - 11:42AM		U6.00006: Transient quantum fluctuation theorems and generalized measurements B. Prasanna Venkatesh, Gentaro Watanabe, Peter Talkner Preview Abstract
Friday, June 6, 2014 11:42AM - 11:54AM		U6.00007: Classical Computers Very Likely Can Not Efficiently Simulate Multimode Linear Optical Interferometers with Arbitrary Fock-State Inputs--An Elementary Argument Bryan Gard, Jonathan Olson, Robert Cross, Moochan Kim, Hwang Lee, Jonathan Dowling Preview Abstract
Friday, June 6, 2014 11:54AM - 12:06PM		U6.00008: Atomic Einstein-Podolsky-Rosen entanglement: How much thermal noise can it tolerate? Karen Kheruntsyan, Robert Lewis-Swan Preview Abstract
Friday, June 6, 2014 12:06PM - 12:18PM		U6.00009: Can the effect of gravity on electromagnetism be measured locally? Maria Becker, Adam Caprez, Herman Batelaan Preview Abstract
Friday, June 6, 2014 12:18PM - 12:30PM		U6.00010: Information Processing Structure of Quantum Gravity Laszlo Gyongyosi, Sandor Imre Preview Abstract

Session U7: Molecular Photophysics

Chair: Elizabeth McCormack, Bryn Mawr College
Room: Hall FI

Friday, June 6, 2014 10:30AM - 10:42AM		U7.00001: Observation of a novel dissociation path in deuterium molecules fragmented via a two-photon process Wei Cao, Itzik Ben-Itzhak, Charles Lewis Cocke Preview Abstract
Friday, June 6, 2014 10:42AM - 10:54AM		U7.00002: Strong-field dissociation of CS$^{2+}$ via a pump/dump-like mechanism T. Severt, M. Zohrabi, K.J. Betsch, U. Ablikim, Bethany Jochim, K.D. Carnes, S. Zeng, B.D. Esry, I. Ben-Itzhak, T. Uhl\'{I}kov\'{a} Preview Abstract
Friday, June 6, 2014 10:54AM - 11:06AM		U7.00003: Discerning the direct and indirect ionization processes in the photo-double-ionization of 1, 1-C$_{2}$H$_{2}$F$_{2}$ near and above threshold B. Gaire, I. Bocharova, F.P. Sturm, N. Gehrken, J. Rist, A. Belkacem, Th. Weber, B. Berry, M. Zohrabi, I. Ben-Itzhak, M. Keiling, A. Moradmand, A. Landers, T. Jahnke, M. Schoeffler, H. Sann, M. Kunitski, R. Doerner Preview Abstract
Friday, June 6, 2014 11:06AM - 11:18AM		U7.00004: VUV-Pumped, XUV-Probed Dissociation and Relaxation Dynamics Elio Champenois, James Cryan, Niranjan Shivaram, Travis Wright, Chan-Shan Yang, Roger Falcone, Ali Belkacem Preview Abstract
Friday, June 6, 2014 11:18AM - 11:30AM		U7.00005: XUV Pump - XUV Probe Studies of Bond Forming Processes in Polyatomic Molecules Niranjan Shivaram, Elio Champenois, James Cryan, Travis Wright, Chan-Shan Yang, Ali Belkacem Preview Abstract
Friday, June 6, 2014 11:30AM - 11:42AM		U7.00006: Probing Ultrafast Dynamics in Small Molecules Using Vacuum Ultraviolet Pulses Travis Wright, Elio Champenois, James Cryan, Dipanwita Ray, Niranjan Shivaram, Dan Slaughter, Felix Sturm, Chan Yang, Ali Belkacem Preview Abstract
Friday, June 6, 2014 11:42AM - 11:54AM		U7.00007: Imaging the spatial many-body wave functions of H$_3$ Peer Cornelis Fechner, Hanspeter Helm Preview Abstract
Friday, June 6, 2014 11:54AM - 12:06PM		U7.00008: Theoretical analysis of the double photoionization of the helium dimer Hongcheng Ni, Andreas Becker Preview Abstract
Friday, June 6, 2014 12:06PM - 12:18PM		U7.00009: Time-Resolved Mid-Infrared Frequency Comb Spectroscopy of Transient Radical Species Thinh Bui, Adam Fleisher, Bryce Bjork, Kevin Cossel, Jun Ye, Michio Okumura Preview Abstract
Friday, June 6, 2014 12:18PM - 12:30PM		U7.00010: Taple-top imaging of the non-adiabatically driven isomerization in the acetylene cation Samuel Beaulieu, Heide Ibrahim, Benji Wales, Bruno E. Schmidt, Nicolas Thir\'e, \'Eric Bisson, Christoph T. Hebeisen, Vincent Wanie, Mathieu Giguere, Jean-Claude Kieffer, Joe Sanderson, Michael S. Schuurman, Fran\c cois L\'egar\'e Preview Abstract

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