Bulletin of the American Physical Society
54th Annual Meeting of the APS Division of Atomic, Molecular and Optical Physics
Volume 68, Number 7
Monday–Friday, June 5–9, 2023; Spokane, Washington
Session A01: DAMOP Prize SessionInvited Live Streamed
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Chair: Mette Gaarde, Louisiana State University Room: Ballroom 100 AB |
Tuesday, June 6, 2023 8:00AM - 8:15AM |
A01.00001: Welcome and Introduction
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Tuesday, June 6, 2023 8:15AM - 8:45AM |
A01.00002: Norman F. Ramsey Prize in Atomic, Molecular and Optical Physics, and in Precision Tests of Fundamental Laws and Symmetries: Quantum Optics with ultra-narrow nuclear transitions Invited Speaker: Olga Kocharovskaya Narrow optical resonances corresponding to quantum transitions in atoms, molecules,quantum dots, rare-earth ions and color centers constitute the basis of quantum optics with numerous applications in sensing, imaging, computation, communication, etc. Very high-quality atomic resonances with Q-factor ~10 15 -10 20 are on demand for atomic clocks, chronometric geodesy and gravimetry, search for time variation of the fundamental constants and dark matter [1]. Their realization requires low atomic density, vacuum environment, laser cooling below 100 nK temperature, and magnetic traps or optical lattices. Nuclear resonances with similar high-quality factor can be achieved at solid density and even at room temperature, as the nuclei are naturally trapped in a crystal lattice. The major advantage of nuclear vs atomic transitions is a smaller sensitivity to frequency shifts caused by electric and magnetic fields perturbations. Besides, the Mössbauer effect makes it possible to effectively eliminate a thermal-motion broadening. Thus, nuclear transitions offer an appealing platform for a new precision metrology capable, for example, of detecting a gravitational red shift with a sub-mm displacement. They could provide the basis for nuclear clocks [1] and super-dense quantum nuclear memory [2]. However, with the only known exceptions of 229m Th and 235m U, all the nuclear transitions lay in the hard x-ray range. Their resonant excitation, coherent control and interfacing with the resonant x-ray photons is challenging due to absence of the bright coherent sources and high-quality cavities in the hard x-ray range. In this talk we will review recent progress in this field including experimental demonstrations of the coherent waveform shaping of the x-ray photons [3], acoustically induced transparency [4], slow light [5] and very recent realizations of quantum nuclear memory [6] and resonant excitation with a train of x-ray pulses from the European XFEL of the 12.4 keV long-lived (0.46 s) nuclear transition in 45 Sc [7], the most promising Mössbauer nuclear clock candidate. |
Tuesday, June 6, 2023 8:45AM - 9:15AM |
A01.00003: I.I. Rabi Prize in Atomic, Molecular, and Optical Physics: Quantum science with microscopically-controlled arrays of alkaline-earth atoms Invited Speaker: Adam M Kaufman Quantum science with neutral atoms has seen great advances in the past two decades, many of which follow from the development of new techniques for manipulating and detecting atomic samples. As one example, the technique of optical tweezing trapping of neutral atom arrays has been a powerful tool for quantum simulation and quantum information, because it enables control and detection of 100s to potentially 1000s of individual atoms. Several years ago, a few groups began to explore a new type of atom - alkaline-earth(-like) atoms - for optical tweezer trapping [1-3]. While their increased complexity leads to challenges, alkaline-earth atoms offer new scientific opportunities by virtue of their rich internal degrees of freedom. I will report on how these degrees-of-freedom can cooperate with tweezer-based single-particle control to impact areas ranging from quantum information processing, to quantum metrology, and quantum simulation. |
Tuesday, June 6, 2023 9:15AM - 9:45AM |
A01.00004: Edward A. Bouchet Award: "Caminante, no hay camino, se hace el camino al andar..."(Antonio Machado, Spanish poet), or the brief tale of my parallel physics and advocacy paths Invited Speaker: Carlos R Ordonez In my presentation honoring the memory of Professor Edward A. Bouchet, I will describe the salient points of my parallel paths in physics and advocacy that led to my speaking today at this DAMOP 2023 meeting. In each case, I owe much to the right circumstances and to wonderful people who have helped me along the way. I will mention my "initial conditions," the different situations and opportunities in physics and advocacy that have been presented to me over the years, the essence of my scientific research at the different stages of my career, and how what I have done may have impacted others. Throughout all of this I will emphasize how the "collapse of my wave function" implemented Machado's "principle." Last, but not least, I will share some thoughts on how I think my work may connect and honor Bouchet's memory. |
Tuesday, June 6, 2023 9:45AM - 10:15AM |
A01.00005: Francis M. Pipkin Award: Searching for new physics with optically levitated sensors Invited Speaker: Andrew A Geraci Tabletop-scale AMO-based experiments that extend the high-precision frontier provide a complementary pathway for novel tests of fundamental physics and are apt to discover a wide range of new phenomena beyond the Standard model of particle physics. In high vacuum, optically levitated dielectric nanospheres achieve excellent decoupling from their environment, making force sensing at the zeptonewton level (10-21 N) achievable. In this talk I will describe our experimental efforts using dielectric objects supported by radiation pressure as precision sensors to search for quantum effects related to gravity, high-frequency gravitational waves, and Dark Matter. I will also discuss our progress towards using AMO spin-based methods to search for new exotic spin-dependent interactions at sub-mm range in the Axion Resonant InterAction DetectioN Experiment (ARIADNE). |
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