Proceedings of the XVIII International Conference on Atomic Physics

by Sadeghpour, H. R.; Heller, E. J.; Pritchard, D. E.

• ISBN13: 9789812382283
• ISBN10: 9812382283
• Format: Hardcover
• Copyright: 2003-04-01
• Publisher: World Scientific Pub Co Inc

Summary

This important proceedings volume highlights the major scientific achievement of the last decade in atomic physics, namely the creation of the gaseous Bose-Einstein condensate, which was featured prominently at the XVIII International Conference on Atomic Physics (ICAP2002). Two recipients of the 2001 Nobel Prize delivered lectures at the meeting. Among the topics discussed were novel processes leading to degenerate Fermi gases in atom traps, creation of cold molecules, condensates in optical lattices, atoms in intense fields, tests of fundamental symmetries, quantum control and information, time and frequency standards.

Table of Contents

Preface
The Mystery of the Ramsey Fringe that Didn't Chirp	p. 3
The Bose-Einstein Condensate - A Superfluid Gas of Coherent Atoms	p. 11
Fermi-Bose and Bose-Bose K-Rb Quantum Degenerate Mixtures	p. 19
All-Optical Atomic Bose-Einstein Condensates	p. 31
Ionization in a Bose-Einstein Condensate of Metastable Helium: A Quantitative Monitoring Tool	p. 39
Bose-Einstein Condensates in Magnetic Micro Traps	p. 47
Atom-Molecule Coherence Near a Feshbach Resonance in a Bose-Einstein Condensate	p. 57
Single Atom Manipulation in a Microscopic Dipole Trap	p. 65
Ultracold Neutral Plasmas	p. 73
Photoassociation of Laser-Cooled Ytterbium Atoms	p. 83
Cooling of Cesium Atoms by Collective Emission Inside an Optical Resonator	p. 91
Ultracold Fermi Gases: Towards BCS	p. 101
Mixtures of Degenerate Fermi and Bose Gases	p. 112
Ultracold Three-Body Recombination of Fermionic Atoms	p. 122
Phase and Absorption Gratings for Electrons	p. 133
Quantum Optics with Quantum Dots	p. 142
Single Molecule Studies of Biological Processes	p. 149
Extra Dimensions, Scalar Fields and CPT: New Tests of Nature's Oldest Force	p. 159
Beyond Mean Field Physics with Bose-Einstein Condensates in Optical Lattices	p. 171
Buffer-Gas Loading and Magnetic Trapping of Molecules	p. 183
Deceleration and Trapping of Polar Molecules	p. 194
Characterization of Attosecond Pulse Trains from High-Harmonic Generation	p. 209
Multiple Ionization in Strong Fields	p. 219
Toward Manipulating Quantum Information with Atomic Ensembles	p. 231
Generation and Investigation of Number States of the Radiation Field	p. 241
Precision Measurement of the Anomalous Magnetic Moment of the Muon	p. 252
Quantum Information Processing and Multiplexing with Trapped Ions	p. 263
Quantum Computing and Quantum Communication with Atoms	p. 273
Quantum Communication and Memory with Entangled Atomic Ensembles	p. 283
Quantum Information Processing and Cavity QED Experiments with Trapped Ca[superscript +] Ions	p. 293
Observations of Cold Antihydrogen	p. 305
Limits on CP Violation from Electric Dipole Moments	p. 317
Status of Atomic PNC: Experiment/Theory	p. 327
Laser Frequency and Time	p. 341
Control of Coherent Light and Its Broad Applications	p. 350
Author Index	p. 361
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