Focus Session: Rydberg Atoms and Molecules

Presentations

• Observation of Rydberg excitation blockade effects in strongly magnetized atom clouds

  ORAL

  May 28, 2010, 8:00 AM – May 28, 2010, 8:12 AM

  Authors

  • E. Paradis

  • K.C. Younge

    • University of Michigan

  • S. Zigo

    • University of Michigan

  • G. Raithel

    • University of Michigan
    • University of Michigan, FOCUS center

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• Charge, density and electron temperature in a molecular ultracold plasma

  COFFEE_KLATCH · Invited

  May 28, 2010, 8:12 AM – May 28, 2010, 8:42 AM

  Authors

  • Edward Grant

    • University of British Columbia

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• Observation of Controllable Excitation Suppression in Cold $^{87}$Rb Rydberg Atoms

  ORAL

  May 28, 2010, 8:42 AM – May 28, 2010, 8:54 AM

  Authors

  • J.E. Johnson

    • Joint Quantum Institute, Dept. of Physics, University of Maryland and National Institute of Standards and Technology, College Park, MD 20742, USA

  • I. Arakelyan

    • Joint Quantum Institute, Dept. of Physics, University of Maryland and National Institute of Standards and Technology, College Park, MD 20742, USA

  • Tao Hong

    • Joint Quantum Institute, Dept. of Physics, University of Maryland and National Institute of Standards and Technology, College Park, MD 20742, USA

  • S.L. Rolston

    • Joint Quantum Institute, Dept. of Physics, University of Maryland and National Institute of Standards and Technology, College Park, MD 20742, USA

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• Probing Coherence in a Cold Rydberg Gas

  ORAL

  May 28, 2010, 8:54 AM – May 28, 2010, 9:06 AM

  Authors

  • M.R. Kutteruf

    • University of Virginia

  • Robert Jones

    • University of Virginia
    • Department of Physics, University of Virginia

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• Strong coherent coupling of many levels across the ionization limit via 17 and 36 GHz microwave fields

  ORAL

  May 28, 2010, 9:06 AM – May 28, 2010, 9:18 AM

  Authors

  • Joshua Gurian

    • University of Virginia

  • K. Richard Overstreet

    • University of Virginia

  • Haruka Maeda

    • PRESTO, Japan Science and Technology Agency

  • Thomas Gallagher

    • University of Virginia

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• Cooperative optical non-linearity using Rydberg atoms

  COFFEE_KLATCH · Invited

  May 28, 2010, 9:18 AM – May 28, 2010, 9:48 AM

  Authors

  • Charles Adams

    • Durham University

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• Multiphoton population transfer in a kicked Rydberg atom: adiabatic rapid passage by separatrix crossing

  ORAL

  May 28, 2010, 9:48 AM – May 28, 2010, 10:00 AM

  Authors

  • Turker Topcu

    • Auburn University

  • Francis Robicheaux

    • Auburn University

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