Spectroscopy, Lifetimes and Oscillator Strengths

Presentations

• Surface scattering of atoms for high-sensitivity spectroscopy

  Oral

  June 2, 2026, 2:00 PM – June 2, 2026, 2:12 PM

  Publication: "Surface scattering of atoms for high-sensitivity spectroscopy",
  V.J. Ajith; Aaron Barr; and Mark Raizen,
  PHYSICAL REVIEW APPLIED 23, 064063 (2025)

  Presenters

  • Ajith Vijayachandran Jothikumari

    • University of Texas at Austin

  Authors

  • Ajith Vijayachandran Jothikumari

    • University of Texas at Austin

  • Aaron Barr

    • University of Texas at Austin

  • Mark Raizen

    • University of Texas at Austin

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• Spectroscopy of Sub-Hertz Transtions in excited Yb⁺

  Oral

  June 2, 2026, 2:12 PM – June 2, 2026, 2:24 PM

  Presenters

  • Hassan Farhat

    • University of California, Los Angeles

  Authors

  • Hassan Farhat

    • University of California, Los Angeles

  • William Liu

    • University of California, Los Angeles

  • Patrick McMillin

    • University of California, Los Angeles

  • Wesley Campbell

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• Measurement of the Ba⁺ D_5/2 state lifetime in cryogenic ion trap 

  Oral

  June 2, 2026, 2:24 PM – June 2, 2026, 2:36 PM

  Presenters

  • Matt Grau

    • Old Dominion University

  Authors

  • Urban Kobal

    • Old Dominion University

  • Will Jeffries

  • Matt Grau

    • Old Dominion University

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• Theoretical study of electronic structure and properties of Radium-monochalcogens molecules

  Oral

  June 2, 2026, 2:36 PM – June 2, 2026, 2:48 PM

  Presenters

  • Jesus Perez Rios

    • Stony Brook University (SUNY)

  Authors

  • Mateo Londoño

    • Stony Brook University (SUNY)

  • Jesus Perez Rios

    • Stony Brook University (SUNY)

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• Investigating Eu:CaSO₄ crystals for precision measurements of fundamental symmetries

  Oral

  June 2, 2026, 2:48 PM – June 2, 2026, 3:00 PM

  Presenters

  • Simon Poon

    • University of California, Santa Barbara

  Authors

  • Simon Poon

    • University of California, Santa Barbara

  • Fletcher Hoppe

    • University of California, Santa Barbara

  • Amar Vutha

    • University of Toronto

  • Andrew Jayich

    • University of California, Santa Barbara

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• Real-Time Optical Control of Plasmonic Coupling in Gold Nanosphere Dimers via Optical Trapping

  Oral

  June 2, 2026, 3:00 PM – June 2, 2026, 3:12 PM

  Presenters

  • Alona Maslennykov

    • Boston University

  Authors

  • Alona Maslennykov

    • Boston University

  • Payton Harvill

    • Boston University

  • Maria Kamenetska

    • Boston University

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• Developing Photoassociation Spectroscopy of Francium Molecules

  Oral

  June 2, 2026, 3:12 PM – June 2, 2026, 3:24 PM

  Presenters

  • Louis Croquette

    • McGill University

  Authors

  • Louis Croquette

    • McGill University

  • Andrew Lagno

    • University of Waterloo

  • Alan Jamison

    • University of Waterloo

  • Stephan Malbrunot-Ettenauer

    • TRIUMF

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• Hyperfine spectroscopy and microwave characterization of a trapped ¹⁶⁹Tm⁺ qubit candidate

  Oral

  June 2, 2026, 3:24 PM – June 2, 2026, 3:36 PM

  Presenters

  • Andrei Tretiakov

    • University of California, Los Angeles

  Authors

  • Andrei Tretiakov

    • University of California, Los Angeles

  • Patrick Müller

    • Physics and Astronomy, UCLA

  • Wesley Campbell

  • Paul Hamilton

    • University of California, Los Angeles

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