March 2005Theme Group 1

Presentation Presentation

AMO Group - Experiment

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AMO - ExperimentAMO - Experiment

• Experimental AMO– Quantum Optics

• Cavity QED

• Correlated Photons

– Francium Spectroscopy

• Anapole moment measurement at Stony Brook

– Quantum Information

• Quantum interconnects

• Rydberg atoms

– Ultracold Plasmas

• Dynamics

• Plasma/Rydberg gas interplay

– Quantum degenerate gases

• Quantum transport in optical lattices

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Atomic Molecular and Optical PhysicsAtomic Molecular and Optical Physics

• Faculty– William D. Phillips – Distinguished University Professor* – Luis A. Orozco – Professor – Steven L. Rolston – Professor

• Visiting Faculty - 2004– Julio Gea-Banacloche – Professor (U. Arkansas) – Perry Rice – Professor (U. Miami, Ohio) – Trey Porto - Research Scientist (NIST)

• Post-Docs– Daniel Freimund (Orozco)– Daniela Manoel (Orozco)– Chad Fertig (Rolston/NIST)– Kevin Teo (Rolston/recently moved to UCSF medical phys.)– 4 UMD Postdocs working full time at NIST (Ryu, McCormick, Vaziri, Tian)

* “on leave”

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AMOAMO

• Graduate Students– 2 Students (Cold Plasma)– 4 Students (Quantum Optics)– 3 Students (Optical Lattices)– 2 Students (Fr)– 1 Student (quantum info - NIST)

• Undergraduates – 2 Students (Rolston)– 1 Student (Orozco)– 2 Students from Mexico (summer-Orozco)

• Faculty History– Phillips – Adjunct 1990, Full 2000, Distinguished 2003– Rolston – Adjunct 1995, Full 2003– Orozco – Full 2003

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AMO Physics - Research ProgramAMO Physics - Research Program

• Cavity QED (Orozco)– Dynamics of entanglement– Quantum Feedback

• Anapole moment in Fr (Orozco)– Spectroscopy– PNC

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AMO Physics - Research ProgramAMO Physics - Research Program

• Ultracold Plasmas (Rolston)– Dynamics of UCPs– Coupled Rydberg/plasma

• Rydbergs for Quantum Logic (Rolston)– Blockade phenomena– Conditional Logic gates

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AMO Physics - Research ProgramAMO Physics - Research Program

• Quantum Transport in Optical Lattices (Rolston)– Controllable disorder– Quantum-classical transition

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AMO Physics - Research ProgramAMO Physics - Research Program

• Research at NIST (Phillips)– Atom Optics/ BEC– Optical Tweezers– Photoassociation Spectroscopy– Correlated Photons– Quantum Info w/ Neutral Atoms

• UMD graduate student (Huckans)• Collaboration with UMD (Rolston)

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AMO - Research ProgramAMO - Research Program

• Future Directions (Orozco, Rolston, Porto (NIST), Hill (IPST))• Spin squeezing• Quantum control of entanglement• Quantum Interconnects

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AMO SupportAMO Support

Funding (on campus)• Orozco

– Cavity QED NSF ~ 154 k$/year– Fr Anapole NSF ~ 144 k$

• Rolston– Cold Plasma NSF ~ 163 k$– Opt. Lattice NASA ~ 80 k$

• Rolston/Orozco– Quantum interconnects (NSF-ITR) ~ 110 k$ – Quant. info. w/ neutral atoms (NIST/ARDA) ~ 180 k$

(plus ~ 380 k$ for off-campus (NIST))

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AMOAMO

• Collaborations– Francium Collaboration

• 2 Physicists– UMD + SUNY Stony Brook

– Quantum Information Collaboration - NSA/ARDA• 12 Physicists

– NIST + UMD + UNM + UA + Darmsadt + Inst. D’Optique

– US/Italy collaboration • 4 Physicists

– Univ. of Pisa + UMD– UMD/ Univ. Innsbruck– IPST (Wendell Hill)

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AMOAMO

• Awards and Recognition– Phillips

• Nobel Prize• APS Fellow• OSA Fellow• Institute of Physics (UK) Fellow

– Orozco• APS Fellow• OSA Fellow• Guggenheim Fellow• Institute of Physics (UK) Fellow

– Rolston• APS Fellow

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AMOAMO

• Limiting Issues– Group is too small.– We need junior faculty. – There is a negotiation for a senior theorist (target of opportunity).– Need to establish the Joint Quantum Institute with NIST.

• Encourages Phillips’ involvement• Encourages interaction with Condensed Matter• NIST researchers can be a great LOCAL resource

– Space for growth will be problematic.– Already lab and offices are in different buildings.– Need significant presence to compete for quality students.

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Encouraging AMO at UMDEncouraging AMO at UMD

• Started Graduate AMO course 2004– Hope to offer biannually (more frequent than normal)– NIST staff will teach in Fall 2005

• Gave undergraduate AMO special topics course• Started AMO Seminar• Run occasional joint QCI/AMO seminars• Submitted NSF-CCLI proposal to revamp junior

optics lab (PHYS375)