Quantum Control of Atomic Motion Workshop I

SQuInT was founded Dec 17-18 1998, at the IBM Almaden Research Center

Start Date: Mar 01, 1997 - 08:00 am
End Date: Mar 02, 1997 - 03:00 pm

Host: University of New Mexico Center for Advanced Studies

Location: Albuquerque, New Mexico

Group photo

Session I, Saturday, March 1: Atomic Motion in Ion Traps and Cavities

(Chair: C. Monroe, National Institute of Standards & Technology, Boulder, CO)

8:00 - 8:30 Registration/Continental Breakfast

8:30 - 8:35 V.M. Kenkre, Director, CAS: Introduction to the Center for Advanced Studies

8:35 - 8:45 Michael Fischer, Dean, Arts & Sciences: Welcoming Remarks

8:45 - 8:55 Nasir Ahmed, Associate Provost for Research: Welcoming Remarks

8:55 - 9:20 D. Leibfried, NIST Boulder: Engineering and Tomography of Quantum States of Motion of a Trapped Ion

9:30 - 9:55 W. Schleich, Universitat Ulm, Germany: Quantum Effects in Paul Traps

10:05 - 10:30 R. Blatt, Universitat Innsbruck, Austria: Quantum Motion of Single Trapped Ions

10:40 - 11:00 Coffee Break

11:00 - 11:25 R. Hughes, Los Alamos National Laboratory: Decoherence Bounds on Quantum Computation with Trapped Ions

11:35 - 12:00 H. Mabuchi, California Institute of Technology: Prospects for Feedback Quantum Control of Atomic Motion Inside a Cavity

12:05 - 1:30 Lunch

Session II, Saturday, March 1: Atomic Motion in Optical Lattices

(Chair: S.L. Rolston, National Institute of Standards & Technology, Gaithersburg, MD)

1:30 - 1:55 M. Raizen, University of Texas, Austin: Quantum Transport of Atoms in an Accelerating Optical Lattice: Tunneling and Non-Exponential Decay

2:05 - 2:30 M. Ben - Dahan, ENS, Paris: Bloch Oscillations of Atoms and Coherent Acceleration

2:40 - 3:55 G. Raithel, NIST Gaithersburg: Wave-packet Motion of Atoms in Optical Lattices

3:55 - 4:15 Coffee Break

4:15 - 4:40 P. Jessen, University of Arizona: Laser Cooling and Trapping in FORL

4:50 - 5:15 I. Deutsch, University of New Mexico: Quantum State Preparation in Optical Lattices

5:25 - 5:35 Visit to the Center for Advanced Studies

5:35 - 7:00 Reception in Physics and Astronomy Lobby

Session III, Sunday, March 2: Atomic Lasers/Bose Condensates

(Chair: E.M. Wright, Optical Sciences Center, University of Arizona)

8:00 - 8:40 Continental Breakfast

8:40 - 9:15 H. Rabitz, Princeton University: Altering the Course of Quantum Dynamics

9:25 - 9:50 P. Meystre, University of Arizona: Theory of an Atom Laser

10:00 - 10:25 Coffee Break

10:35 - 11:55 A. Steinberg, University of Toronto: Outlook for Atom Optical Studies of Tunneling: 'Does an Atom Falling Through a Forbidden Barrier Make a Sound?'

12:05 - 12:25 M. Holland, University of Colorado, Boulder: Interactions in a Degenerate Bose-Einstein Gas

12:30 - 1:30 Lunch

1:30 - 2:30 Roundtable Discussion