Ultracold Group II Atoms 2009 Workshop Program
Program Schedule for September 17-19, 2009
University Conference Center
University of Maryland University College
3501 University Blvd E, Hyattsville, MD 20783
Rooms 2100/2102/2104
Sponsored by the Joint Quantum Institute (JQI), NIST, and the University of Maryland
University Conference Center
University of Maryland University College
3501 University Blvd E, Hyattsville, MD 20783
Rooms 2100/2102/2104
Sponsored by the Joint Quantum Institute (JQI), NIST, and the University of Maryland
*Talks are 30 min. in duration, plus 10 min. for questions.
Thursday Morning, 9:00 a.m. - 12:20 p.m.
| Chair: Testuya Ido, NICT | ||
| Time | Speaker | Title |
| 9:00-9:10 | Organizers | Introduction and Welcome |
| 9:10-9:40 | Gretchen Campbell, JQI | Precision Measurement of Fermionic Collisions with a 87Sr Optical Lattice Clock |
| 9:50-10:20 | Jérôme Lodewyck, SYRTE | Non-destructive Measurement of the Transition Probability in a 87Sr Optical Lattice Clock |
| 10:30-11:00 | Morning Break | |
| 11:00-11:30 | H. Katori, U. Tokyo | Optical Lattice Clocks Toward 10-17 Uncertainty |
| 11:40-12:10 | C. Oates, NIST | Optical Clocks Based on Even and Odd Isotopes of Ytterbium |
Thursday Afternoon, 2:00 p.m. - 5:10 p.m.
| Chair: Nils Andersen, Niels Bohr Inst. | ||
| Time | Speaker | Title |
| 2:00-2:30 | Andrew Daley, Innsbruck | Quantum Computing with Group II Atoms |
| 2:40-3:10 | Ivan Deutsch, UNM | Quantum Control of Nuclear Spins with Alkaline-Earth-Like Atoms |
| 3:20-3:50 | Afternoon Break | |
| 3:50-4:05 | Alexey Gorshkov (15+5 min), Harvard | Alkaline-Earth Atoms as Few-Qubit Quantum Registers |
| 4:10-4:25 | Anna Maria Rey (15+5 min), JILA | Two-orbital SU(N) Magnetism with Ultracold Alkaline-earth Atoms |
| 4:30-5:00 | Murray Holland, JILA | Prospects for a Millihertz-Linewidth Laser |
| 5:30-6:30 | JQI Lab Tours Available | |
Friday Morning, 9:00 a.m. - 12:10 p.m.
| Chair: Leonardo Fallani, LENS | ||
| Time | Speaker | Title |
| 9:00-9:30 | Yoshiro Takahashi, U. Kyoto | Quantum Simulator Using Ytterbium |
| 9:40-10:10 | Florian Schreck, U. Innsbruck | Towards Bose-Einstein Condensation of Strontium |
| 10:20-10:50 | Morning Break | |
| 10:50-11:05 | Uwe Sterr (15+5 min), PTB | Collisional Losses, Decoherence, and Frequency Shifts in Optical Lattice Clocks with Bosons |
| 11:10-11:25 | Sebastian Kraft (15+5 min), PTB | Bose-Einstein Condensation of Calcium |
| 11:30-12:00 | Guglielmo Tino, LENS | Cold Sr Atoms in Optical Lattices for Precision Measurements |
Friday Afternoon, 2:00 p.m. - 4:30 p.m.; 4:30 p.m. - 6:30 p.m.
| Chair: Peter Reynolds, ARO | ||
| Time | Speaker | Title |
| 2:00-2:30 | Andre Derevianko, U. Reno | Mapping Out Atom-wall Interaction with Atomic Clocks |
| 2:40-3:10 | Sebastian Bize, SYRTE | Toward a Mercury Optical Lattice Clock |
| 3:20-3:50 | Afternoon Break | |
| 3:50-4:20 | Z.-T. Lu, ANL | Laser Trapping of Radium for an Electric Dipole Moment Measurement |
| 4:30-6:30 | Poster Session | |
Saturday Morning, 9:00 p.m. - 12:10 p.m.
| Chair: Ernst Rasel, U. Hannover | ||
| Time | Speaker | Title |
| 9:00-9:30 | Tom Killian, Rice U. | An Optical Feshbach Resonance in Ultracold Atomic Strontium |
| 9:40-10:10 | Jan Thomsen, Niels Bohr Inst. | Experiments with Cold Magnesium Atoms |
| 10:20-10:50 | Morning Break | |
| 10:50-11:20 | E. Tiemann, U. Hannover | Molecular Spectroscopy on Mg, Ca and Sr Dimers for Modeling Cold Atomic Ensembles |
| 11:30-12:00 | Roman Ciurylo, N. Copernicus U. | Mass Tuning of Optical Collisions of Homo and Heteronuclear Bosons |
Saturday Afternoon, 2:00 p.m. - 5:30 p.m.
| Chair: Marianna Safronova, U. Delaware | ||
| Time | Speaker | Title |
| 2:00-2:30 | Robert Moszynski, U. Warsaw | State-of-the-art Quantum-chemical Studies of Cold Interactions and Collisions in Atomic and Molecular Systems |
| 2:40-3:10 | Svetlana Kotochigova, Temple, U. | Prospects for Formation of Ultracold Molecules Out of Group II Atoms |
| 3:20-3:50 | Afternoon Break | |
| 3:50-4:20 | Vladan Vuletic, MIT | Cold Collisions Between Trapped Yb+ Ions and Laser Cooled Atoms |
| 4:30-5:00 | Trey Porto, JQI | Progress on an Rb/Yb Mixtures Apparatus |
| 5:10-5:30 | Open discussion | Concluding Thoughts and Summary |
Program
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Registration
Registration is now closed since the maximum attendance has been reached.
Accommodations
The Inn & Conference Center, University of Maryland University College
Cozy queen rooms are available for the nights of September 16th through September 19th at a rate of $129 plus tax per night. Please click here to make your reservation.
You may also call our reservation line at 1-800-MARRIOT (627-7468) and ask for the Ultra Cold Group II room block. Our hotel code is WASUM and the group code is UGAUGAA.
If you experience any problems please contact the hotel liaison directly at EClayton@umuc.edu.
