The AMO Physics Group Seminar

Physics Research Building (PRB)
Department of Physics
The Ohio State University
191 W. Woodruff Avenue
Columbus, OH 43210-1117

Autumn Quarter 2011

Seminar Presented by Date Abstract
History of Bell Labs Dick Slusher,
Georgia Tech Quantum Institute
Tuesday, November 15, 2011
11:00 AM
Smith Seminar Room

Spring Quarter 2011


Seminar Presented by Date Abstract
Single crystal diamond as an X-ray detector John Morse,
SLAC National Accelerator Laboratory
and European Synchrotron Radiation Facility
Friday, May 20, 2011
2:00 pm
4138 PRB
Abstract

Autumn Quarter 2010




Seminar Presented by Date Abstract
Laboratory for Advanced High Density PHYSICS (LAHDP) Lotfia El Nadi,
Cairo University NILES, Egypt
October 22, 2010
3:30 pm
1080 PRB
Abstract
Electro-magnetic materials work at AFRL Robert L. Nelson,
Civ USAF AFMC AFRL/RXPSO,
Wright Patterson Air Force Base
November 12, 2010
2:00 pm
4138 PRB
Abstract
TBD Robert Jones,
Francis H. Smith Professor of Physics,
University of Virginia, Charlottesville, Va.
December 17, 2010
2:00 pm
4138 PRB
Abstract

Summer Quarter 2010


Seminar Presented by Date Abstract

CANCELLED

Laboratory for Advanced High Density PHYSICS (LAHDP)
Lotfia El Nadi,
Cairo University NILES, Egypt
July 23, 2010
3:00 pm
4138 PRB
Abstract

Spring Quarter 2010


Seminar Presented by Date Abstract
Generation, Characterization and Applications of Attosecond Pulses Steve Gilbertson,
Kansas State University
April 9, 2010
1:00 pm
4138 PRB
Abstract
Compression of sub two cycle infrared laser pulses with a chunk of glass Francois Legare,
University of Quebec
April 16, 2010
1:00 pm
4138 PRB
Abstract

Winter Quarter 2010

Seminar Presented by Date Abstract
Tunneling motion and wave-function symmetry Sergey P. Belov,
Institute of Russian Academy of Sciences
March 15, 2010
3:00 pm
4138 PRB
Abstract

Autumn Quarter 2009

Seminar Presented by Date Abstract
Strong field Quantitative Rescattering Theory --
Self-imaging of molecules by their own electrons
C. D. Lin,
Kansas State University
November 13, 2009
10:00 am
4122 PRB
Abstract

Spring Quarter 2009

Seminar Presented by Date Abstract
Femtosecond laser filamentation S. L. Chin,
Center for Optics (COPL),
Engineering Physics and Optics,
Laval University, Quebec City, Canada
April 17, 2009
2:00 pm
4138 PRB
Abstract
Having your cake and /seeing/ it too Cheng Chin,
James Franck Institute, University of Chicago
April 24, 2009
2:00 pm
4138 PRB
Abstract
The Effect of Realistic Focal Conditions on Strong-Field Ionization Jan Chaloupka,
College of William and Mary
June 2, 2009
2:00 pm
4138 PRB
Abstract
Pot Pourri on short pulse applications: Short pulses for long distance propagation, and infinitesimal changes in optical path. Jean-Claude Diels,
The University of New Mexico
June 5, 2009
2:00 pm
1080 PRB
Abstract

Winter Quarter 2009

Seminar Presented by Date Abstract

Autumn Quarter 2008

Seminar Presented by Date Abstract
Discrimination of quantum states with selected applications Janos A. Bergou,
Department of Physics and Astronomy, CUNY Hunter College
October 31, 2008
2:00 pm
4138 PRB
Abstract

Seminar Presented by Date Abstract
Relativistic Superintense Laser-atom Interactions Mihai Gavrila ,
FOM Institute for Atomic and Molecular Physics, Amsterdam, Netherlands
November 13, 2008
2:00 pm
1080 PRB
Abstract

Seminar Presented by Date Abstract
Collapse of the wavefunction and Bayesian statistics Leno Pedrotti,
University of Dayton
November 21, 2008
2:00 pm
4138 PRB
Abstract

Seminar Presented by Date Abstract
The Linac Coherent Light Source - The World's First Hard X-ray Free Electron Laser W.E.(Bill) White,
SLAC, Stanford
December 12, 2008
2:00 pm
4138 PRB
Abstract

Spring Quarter 2008

Seminar Presented by Date Abstract
CHARACTERIZING ATOM-FIELD ENTANGLEMENT IN A CAVITY QED SYSTEM Perry Rice,
Miami University, Oxford Ohio
May 16, 2008
2:00 pm
4138 PRB
Abstract

Autumn Quarter 2007

Seminar Presented by Date Abstract
Dynamics of Photoionization of Molecules studied by the Electron-Ion Vector Correlation method: Molecular Frame Photoemission. Danielle Dowek,
University Paris-Sud ORSAY - CNRS
December 3, 2007
4:00 pm
4138 PRB
Abstract

Spring Quarter 2007

Seminar Presented by Date Abstract
The atomic Hanbury-Brown and Twiss effect: yet another strange quantum behavior Alain Aspect,
Institut d'Optique Graduate School, Campus Polytechnique, Palaiseau
April 16
3:30 PM
4138 PRB
Abstract

Winter Quarter 2007

Seminar Presented by Date Abstract
Ionization Mechanisms and Photoelectron Distributions from an Ultrastrong Laser Field Anthony Dominick DiChiara,
University of Delaware
March 9
10:30 AM
4138 PRB
Abstract

Autumn Quarter 2006

Seminar Presented by Date Abstract
Generation of attosecond pulses in atoms and molecules Pascal Salieres,
CEA - Saclay, France
October 16
1:00 pm
4138 PRB
Abstract

Spring Quarter 2006

Seminar Presented by Date Abstract
Quantum Manipulations Using Rydberg Atoms Thad G. Walker,
University of Wisconsin-Madison
April 27
1:30 pm
4138 PRB
Abstract
Controlling Quantum Phenomena: The Dream Is Alive Herschel Rabitz,
Princeton University
May 11
1:30 pm
4138 PRB
Abstract
STRONG FIELD PHYSICS AND LASER Naseem Rahman,
University of Trieste, Italy
May 12
10:30 am
4138 PRB
Abstract

Winter Quarter 2006

Seminar Presented by Date Abstract
Electron-correlation and strong-field effects in atoms, molecules, and clusters probed using synchrotron radiation Robin Santra,
Argonne National Laboratory
February 9
1:30 pm
4138 PRB
Abstract
Femtosecond frequency combs: from precision spectroscopy to extreme nonlinear optics R. Jason Jones,
JILA, University of Colorado and NIST
March 23
1:30 pm
4138 PRB
Abstract

Autumn Quarter 2005

Seminar Presented by Date Abstract
Generation and Application of Attosecond Pulse Trains Per Johnsson,
Lund Institute of Technology
October 6
1:30 pm
1080 PRB
Abstract
Beyond the Optical Hammer: ultra-fast lasers and ultra-faster molecules Ryan Coffee,
University of Connecticut
October 28
10:30 am
1136 PRB
Abstract
Optical Forces in Multi-colored Light Harold Metcalf,
State University of New York at Stony Brook
November 3
11:30 am
1080 PRB
Abstract
Using attosecond pulses to do novel strong field physics Kenneth J. Schafer,
Louisiana State University
November 17
1:30 PM
1080 PRB
Abstract
Cold Rydberg Atom Interactions James Martin,
University of Waterloo
December 1
10:30 am
4138 PRB
Abstract
Strong-Field Induced Nuclear Processes in a Novel Strong-Field Environment Howard R. Reiss,
Max Born Institute, and American University
December 9
10:30 am
4138 PRB
Abstract

Spring Quarter 2005

Seminar Presented by Date Abstract
Picosecond Cathodoluminescence Michele Merano
LOA-ENSTA in Palaiseau, France
June 22
5:00 pm
4138 PRB
Abstract
Atomic parity and CP violation and impact on the particle physics Andrei Derevianko
University of Nevada, Reno
March 31 Abstract

Winter Quarter 2005

Seminar Presented by Date/Time/Place Abstract
High-harmonic generation: manipulating electron wavepackets with laser light Rodrigo López-Martens
LOA-ENSTA-Ecole Polytechnique, Palaiseau-France
February 17
5:00 pm
4138 PRB
Abstract
X-ray Probes of Atoms in Strong-Optical Fields Linda Young
Argonne National Laboratory
January 20
1:30 pm
Abstract

Autumn Quarter 2004

Seminar Presented by Date Abstract
Studies of hydrodynamics relevant to supernovae remnant physics with laser driven blast waves Todd Ditmire
University of Texas at Austin
November 3 Abstract

Winter Quarter 2004

Seminar Presented by Date Abstract
Multiphoton pi pulses George N. Gibson
University of Connecticut
February 17 Abstract
A New Playground for Many-Body Physics: Neutral Atoms in an Optical Lattice Ken O'Hara
National Institute of Standards and Technology
March 16
3:30 p.m.
Abstract

Autumn Quarter 2003

Seminar Presented by Date Abstract
Photoelectron Angular Distributions and Nonperturbative QED Dong-Sheng Guo
Southern University, Baton Rouge
October 16 Abstract
Controlling quantum dynamics: from quantum information to chaos and scars Misha Ivanov
Femtosecond Program, NRC Canada
November 6 Abstract
Coherence effects in a finite temperature Bose-Einstein condensate Heather Lewandowski
JILA, University of Colorado
December 4 Abstract