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Thu January 1, 2009

Adiabatic Preparation of Many Body States in Optical Lattices

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Thu January 1, 2009

When one electron is not enough ….

Most research involving ultra-cold matter has been done with atoms with one active electron (i.e. an electron outside a closed shell of electrons).  New theoretical work by CUA researchers has demonstrated that atoms with two active electrons (the so called alkaline-earth atoms)

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Thu January 1, 2009

Coherence and Control of Quantum Registers based on Electronic Spin in a Nuclear Spin Bath

P. Cappellaro, L. Jiang, J. S. Hodges, and M. D. Lukin, Coherence and Control of Quantum Registers based on Electronic Spin in a Nuclear Spin Bath, Phys. Rev. Lett. 102, 210502
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Tue January 1, 2008

Precision Measurement of Long Radiative Lifetimes Using Trapped Molecules

Time-Domain Measurement of Spontaneous Vibrational Decay of Magnetically Trapped NH, W.C. Campbell, G.C. Groenenboom, H. Lu, E. Tsikata, J.M. Doyle. Phys Rev Lett 100, 083003 (2008).
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Tue January 1, 2008

Collisions of Ultracold Shaped Atoms in an Optical Trap

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Tue January 1, 2008

Quantum Spin Dynamics of Mode-Squeezed Luttinger Liquids in Two-Component Atomic Gases

A. Widera, S. Trotzky, P. Cheinet, S. Foelling, F. Gerbier, M. D. Lukin, E. Demler, I. Bloch, and V. Gritsev, Quantum Spin Dynamics of Mode-Squeezed Luttinger Liquids in Two-Component Atomic Gases, Phys. Rev. Lett. 100, 140401 (2008).
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Tue January 1, 2008

Phase diagram of a two-component Fermi gas with resonant interactions

The pairing of fermions is at the heart of superconductivity and superfluidity.  The stability of these pairs determines the robustness of the superfluid state, and the quest for superconductors with high critical temperature is a search for systems with strong pairing mechanisms. Ultracold atomic Fermi gases have emerged as a highly controllable model system for...
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Tue January 1, 2008

Suppression of Inelastic Collisions between Polar molecules with a Repulsive Shield

A. Gorshkov, P. R. G. Pupillo, A. Micheli, P. Zoller, M. D. Lukin, and H. P. Buchler, Suppression of Inelastic Collisions between Polar Molecules with a Repulsive Shield, Phys. Rev. Lett. 101, 073201 (2008).
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Tue January 1, 2008

New Frontiers in Cold Atom Trapping

N. Brahms, B. Newman, C. Johnson, T. Greytak, D. Kleppner, and J. M. Doyle, Magnetic Trapping of Silver and Copper, and Anomalous Spin Relaxation in the Ag-He System, Phys. Rev. Lett. 101, 103002 (2008).
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Tue January 1, 2008

Theory of Cavity Assisted Microwave Cooling of Polar Molecules

M. Wallquist, P. Rabl, M. D. Lukin, and P. Zoller, Theory of Cavity Assisted Microwave Cooling of Polar Molecules, New J. of Phys. 10, 063005 (2008).
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