http://abacus.bates.edu/~nlundbla/ Lundblad Lab en Copyright 2011 5 Tue, 18 Oct 2011 15:45:04 GMT Tue, 18 Oct 2011 15:45:04 GMT RSS DreamFeeder v 2.5.2 DEPSCoR grant formally awarded: see info here and here, and a Bates announcement here. &nbsp;&nbsp; DEPSCoR grant formally awarded: see info <a href="http://www.defense.gov/Releases/Release.aspx?ReleaseID=12879">here</a> and <a href="http://www.defense.gov/News/Aug2009/DEPSCOR.pdf">here</a>, and a Bates announcement <a href="http://home.bates.edu/views/2009/11/19/depscor-lundblad/">here</a>. unlinked.1312249587744.1 Paper on cancelling differential shifts in optical lattices appears on the arXiv (written with colleagues at NIST Gaithersburg) &nbsp;&nbsp; <a href="http://arxiv.org/abs/0912.1528">Paper</a> on cancelling differential shifts in optical lattices appears on the arXiv (written with colleagues at NIST Gaithersburg) unlinked.1312249587744.2 Lab "renovation" of Carnegie 146 complete: I've stopped moving furniture around and the floors have acquired shininess. &nbsp;&nbsp; Lab "renovation" of Carnegie 146 complete: I've stopped moving furniture around and the floors have acquired shininess. unlinked.1312249587744.3 Joanna Moody '13 joins the lab! &nbsp;&nbsp; Joanna Moody '13 joins the lab! unlinked.1312249587744.4 Marc Tollin '12 joins the lab! &nbsp;&nbsp; Marc Tollin '12 joins the lab! unlinked.1312249587744.5 Nate Funk '11 joins the lab! &nbsp;&nbsp;Nate Funk '11 joins the lab! unlinked.1312249587744.6 Paper is accepted! Work on ultracold atoms in optical lattices will be appearing in Physical Review A. (preprint here) &nbsp;&nbsp;Paper is accepted! Work on ultracold atoms in optical lattices will be appearing in Physical Review A. (preprint <a href="http://arxiv.org/abs/0912.1528">here</a>) unlinked.1312249587744.7 Pictures of the (fairly new) lab, for posterity &nbsp;&nbsp;Pictures of the (fairly new) lab, for posterity unlinked.1312249587744.8 Paper is published! Lundblad, Schlosser, and Porto appearing today in PRA. [pdf] &nbsp;&nbsp;Paper is <a href="http://pra.aps.org/abstract/PRA/v81/i3/e031611">published</a>! Lundblad, Schlosser, and Porto appearing today in PRA. [<a href="http://abacus.bates.edu/~nlundbla/images/pra.pdf">pdf</a>] unlinked.1312249587744.9 Recent paper is highlighted in the meta-journal Physics, which focuses on particularly interesting articles from the Physical Review family of journals. &nbsp;&nbsp;Recent paper is <a href="http://physics.aps.org/synopsis-for/10.1103/PhysRevA.81.031611">highlighted</a> in the meta-journal <a href="http://physics.aps.org/"><i>Physics</i></a>, which focuses on particularly interesting articles from the Physical Review family of journals. unlinked.1312249587744.10 At DAMOP meeting in Houston, presenting results from recent paper. &nbsp;&nbsp;At <a href="http://damop2010.rice.edu/">DAMOP</a> meeting in Houston, <a href="http://meetings.aps.org/Meeting/DAMOP10/SessionIndex2/?SessionEventID=127565">presenting</a> results from recent paper. unlinked.1312249587744.11 Some other pics and comments showing up at the lab tumblr &nbsp;&nbsp;Some other pics and comments showing up at the lab <a href="http://lundbladlab.tumblr.com">tumblr</a> unlinked.1312249587744.12 Zeeman slower wound and potted, oven-side system done baking, science-side system nearly assembled &nbsp;&nbsp;Zeeman slower wound and potted, oven-side system done baking, science-side system nearly assembled unlinked.1312249587744.13 Nathan attended the New Laser Scientists Conference, held every two years; this time in Rochester, NY. Other liberal-arts college attendees include James Higbie (Bucknell) and Marty Baylor (Carleton). &nbsp;&nbsp;Nathan attended the <a href="http://www.aps.org/units/dls/newsletters/201008.cfm#new">New Laser Scientists Conference</a>, held every two years; this time in Rochester, NY. Other liberal-arts college attendees include <a href="http://www.eg.bucknell.edu/~jmh063/">James Higbie</a> (Bucknell) and Marty Baylor (<a href="http://apps.carleton.edu/curricular/physics/faculty/">Carleton</a>). unlinked.1312249587744.14 Science-chamber bake complete; pressure readings in the 10-20 picoTorr range, although at this low pressure diagnosis becomes tricky, and trap lifetime will be the only effective metric. &nbsp;&nbsp;Science-chamber bake complete; pressure readings in the 10-20 picoTorr range, although at this low pressure diagnosis becomes tricky, and trap lifetime will be the only effective metric. unlinked.1312249587744.15 Nathan will be giving the Colby College Physics Department seminar this week, just up the road from Bates in Waterville, Maine. &nbsp;&nbsp;Nathan will be giving the <a href="http://www.colby.edu/physics/">Colby College Physics Department</a> seminar this week, just up the road from Bates in Waterville, Maine. unlinked.1312249587744.16 Recent paper (with former colleagues at NIST and theory collaborator at Nevada) accepted to Physical Review Letters! &nbsp;&nbsp;Recent <a href="http://arxiv.org/abs/1010.1520">paper</a> (with former colleagues at NIST and theory collaborator at Nevada) accepted to Physical Review Letters! unlinked.1312249587744.17 The Bates College Department of Physics and Astronomy is accepting applications for a two-year visiting position; details here. For current postdocs (or highly qualified soon-to-finish grad students) this would be a great opportunity to get experience in the world of small colleges like Bates. &nbsp;&nbsp;The Bates College Department of Physics and Astronomy is accepting applications for a two-year visiting position; details <a href="http://careers.physicstoday.org/jobs/#/detail/3843350">here</a>. For current postdocs (or highly qualified soon-to-finish grad students) this would be a great opportunity to get experience in the world of small colleges like Bates. unlinked.1312249587744.18 Paper dance! Appearing today in Physical Review Letters. &nbsp;&nbsp;Paper dance! <a href="http://prl.aps.org/abstract/PRL/v106/i6/e063002">Appearing today</a> in Physical Review Letters. unlinked.1312249587744.19 Dr. Charles Clark visits from NIST/JQI/UMD. &nbsp;&nbsp; <a href="http://jqi.umd.edu/about-us/people/fellows-gallery/136-charles-clark.html">Dr. Charles Clark</a> visits from NIST/JQI/UMD. unlinked.1312249587744.20 Dr. Ted Corcovilos visits from Penn State to talk about neutral-atom quantum computation. &nbsp;&nbsp;<a href="http://www.phys.psu.edu/people/display/index.html?person_id=6413">Dr. Ted Corcovilos</a> visits from Penn State to talk about neutral-atom quantum computation. unlinked.1312249587744.21 Congratulations to lab member Nate Funk '11 for finishing and presenting his senior thesis: Delay-Line Frequency Offset Locking of Two Lasers. Great work! &nbsp;&nbsp;Congratulations to lab member Nate Funk '11 for finishing and presenting his senior thesis: <i>Delay-Line Frequency Offset Locking of Two Lasers</i>. Great work! unlinked.1312249587744.22 Nathan will be giving the Bowdoin College Physics Department seminar this week, just down the road from Bates in Brunswick, Maine. Nathan will be giving the <a href="http://www.bowdoin.edu/physics/">Bowdoin College Physics Department</a> seminar this week, just down the road from Bates in Brunswick, Maine. unlinked.1312249587744.23 The academic year is done! Nathan will be heading off to Germany to speak at ICOLS, in Hameln (home of the Pied Piper). The academic year is done! Nathan will be heading off to Germany to speak at <a href="http://www.iqo.uni-hannover.de/?id=792">ICOLS</a>, in Hameln (home of the <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Pied_Piper_of_Hamelin">Pied Piper</a>). unlinked.1312249587744.24 Summer students begin! Welcome to Albert Shi, Chris Guo, Kathilee Kenlock, and Janith Rupasinghe. Summer students begin! Welcome to Albert Shi, Chris Guo, Kathilee Kenlock, and Janith Rupasinghe. unlinked.1312249587744.25 Summer students have finished up- and milemarkers crossed: we have laser-cooled atoms. Movies: a small cloud (thermal loading), with some magnetic hopping about, and a much larger cloud (Zeeman slower-loaded) Summer students have finished up- and milemarkers crossed: we have laser-cooled atoms. Movies: <a href="http://abacus.bates.edu/~nlundbla/images/smallmot.MOV">a small cloud</a> (thermal loading), with some magnetic hopping about, and a much <a href="http://abacus.bates.edu/~nlundbla/images/mot.MOV">larger cloud</a> (Zeeman slower-loaded) unlinked.1312249587744.26 Summer students have finished up- and milemarkers crossed: we have laser-cooled atoms. Movies: a small cloud (thermal loading), with some magnetic hopping about, and a much larger cloud (Zeeman slower-loaded) Summer students have finished up- and milemarkers crossed: we have laser-cooled atoms. Movies: <a href="http://abacus.bates.edu/~nlundbla/images/smallmot.MOV">a small cloud</a> (thermal loading), with some magnetic hopping about, and a much <a href="http://abacus.bates.edu/~nlundbla/images/mot.MOV">larger cloud</a> (Zeeman slower-loaded) unlinked.1312250329637.1 DEPSCoR grant formally awarded: see info here and here, and a Bates announcement here. &nbsp;&nbsp; DEPSCoR grant formally awarded: see info <a href="http://www.defense.gov/Releases/Release.aspx?ReleaseID=12879">here</a> and <a href="http://www.defense.gov/News/Aug2009/DEPSCOR.pdf">here</a>, and a Bates announcement <a href="http://home.bates.edu/views/2009/11/19/depscor-lundblad/">here</a>. http://abacus.bates.edu/~nlundbla/index.html http://abacus.bates.edu/~nlundbla/index.html.1318952495532.1 Paper on cancelling differential shifts in optical lattices appears on the arXiv (written with colleagues at NIST Gaithersburg) &nbsp;&nbsp; <a href="http://arxiv.org/abs/0912.1528">Paper</a> on cancelling differential shifts in optical lattices appears on the arXiv (written with colleagues at NIST Gaithersburg) http://abacus.bates.edu/~nlundbla/index.html http://abacus.bates.edu/~nlundbla/index.html.1318952495532.2 Lab "renovation" of Carnegie 146 complete: I've stopped moving furniture around and the floors have acquired shininess. &nbsp;&nbsp; Lab "renovation" of Carnegie 146 complete: I've stopped moving furniture around and the floors have acquired shininess. http://abacus.bates.edu/~nlundbla/index.html http://abacus.bates.edu/~nlundbla/index.html.1318952495532.3 Joanna Moody '13 joins the lab! &nbsp;&nbsp; Joanna Moody '13 joins the lab! http://abacus.bates.edu/~nlundbla/index.html http://abacus.bates.edu/~nlundbla/index.html.1318952495532.4 Marc Tollin '12 joins the lab! &nbsp;&nbsp; Marc Tollin '12 joins the lab! http://abacus.bates.edu/~nlundbla/index.html http://abacus.bates.edu/~nlundbla/index.html.1318952495532.5 Nate Funk '11 joins the lab! &nbsp;&nbsp;Nate Funk '11 joins the lab! http://abacus.bates.edu/~nlundbla/index.html http://abacus.bates.edu/~nlundbla/index.html.1318952495532.6 Paper is accepted! Work on ultracold atoms in optical lattices will be appearing in Physical Review A. (preprint here) &nbsp;&nbsp;Paper is accepted! Work on ultracold atoms in optical lattices will be appearing in Physical Review A. (preprint <a href="http://arxiv.org/abs/0912.1528">here</a>) http://abacus.bates.edu/~nlundbla/index.html http://abacus.bates.edu/~nlundbla/index.html.1318952495532.7 Pictures of the (fairly new) lab, for posterity &nbsp;&nbsp;Pictures of the (fairly new) lab, for posterity http://abacus.bates.edu/~nlundbla/index.html http://abacus.bates.edu/~nlundbla/index.html.1318952495532.8 Paper is published! Lundblad, Schlosser, and Porto appearing today in PRA. [pdf] &nbsp;&nbsp;Paper is <a href="http://pra.aps.org/abstract/PRA/v81/i3/e031611">published</a>! Lundblad, Schlosser, and Porto appearing today in PRA. [<a href="http://abacus.bates.edu/~nlundbla/images/pra.pdf">pdf</a>] http://abacus.bates.edu/~nlundbla/index.html http://abacus.bates.edu/~nlundbla/index.html.1318952495532.9 Recent paper is highlighted in the meta-journal Physics, which focuses on particularly interesting articles from the Physical Review family of journals. &nbsp;&nbsp;Recent paper is <a href="http://physics.aps.org/synopsis-for/10.1103/PhysRevA.81.031611">highlighted</a> in the meta-journal <a href="http://physics.aps.org/"><i>Physics</i></a>, which focuses on particularly interesting articles from the Physical Review family of journals. http://abacus.bates.edu/~nlundbla/index.html http://abacus.bates.edu/~nlundbla/index.html.1318952495532.10 At DAMOP meeting in Houston, presenting results from recent paper. &nbsp;&nbsp;At <a href="http://damop2010.rice.edu/">DAMOP</a> meeting in Houston, <a href="http://meetings.aps.org/Meeting/DAMOP10/SessionIndex2/?SessionEventID=127565">presenting</a> results from recent paper. http://abacus.bates.edu/~nlundbla/index.html http://abacus.bates.edu/~nlundbla/index.html.1318952495532.11 Some other pics and comments showing up at the lab tumblr &nbsp;&nbsp;Some other pics and comments showing up at the lab <a href="http://lundbladlab.tumblr.com">tumblr</a> http://abacus.bates.edu/~nlundbla/index.html http://abacus.bates.edu/~nlundbla/index.html.1318952495532.12 Zeeman slower wound and potted, oven-side system done baking, science-side system nearly assembled &nbsp;&nbsp;Zeeman slower wound and potted, oven-side system done baking, science-side system nearly assembled http://abacus.bates.edu/~nlundbla/index.html http://abacus.bates.edu/~nlundbla/index.html.1318952495532.13 Nathan attended the New Laser Scientists Conference, held every two years; this time in Rochester, NY. Other liberal-arts college attendees include James Higbie (Bucknell) and Marty Baylor (Carleton). &nbsp;&nbsp;Nathan attended the <a href="http://www.aps.org/units/dls/newsletters/201008.cfm#new">New Laser Scientists Conference</a>, held every two years; this time in Rochester, NY. Other liberal-arts college attendees include <a href="http://www.eg.bucknell.edu/~jmh063/">James Higbie</a> (Bucknell) and Marty Baylor (<a href="http://apps.carleton.edu/curricular/physics/faculty/">Carleton</a>). http://abacus.bates.edu/~nlundbla/index.html http://abacus.bates.edu/~nlundbla/index.html.1318952495532.14 Science-chamber bake complete; pressure readings in the 10-20 picoTorr range, although at this low pressure diagnosis becomes tricky, and trap lifetime will be the only effective metric. &nbsp;&nbsp;Science-chamber bake complete; pressure readings in the 10-20 picoTorr range, although at this low pressure diagnosis becomes tricky, and trap lifetime will be the only effective metric. http://abacus.bates.edu/~nlundbla/index.html http://abacus.bates.edu/~nlundbla/index.html.1318952495532.15 Nathan will be giving the Colby College Physics Department seminar this week, just up the road from Bates in Waterville, Maine. &nbsp;&nbsp;Nathan will be giving the <a href="http://www.colby.edu/physics/">Colby College Physics Department</a> seminar this week, just up the road from Bates in Waterville, Maine. http://abacus.bates.edu/~nlundbla/index.html http://abacus.bates.edu/~nlundbla/index.html.1318952495532.16 Recent paper (with former colleagues at NIST and theory collaborator at Nevada) accepted to Physical Review Letters! &nbsp;&nbsp;Recent <a href="http://arxiv.org/abs/1010.1520">paper</a> (with former colleagues at NIST and theory collaborator at Nevada) accepted to Physical Review Letters! http://abacus.bates.edu/~nlundbla/index.html http://abacus.bates.edu/~nlundbla/index.html.1318952495532.17 The Bates College Department of Physics and Astronomy is accepting applications for a two-year visiting position; details here. For current postdocs (or highly qualified soon-to-finish grad students) this would be a great opportunity to get experience in the world of small colleges like Bates. &nbsp;&nbsp;The Bates College Department of Physics and Astronomy is accepting applications for a two-year visiting position; details <a href="http://careers.physicstoday.org/jobs/#/detail/3843350">here</a>. For current postdocs (or highly qualified soon-to-finish grad students) this would be a great opportunity to get experience in the world of small colleges like Bates. http://abacus.bates.edu/~nlundbla/index.html http://abacus.bates.edu/~nlundbla/index.html.1318952495532.18 Paper dance! Appearing today in Physical Review Letters. &nbsp;&nbsp;Paper dance! <a href="http://prl.aps.org/abstract/PRL/v106/i6/e063002">Appearing today</a> in Physical Review Letters. http://abacus.bates.edu/~nlundbla/index.html http://abacus.bates.edu/~nlundbla/index.html.1318952495532.19 Dr. Charles Clark visits from NIST/JQI/UMD. &nbsp;&nbsp; <a href="http://jqi.umd.edu/about-us/people/fellows-gallery/136-charles-clark.html">Dr. Charles Clark</a> visits from NIST/JQI/UMD. http://abacus.bates.edu/~nlundbla/index.html http://abacus.bates.edu/~nlundbla/index.html.1318952495532.20 Dr. Ted Corcovilos visits from Penn State to talk about neutral-atom quantum computation. &nbsp;&nbsp;<a href="http://www.phys.psu.edu/people/display/index.html?person_id=6413">Dr. Ted Corcovilos</a> visits from Penn State to talk about neutral-atom quantum computation. http://abacus.bates.edu/~nlundbla/index.html http://abacus.bates.edu/~nlundbla/index.html.1318952495532.21 Congratulations to lab member Nate Funk '11 for finishing and presenting his senior thesis: Delay-Line Frequency Offset Locking of Two Lasers. Great work! &nbsp;&nbsp;Congratulations to lab member Nate Funk '11 for finishing and presenting his senior thesis: <i>Delay-Line Frequency Offset Locking of Two Lasers</i>. Great work! http://abacus.bates.edu/~nlundbla/index.html http://abacus.bates.edu/~nlundbla/index.html.1318952495532.22 Nathan will be giving the Bowdoin College Physics Department seminar this week, just down the road from Bates in Brunswick, Maine. Nathan will be giving the <a href="http://www.bowdoin.edu/physics/">Bowdoin College Physics Department</a> seminar this week, just down the road from Bates in Brunswick, Maine. http://abacus.bates.edu/~nlundbla/index.html http://abacus.bates.edu/~nlundbla/index.html.1318952495532.23 The academic year is done! Nathan will be heading off to Germany to speak at ICOLS, in Hameln (home of the Pied Piper). The academic year is done! Nathan will be heading off to Germany to speak at <a href="http://www.iqo.uni-hannover.de/?id=792">ICOLS</a>, in Hameln (home of the <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Pied_Piper_of_Hamelin">Pied Piper</a>). http://abacus.bates.edu/~nlundbla/index.html http://abacus.bates.edu/~nlundbla/index.html.1318952495532.24 Summer students begin! Welcome to Albert Shi, Chris Guo, Kathilee Kenlock, and Janith Rupasinghe. Summer students begin! Welcome to Albert Shi, Chris Guo, Kathilee Kenlock, and Janith Rupasinghe. http://abacus.bates.edu/~nlundbla/index.html http://abacus.bates.edu/~nlundbla/index.html.1318952495532.25 Summer students have finished up- and milemarkers crossed: we have laser-cooled atoms. Movies: a small cloud (thermal loading), with some magnetic hopping about, and a much larger cloud (Zeeman slower-loaded) Summer students have finished up- and milemarkers crossed: we have laser-cooled atoms. Movies: <a href="http://abacus.bates.edu/~nlundbla/images/smallmot.MOV">a small cloud</a> (thermal loading), with some magnetic hopping about, and a much <a href="http://abacus.bates.edu/~nlundbla/images/mot.MOV">larger cloud</a> (Zeeman slower-loaded) http://abacus.bates.edu/~nlundbla/index.html http://abacus.bates.edu/~nlundbla/index.html.1318952495532.26 Marc Tollin '12 gave a talk (reporting on progress towards BEC at Bates) at Frontiers in Optics 2011/Laser Science XXVII in San Jose. ! Marc Tollin '12 gave a talk (reporting on progress towards BEC at Bates) at Frontiers in Optics 2011/Laser Science XXVII in San Jose. ! http://abacus.bates.edu/~nlundbla/index.html http://abacus.bates.edu/~nlundbla/index.html.1318952495532.27