Spring 2003, PHY 599.01 Graduate Seminar (Atoms and Solids), Suggested Topics
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AtomsSolids
Topic - Faculty Advisor(s)Topic - Faculty Advisor(s)

Atmospheric spectroscopy - de Zafra
Imaging from diffraction data of non-crystalline samples - Jacobsen
Diffraction enhanced imaging - Jacobsen, Zhong (BNL)
Achromatic Frensel optics - Jacobsen
X-ray spectro-microscopy - Jacobsen
X-ray holography - Jacobsen
Quantum defect theory - Bergeman
Dressed atom theory - Bergeman
Precision tests of QED - Metcalf
Ultra-stable lasers - Metcalf
Rydberg constant measurements - Metcalf
Atomic clocks - Metcalf
Slow light - Metcalf
Cooling and trapping of atoms - Metcalf, Schneble
Bose-Einstein condensation - Schneble, Bergeman
Atom guiding and atom chips - Schneble, Metcalf
Fermionic quantum gases - Schneble
Collective scattering in BEC - Schneble
Ultracold matter in optical lattices - Schneble
Atomic and molecular wave packets - Weinacht
Coherent control - Weinacht
Ultrafast optical pulse shaping - Weinacht
Quantum Holography - Weinacht
Multiphoton and above threshold ionization - Koch
Quantum chaos in AMO physics - Koch
Quantum billiards - Koch
Dynamical localization in AMO physics - Koch
Rydberg atoms - Koch, Weinacht
Parity violation in atoms - Sprouse
Cooling and trapping of charged particles - Sprouse
AMO tests of the Standard Model - Sprouse
Isotope shifts in atomic spectra - Sprouse
Composite fermions - Abanov
High temperature superconductors - Abanov, Gurvitch
Bethe Ansatz - Abanov, Korepin, McCoy
Spin chains - Abanov, Tsvelik
Stripes - Peter Abbamonte (BNL)
Photosynthesis (Energy Transfer) - Peter Abbamonte (BNL)
Inelastic X-ray Scattering - Peter Abbamonte (BNL)
Resonant X-Ray Scattering - Peter Abbamonte (BNL)
Nanocrystals - Allen
Photoemission spectroscpy - Peter Johnson (BNL)
Quantum computing - Averin, Korepin
Dirac Quasiparticles in High-Tc Superconductors - Durst
Disorder, Transport, and the Kubo Formula - Durst
Cooking a 2D Electron Gas with Microwaves - Durst
Single electron tunneling - Averin
Quantum Hall effect - Goldman
Quantum dots - Goldman
Josephson effect and its application - Likharev
Flux quantization in superconductors - Likharev
Single-molecule transport - Likharev
Macroscopic quantum coherence - Lukens
Resonant tunneling - Mendez
Quantum cascade lasers, Mendez
Bloch oscillations - Mendez
Semiconducting quantum wells - Mendez
ESR spectroscopy - Mihaly
Charge and spin density waves - Mihaly
Synchrotron radiation - Mihaly
Surface reconstruction - Stephens
Fullerenes and carbon nanotubes - Mihaly, Stephens
Quasicrystals - Stephens
X-ray diffraction - Stephens
Kosterlitz-Thouless transition - Verbaarschot


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