Joint Optics and Physics & Astronomy Colloquium

Event Start: Monday, September 8, 2008 - 4:00pm

Event End: 2008-09-08 17:00

Event Location: Sloan Auditorium, Goergen Bldg.

Speaker: Prof. Luis A Orozco

Talk Title: From photon bursts to quantum beats: Experiments in cavity QED

Description:

Experimental studies of the interaction of a Rb atom with the two orthogonal polarization modes of an optical cavity will be presented. Single atom detection and the evolution of quantum beats in the ground state. Experiments with moderate coupling between the atom and the modes show conditional dynamics visible through correlation function measures.   

Biograhpy
Born 1958 in Guadalajara, Mexico.
Education: Ph.D. 1987, University of Texas at Austin.
Awards and Fellowships: Distinguished Traveling Lecturer DLS-APS 2002-2009 American Physical Society Fellow 2000 Optical Society of America Fellow 2003 Institute of Physics (UK) Fellow 2005 Corresponding Member Academia Mexicana de Ciencias 2005 Guggenheim Fellowship 1998-99 IBM Graduate Fellow 1986-87.
Other Activities: Editorial Board Physical Review A (2002-2007); Editorial Board Journal of Optics B (2001-2005); Program Chair, Quantum Electronics and Laser Science Conference, OSA (2003); General Chair, Quantum Electronics and Laser Science Conference, OSA (2005); Executive Committee, Division of Laser Science APS (2005-2007); Joint Council of Quantum Electronics (OSA APS IEEE-LEOS) (2006-2008); International Council of Quantum Electronics (2006-2008); Executive Committee, Division of Laser Science APS (2005-2007).

Publications: More than 75 refereed papers.

Affiliation: University of Maryland