PHY 598 Fall 2004

Fall 2004 PHY 598
Graduate Seminar (Atomic, Molecular, Optical and Solid State)

Time and Place:
Room C-133, Mondays 2:20-3:50
Web Page:
http://felix.physics.sunysb.edu/~abanov/Teaching/Fall_2004_PHY598_gradseminar/phy598.html

Instructors:

Sasha Abanov
Phone: 2-8174
E-mail: alexandre.abanov@stoneybrook.edu (change stoney->stony)
Office B-102
Office hours: Wednesday 3:00-4:00pm

Tom Kuo
Phone: 2-8125
E-mail: thomas.kuo@stoneybrook.edu (change stoney->stony)
Office C-137
Office hours: Thursday 10:00-11:00am

Course Goals:
- Gain experience in oral presentations
- Hear about current research topics
- Learn gathering information on a new subject

Course Structure:
- Every student must attend all talks.
- Each student will give one short talk (10 minutes) and one long talk (30 minutes) on a different topi
- Every students should choose the time and subject of the talk from the list provided below. Conflicts will be decided by lottery.
- Talks on topics not listed in the list should be approved by one of the instructors.
- Before each presentation, the speaker should hand out to everybody in the audience a hard copy of an abstract (about 1 page including key references).
- The speaker is responsible for researching the literature and talking to other faculty members, if necessary.
- The speaker should confer with one of the instructors at least two weeks before the talk.

Grading:
Short presentation (written abstract, contents, and form): 30%
Talk (written abstract, contents, and form): 50%
Attendance and activity (asking the speakers good questions, participating in discussions): 20%.

Talks:
- Talks are meant to be in the format of conference talks.
-Avoid long derivations; talk about physics.
-Make sure that the level of the talk is appropriate for the audience.
- You may use either overhead transparencies or a laptop and projector to give your talk
- Use attractive graphics (color illustrations if possible).
- Expect brief interruptions by questions in the process of the talk, and an additional discussion in the end.
- Practice your talk in front of others before giving it in class.
-Make sure that your talk does not exceed the time limits

(*) Blank transparencies are available from Instructional Lab, Rm. A132..

Resources:
- Use the advisor indicated in the topic list; you may also seek advice from other faculty members.
- Stony Brook subscribes to several research databases and online journals. Particularly valuable are the Web of Science and some AIP journals including Reviews of Modern Physics.

Suggested Topics:

Topic	Faculty Advisor(s)
(i) Atomic Molecular and Optical Physics
Quantum defect theory Bose-Einstein condensation Dressed atom (and Floquet) theory Atmospheric spectroscopy Multiphoton, above threshold ionization Imaging from diffraction data of non-crystalline samples Diffraction enhanced imaging Achromatic Frensel optics X-ray spectro-microscopy X-ray holography Quantum chaos in AMO physics Quantum billiards Dynamical localization in AMO physics Rydberg atoms Precision tests of QED Ultra-stable lasers Rydberg constant measurements Atomic clocks Magnetic or optical guiding of atoms Slow light Cooling and trapping of atoms Parity violation in atoms Cooling and trapping of charged particles AMO tests of the Standard Model Isotope shifts in atomic spectra Atomic and molecular wave packets Coherent control Ultrafast optical pulse shaping THz pulse generation and detection Quantum Holography	Bergeman Bergeman, Metcalf Bergeman, Koch DeZafra Koch Jacobsen Jacobsen, Zhong (BNL) Jacobsen Jacobsen Jacobsen Koch Koch Koch Koch, Weinacht Metcalf Metcalf Metcalf Metcalf Metcalf Metcalf Metcalf Sprouse Sprouse Sprouse Sprouse Weinacht Weinacht Weinacht Weinacht Weinacht
(ii) Solid State Physics
Composite fermions High temperature superconductors Bethe ansatz Stripes Photosynthesis (Energy Transfer) Inelastic X-ray Scattering Resonant X-Ray Scattering Quantum computing Single electron tunneling Quantum Hall effect Quantum dots Josephson effect Flux quantization in superconductors Single-molecule transport Hopping conductivity Macroscopic quantum coherence Spin glasses Resonant tunneling Quantum cascade lasers Bloch oscillations Semiconducting quantum wells ESR spectroscopy Charge and spin density waves Colossal magnetoresistance Surface reconstruction Fullerenes and carbon nanotubes Quasicrystals X-ray spectroscopy Kosterlitz-Thouless transition	Abanov Abanov, Gurvitch , Abbamonte Abanov, Korepin, McCoy Abbamonte Abbamonte Abbamonte Abbamonte Averin, Korepin Averin, Likharev Goldman Goldman Likharev Likharev Likharev Likharev Lukens Maslov (BNL) Mendez Mendez Mendez Mendez Mihaly Mihaly, Abbamonte Mihaly Stephens Stephens, Mihaly Stephens Stephens Verbaarschot

Talk Schedule (as of September 27, 2004)

Date	Format	Person	Topic
Sept 13, 2004	10 min	Nesteroff, James	Collossal magnetoresistance
	10 min	Krejca, Brian	THz pulse generation and detection
	10 min	Haeming, Marc	Cooling and trapping of charged particles
	30 min	Means, Nathan	Quantum computing
Sept 20, 2004	10 min	Patu, Ovidiu	Charge and spin density waves
	10 min	Reeves, Jason	Slow light
	30 min	Haeming, Marc	Cooling and trapping of atoms
Sept 27, 2004	10 min	Chen, Chin-Hao	Degenerate Fermi Gas
	30 min	Krejca, Brian	Quantum Dots
	30 min	Dusling, Kevin	Parity violation in atoms
Oct 4, 2004	10 min	Huang, Xiaojing	Isotope shifts in atomic spectra
	30 min	Lapidus, Saul	Quantum Hall Effect
	30 min	Young, Clint	AMO tests of the Standard Model
Oct 11, 2004	10 min	Amparo, Denis	Fullerines and carbon nanotubes
	10 min	Steinbrener, Jan	X-ray holography
	30 min	Shen, Xiao	Hopping conductivity
Oct 18, 2004	10 min	Jeremiah Goodson	Quantum cascade lasers
	10 min	Matthias Riedmann	Resonant X-Ray Scattering
	10 min	Jie, Yu	Atomic Clocks
	10 min	Sifang You	X-ray spectroscopy
	30 min	Itai Ryb	Kosterlitz-Thouless transition
Oct 25, 2004	10 min	Itai Ryb	Spin Glasses
	10 min	Rundong Li	Composite fermions
	30 min	Chin-Hao Chen	Josephson effect
	30 min	Tao Sun	Single-molecule transport
Nov 1, 2004	10 min	Means, Nathan	Semiconducting quantum wells
	10 min	Sun, Tao	Quasicrystals
	30 min	Nesteroff, James	High Tc superconductivity
	30 min	Huang, Xiaojing	Imaging from diffraction data of non-crystalline samples
Nov 8, 2004	10 min	Dusling, Kevin	Precision tests of QED
	10 min	Xu, Jianhua	Inelastic X-ray Scattering
	30 min	Patu, Ovidiu	Bose-Einstein condensation
	30 min	Reeves, Jason	Surface reconstruction
Nov 15, 2004	10 min	Young, Clint	Bethe Ansatz
	30 min	Steinbrener, Jan	X-ray spectro-microscopy
	30 min	Amparo, Denis	Single electron tunneling
Nov 22, 2004	10 min	Lapidus, Saul	Flux quantization in superconductors
	30 min	Jeremiah Goodson	Quantum Holography
	30 min	Matthias Riedmann	Ultrafast Optical Pulse Shaping
Nov 29, 2004	10 min	Shen, Xiao	Atmospheric spectroscopy
	30 min	Yu, Jie	Resonant Tunneling
	30 min	Xu, Jianhua	Diffraction enhanced imaging
Dec 6, 2004	30 min	You, Sifang	Acrhomatic Fresnel optics
	30 min	Li, Rundong	Bloch oscillations

SBU Mandated Note:

If you have a physical psychiatric/emotional, medical or learning disability that may impact on your ability to carry out the assigned course work, we urge you that you contact the staff in the Disabled Student Services office (DSS) in Room 133, Humanities, 632-6748/TDD. DSS will review your concerns, and determine, with you, what accommodations are necessary and appropriate. All information and documentation of disability is confidential.

Page maintained by Sasha Abanov
Last revised November 12, 2004