The Atomic, Molecular, and Optical Physics Journal Club is a weekly meeting to discuss recently published papers and our own research. Graduate students who are members of the AMO group at OU are expected to participate.
Journal Club meetings are held during the Fall and Spring semesters on Tuesdays from 9:00 - 10:00 am in Lin Hall Room 105. Coffee and bagels will be provided.
If you participate in AMO Journal Club, please start thinking about which paper you would like to present and when. Use the link below to view the sign-up sheet and choose presentation dates and papers.
If you have any questions, please contact Arne Schwettmann at schwettmann@ou.edu. To be added to (or removed from) the mailing list, send an email with subject "add" (or "remove").
Lucas S. Marinho, Michelle O. Araújo, Daniel Felinto, “Quantum and classical correlations in four-wave mixing from cold ensembles of two-level atoms”
Sharly Fleischer, Yan Zhou, Robert W. Field, and Keith A. Nelson, “Molecular Orientation and Alignment by Intense Single-Cycle THz Pulses”, Phys. Rev. Lett. 107, 163603 – Published 12 October, 2011
https://journals.aps.org/prl/abstract/10.1103/PhysRevLett.107.163603
Title: Confinement-induced resonances for the creation of quasi-1D ultracold gases of alkali – alkaline-earth dimers
Abstract: Ultracold gases of polar molecules are emerging as a versatile platform for many applications, such as quantum simulation, precision measurement and quantum chemistry, owing to their long-range, anisotropic, dipole-dipole interactions. However, their realization remains experimentally challenging: laser cooling is hindered by the complex structure of the molecule, while magneto-association can be unfeasible for certain mixtures due to extremely narrow Feshbach resonances. In our work (arXiv:2506.02579) we theoretically explore an alternative route based on confinement-induced resonances (CIRs), which arise when a strong confinement effectively reduces the dynamics of the system to lower-dimensional regimes. Focusing on a quasi-one-dimensional mixture of 87Rb and 87Sr, we identify conditions where CIRs can be exploited to obtain 87Rb-87Sr dimers, offering a promising pathway toward the creation of ultracold gases of polar molecules.
U. Güngördü, Y. Wan, M. A. Fasihi, and M. Nakahara, “Dynamical invariants for quantum control of four-level systems”, Phys. Rev. A 86, 062312 – Published 14 December, 2012
https://journals.aps.org/pra/abstract/10.1103/PhysRevA.86.062312
Q. Guan, S. L. Cornish, and S. Kotochigova, "Magic conditions for multiple rotational states of bialkali molecules in optical lattices," Phys. Rev. A 103, 043311 (2021)
https://journals.aps.org/pra/abstract/10.1103/PhysRevA.103.043311
X. Zhao, X. Yu, L. Li, W. Zhou, and C. Zhang, "Factorization dynamics between quantum Fisher information and quantum coherence", Sci. Adv., 11, eadv8132 (2025)
Y. Liao, H. Wang, and P. Zhao, "Three-dimensional trapping of circular Rydberg atoms by a superimposed vortex light beam", arXiv:2508.20362
https://arxiv.org/abs/2508.20362
Title: "Coaxial cables are not magical"
