Controlling atomic motion: From single particle classical mechanics to many body quantum dynamics

James L. Hanssen

Published Jan 1, 2004• 1 citation

Abstract

Dedicated to my wife Laura and my parents. Without their help, none of this would have been possible. Acknowledgments First and foremost, I would like to thank my advisor, Mark Raizen. I was so fortunate that he took a chance on a kid with no experience with atomic physics experiments. He let me into the lab, showed me the exciting world of atomic physics, and taught me how to be an experimental physicist. He has always found the interesting topics to study and has creative ideas to tackle any problem that comes along. I am grateful for my time in the lab, and I look forward to the new results that will come from the experiments. Next I would like to thank my co-workers: Todd Meyrath, Florian Schreck and Chih-Sung Chuu. For the past several years we have worked side by side on a variety of projects most of which are described in the last chapter. Todd is a very talented man who I have had the pleasure to know since beginning graduate school. He is the one who got me interested in cold

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