Atomic, Molecular, and Optical Physics Research Group

Atomic, molecular, and optical physics (often abreviated as AMO physics) is the study of light, light-matter interactions, and matter-matter interactions on the scale of a few atoms or molecules. These three areas are grouped together because they often employ similar experimental and theoretical methods.  Although nuclear physics is typically a separate field from AMO, in our department we include a small nuclear physics research program (led by Larry Rees) in this group for historical reasons.  Our group is currently pursuing research in the following areas:

• Cold Atoms Lab
• Atom Interferometry
• High-harmonic generation
• XUV optics and sources
• Theoretical
• PIXE
• Quantum Optics

AMO Research Group Members

David Allred	Scott Bergeson	Manuel Berrondo	Dallin Durfee
Larry Knight	Justin Peatross	Larry Rees	R. Steven Turley
Michael Ware