U.S.-Japan Joint Seminar: Quantum Electronic Manipulation of Atoms and Fields/September 1990/Kyoto, Japan

该奖项将支持六名美国科学家参与 在一个联合的美国-日本量子问题讨论会 电子操纵原子和电磁场。 这一领域的研究正在产生两个基本的新的 洞察力和新的应用可能性。 电流 这些努力包括操纵原子和离子， 激光冷却和捕获;通过 激光频率稳定，并通过生产so- 所谓的“压缩”状态;和辐射原子的控制 应用腔量子原理的过程 电动力学 这种新获得的生产能力 光和物质的“非常规”状态， 与正常状态不同的是， 对量子力学的新见解，以及引起 在高分辨率等领域的潜在应用 光谱学、精密频率标准和重力波 侦查工作。 这是因为 这些技术提供的可能性，例如， 激光中的振幅噪声和频率噪声，以及 在显著降低原子多普勒效应方面， 光谱研究，导致更准确的测定 原子能级和频率的精确测量 和时间 研讨会将讨论的具体议题包括（1） 囚禁、冷却离子的物理和应用;（2）激光 中性原子的冷却和俘获;（3）温度精度 激光器的控制;（4）非常规状态的产生， 光;（5）腔量子电动力学。 参与者 将包括许多美国和日本的研究人员， 积极参与这一系列密切相关的主题领域。 研讨会将于1990年9月3日至7日在日本京都举行。 联合主办方是威廉·D博士。菲利普斯，原子能中心， 美国国家标准研究所分子与光学物理 和博士Fujio Shimizu，工程学院， 日本东京大学。 美国前相关-日本 激光光谱学、量子光学和量子 电子学有助于保持相关的研究团体 在两个国家中相互了解对方目前的进展， 并鼓励合作项目和交流， 科学家 预计这一研讨会也将同样有效。

This award will support the participation of six U.S. scientists in a joint U.S.-Japan seminar on the subject of quantum electronic manipulation of atoms and electromagnetic fields. Research in this area is producing both fundamental new insights and new possibilities for applications. Current efforts include the manipulation of atoms and ions through laser cooling and trapping; the manipulation of fields through laser frequency stabilization and by the production of so- called "squeezed" states; and the control of radiative atomic processes through application of principles of cavity quantum electrodynamics. This newly acquired ability to produce "unconventional" states of light and matter that are very different from their normal states is bringing fundamental new insights into quantum mechanics, as well as giving rise to potential applications in such areas as high resolution spectroscopy, precise frequency standards, and gravity wave detection efforts. This comes about because of the possibilities these techniques offer, for example, in reducing both amplitude noise and frequency noise in laser light, and in significantly reducing Doppler effects in atomic spectroscopic studies, leading to more accurate determinations of atomic energy levels and precise measurements of frequencies and time. Specific topics to be discussed at the seminar include (1) physics and applications of trapped, cooled ions; (2) laser cooling and trapping of neutral atoms; (3) ultrahigh precision control of lasers; (4) generation of unconventional states of light; and (5) cavity quantum electrodynamics. Participants will include many of the U.S. and Japanese researchers most active in this set of strongly interrelated topical areas. The seminar will be held September 3-7, 1990, in Kyoto, Japan. Co-organizers are Dr. William D. Phillips, Center for Atomic, Molecular, and Optical Physics, National Institute of Standards and Technology; and Dr. Fujio Shimizu, Faculty of Engineering, University of Tokyo, Japan. Previous related U.S.-Japan seminars in laser spectroscopy, quantum optics, and quantum electronics served to keep the relevant research communities in the two countries abreast of each other's current progress, and to stimulate collaborative projects and exchanges of scientists. This seminar is expected to be similarly effective.