Support for Student Participation in the 2013 International Conference on Laser Spectroscopy (ICOLS); Berkeley, CA; June 9-14, 2013

这笔赠款的资金将用于支持美国研究生参加2013年国际激光光谱会议(ICOLS)，该会议将于2013年6月9日至14日在加利福尼亚州伯克利举行。这次国际会议是一系列两年一次的会议中的第21次，世界各地的原子、分子和光学(AMO)物理学家聚集在一起，介绍和讨论这一广泛、充满活力的研究领域的前沿工作。这次会议享有盛誉，AMO物理学的名人(包括几位诺贝尔奖获得者)和最新的后起之秀都出席了会议。这次会议围绕着全体受邀演讲和几次海报会议，涵盖了AMO科学的前沿领域，包括超快光学、超冷原子气体、基础物理的精密测试、分子光谱学、量子信息、多体量子物理、腔光学力学等。这次会议对青年科学家--研究生和博士后研究人员--特别有价值。这次会议通常比该领域的其他中心会议规模较小，如APS DAMOP年会和国际原子物理会议。因此，崭露头角的科学家有更多机会接触该领域最有影响力的科学家，使他们有机会学习，在高水平上讨论物理学，并建立关系，以促进他们的科学事业。今年的ICOLS还允许学生和博士后接触旧金山湾区的主要科学机构，特别是加州大学伯克利分校和劳伦斯·伯克利实验室，这两个机构都在赞助招待会和与会议协调的开放参观活动。因此，NSF对这次会议的支持是对研究生和博士后培训的有力贡献，也是对美国和世界范围内AMO物理学发展的有力贡献。

The funding from this grant will be used to support US graduate students attending the 2013 International Conference on Laser Spectroscopy (ICOLS), which will be held in Berkeley, CA during the week of June 9-14, 2013. This international meeting is the 21st in a series of biennial conferences at which the world-wide community of atomic, molecular and optical (AMO) physicists gather to present and discuss the cutting edge work from this broad, vibrant research field. The conference is prestigious and well attended by the luminaries of AMO physics (including several Nobel Laureates) and also by the latest rising stars. The meeting centers around plenary invited talks and several poster sessions, and spans the forefront fields of AMO science including ultrafast optics, ultracold atomic gases, precision tests of fundamental physics, molecular spectroscopy, quantum information, many-body quantum physics, cavity optomechanics, and others.The conference is particularly valuable for young scientists -- graduate students and postdoctoral researchers. The gathering is typically smaller than the other central meetings of the field, such as the APS DAMOP annual meeting and the International Conference on Atomic Physics. As such, rising scientists have greater access to the most influential scientists in the field, giving them a chance to learn, to discuss physics at a high level, and to establish relationships to further their scientific careers. This year's ICOLS also gives students and postdocs access to the premier scientific institutions in the Bay Area, particularly the University of California, Berkeley, and the Lawrence Berkeley Laboratory, both of whom are sponsoring receptions and open houses in coordination with the meeting. NSF support of this meeting is thus a strong contribution to graduate student and postdoctoral training, and also a strong contribution to the advancement of AMO physics in the United States and worldwide.