{"181051":{"#nid":"181051","#data":{"type":"event","title":"Interchanging the Roles of Light and Matter","body":[{"value":"\u003Ch4\u003ESchool of Physics Hard Condensed Matter \u0026amp; AMO Seminar Series: Presenting A. Kumarakrishnan, York University\u003C\/h4\u003E\u003Cp\u003EAtom interferometers that use pulses of light for coherent control of matter-wave interference can be used for wide ranging studies of light-matter interactions and for realizing precision measurements in atomic physics. We describe an echo type interferometer that utilizes a relatively simple setup to manipulate laser-cooled Rb atoms in a single ground state manifold. We review progress toward a precise determination\u003Cbr \/\u003Eof the atomic fine structure constant and gravitational acceleration.\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cp\u003E*Work supported by CFI, OIT, OCE, NSERC and York University\u003C\/p\u003E","summary":null,"format":"limited_html"}],"field_subtitle":"","field_summary":[{"value":"\u003Cp\u003EInterchanging the Roles of Light and Matter\u003C\/p\u003E","format":"limited_html"}],"field_summary_sentence":[{"value":"Interchanging the Roles of Light and Matter"}],"uid":"27664","created_gmt":"2013-01-07 15:40:58","changed_gmt":"2016-10-08 02:01:50","author":"Alison Morain","boilerplate_text":"","field_publication":"","field_article_url":"","field_event_time":{"event_time_start":"2013-01-31T13:00:00-05:00","event_time_end":"2013-01-31T14:00:00-05:00","event_time_end_last":"2013-01-31T14:00:00-05:00","gmt_time_start":"2013-01-31 18:00:00","gmt_time_end":"2013-01-31 19:00:00","gmt_time_end_last":"2013-01-31 19:00:00","rrule":null,"timezone":"America\/New_York"},"extras":[],"related_links":[{"url":"https:\/\/www.physics.gatech.edu\/seminars-colloquia\/series\/hard-condensed-matter-and-atomic-molecular-optical\/kumarakrishnan-20130131","title":"https:\/\/www.physics.gatech.edu\/seminars-colloquia\/series\/hard-condensed-mat..."},{"url":"http:\/\/datamac.phys.yorku.ca\/","title":"http:\/\/datamac.phys.yorku.ca\/"}],"groups":[{"id":"126011","name":"School of Physics"}],"categories":[],"keywords":[{"id":"54251","name":"Interchanging the Roles of Light and Matter"}],"core_research_areas":[],"news_room_topics":[],"event_categories":[{"id":"1795","name":"Seminar\/Lecture\/Colloquium"}],"invited_audience":[],"affiliations":[],"classification":[],"areas_of_expertise":[],"news_and_recent_appearances":[],"phone":[],"contact":[{"value":"\u003Cp\u003E\u003Ca href=\u0022mailto:alison.morain@physics.gatech.edu\u0022\u003Ealison.morain@physics.gatech.edu\u003C\/a\u003E\u003C\/p\u003E","format":"limited_html"}],"email":[],"slides":[],"orientation":[],"userdata":""}}}