Andre Bandrauk [2007]
Universite de Sherbrooke
Citation: For pioneering theoretical contributions to elucidating intense laser interactions with molecules, including predictions of the existence of new molecules and of enhanced molecular ionization in intense laser fields, and of the usefulness of chirped pulses to control photochemical processes.
Nominated by: DAMOP
Michael Chapman [2007]
Georgia Institute of Technology
Citation: For developing an all-optical method for creating atomic Bose-Einstein condensates, and for seminal experimental work in the fields of quantum degenerate gases, cavity quantum electrodynamics and atom optics.
Nominated by: DAMOP
Paul Corkum [2007]
National Research Council
Citation: For developing the ideas and concepts that led to the field of attosecond science, to the understanding of high harmonic emission and recollision physics.
Nominated by: DAMOP
Robin Cote [2007]
University of Connecticut
Citation: For contributions to the study of ultracold systems, and the effect of long-range interactions in ultracold Rydberg gases, atom-ion mixtures, and the formation of ultracold molecules.
Nominated by: DAMOP
Rudolf Grimm [2007]
Institute for Experimental Physics
Citation: For fundamental contributions in experimental atomic physics with quantum degenerate Bose and Fermi gases, in particular Bose Einstein condensation of molecules, Cooper pairing of cold fermionic atoms, Efimov states, and repulsively bound atom pairs in optical lattices.
Nominated by: DAMOP
Poul Jessen [2007]
University of Arizona
Citation: For pioneering contributions to the development of optical lattices of laser cooled atoms, quantum information processing, and quantum control experiments with atomic spins.
Nominated by: DAMOP
Kevin Jones [2007]
Williams College
Citation: For seminal contributions to the study of cold collisions and to the development of photoassocation spectroscopy in ultracold gasses.
Nominated by: DAMOP
Christian Kurtsiefer [2007]
National University of Singapore
Citation: For pioneeering contributions to practical quantum cryptography.
Nominated by: DAMOP
Alan Migdall [2007]
National Institute of Standards & Technology
Citation: For the development of parametric down conversion and correlated-photon generation for metrology, cryptography, communications, and fundamental physics applications.
Nominated by: DAMOP
Jan Rost [2007]
Max Planck Institute
Citation: For seminal investigations of correlated doubly excited states, threshold fragmentation in few-body Coulombic systems and small clusters, pendular states of linear molecules, and for elucidating the role of correlation and relaxation in ultracold plasmas and Rydberg gases.
Nominated by: DAMOP
Henrik Stapelfeldt [2007]
University of Aarhus
Citation: For his pioneering work in the use of ultrashort laser pulses to align molecules and to study their dissociation dynamics.
Nominated by: DAMOP
Thomas Stoehlker [2007]
GSI Darmstadt
Citation: For significant contributions to the understanding of the atomic structure and excitation processes of highly charged ions through precision spectroscopy on few-electron high Z ions.
Nominated by: DAMOP
Boudewyn Verhaar [2007]
Technische Universiteit Eindhoven
Citation: For seminal and wide-ranging theoretical contributions to the field of ultra-cold atomic gases.
Nominated by: DAMOP
David Weiss [2007]
Pennsylvania State University
Citation: For seminal contributions to laser cooling, precision measurements, the study of atoms in optical lattices, and for the experimental implementation of one-dimensional gases.
Nominated by: DAMOP
Yoshihisa Yamamoto [2007]
Stanford University
Citation: For field opening contributions to quantum optics and mesoscopic physics.
Nominated by: DAMOP
Li You [2007]
Georgia Institute of Technology
Citation: For contributions to the theoretical study of atomic quantum gases, atom-atom interactions, and atom-photon interactions.
Nominated by: DAMOP