Dear colleagues,
Thank you for responding about the Los Alamos tours associated with the DAMOP meeting. This will not be a general tour of LANL, but rather a tour of selected laser labs. Since Los Alamos is an hour drive from Santa Fe and to minimize conflicts with the rest of the meeting, we have decided to hold the tour on Thursday evening from 6 - 10 PM. Vans will drive you to and from Los Alamos. We encourage participants to have an early dinner before joining the tour.
There are two tours to choose from (see below). Each tour will visit three labs. Since there will not be enough time to take both tours, we ask that you select one and respond by sending in the completed tour form attached below. Space is limited, so we are handling the demand on a first come - first serve basis (i.e., please sign up early).
Because the Thursday evening tour will be held after hours, we regrettably must restrict this tour to US citizens. A special tour (tour 1 only) for foreign nationals will be arranged for Tuesday afternoon (May 26). A van will leave the Sweeney Convention Center at 1:30 PM and return you to Santa Fe in time for the reception on Tuesday evening. If you are interested, please complete the attached form below and we will send you additional information.
Sincerely,
Dave Vieira
David J. Vieira, Ph.D.
Chemical Science & Technology Division
Nuclear & Radiochemistry, Mail Stop J514
Los Alamos National Laboratory
Los Alamos, NM 87545 USA
Tel. 505-667-7231
E-mail: vieira@lanl.gov
FAX: 505-665-4955
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Laboratory Tours / Los Alamos National Laboratory
Thursday, May 28, 6-10 PM
Tour 1:
A. Radioactive Atoms Trapping Laboratory
Contact: Dave Vieira
This lab features a magneto-optical trap coupled to an off-line mass separator for the trapping of selected radioactive atoms. Recently we have trapped 6 million radioactive atoms of 82Rb using this system. We are presently mounting a transfer line, second MOT, and a time-orbiting potential (TOP) magnetic trap to undertake the beta-asymmetry measurement of 82Rb (parity-violating electroweak interaction studies) and for the ultra-sensitive detection of selected radioactive species.
B. Quantum Computing Laboratory
Contact: Dale Tupa
We are working towards the goal of performing quantum logic operations with trapped ions to explore the feasibility of a quantum computer based on trapped ions. We have currently trapped and cooled small number of Ca+ ions in a linear Paul trap. Our next goals are to cool a string of ions to its quantum ground state and to manipulate the quantum states of individual trapped ions.
C. Optical Quantum Information Laboratory
Contact: Paul Kwiat
We have been studying how to perform novel tasks in quantum information using optics. Recently we completed a demonstration of high-efficiency "interaction-free measurements", in which the presence of an opaque object is detected with less than 1/3 of a photon being scattered by the object. We have also just finished a quantitative investigation of the wave-particle duality, and quantum "erasers". Finally, we are setting up to demonstrate the world's first all-optical implementation of a quantum computation algorithm for searching a database.
Tour 2:
A. TRIDENT Facility
Contact: Sam Letzring
Trident is multipurpose user facility for developing instrumentation and conducting experiments requiring high-energy laser-light pulses. It is operated primarily for Inertial Confinement Fusion (ICF) research, weapons physics, and basic research. It includes a frequency-doubled Nd:glass laser driver, a high-vacuum target chamber, a basic optical and x-ray diagnostics suite, and ancillary equipment and facilities. See the TRIDENT web page (http://www-p24.lanl.gov/~knc/TRIDENT/tritecbl.htm) for additional information.
B. Femtosecond Spectroscopy Laboratory
Contact: Tony Taylor
A variety of experiments are underway using and developing ultrafast diagnostic techniques such as: development of ultrafast coherent spectroscopies, studies of the dynamics of correlated electron materials, studies of ionization dynamics in atmospheric plasmas, development of ultrafast scanning tunneling microscopy, and studies of optical soliton generation and propagation.
C. Laser Cooling (of Solids) Laboratory
Contact: Tim Gosnell
This laboratory is generally dedicated to CW laser spectroscopy with an emphasis on rare-earth doped insulators. The most compelling experiment involves the laser cooling of an ytterbium doped glass; the current world record (achieved in this laboratory) for temperature change is -21 K starting from room temperature. Other experiments include the development of upconversion fiber lasers, that is, lasers that produce visible coherent output when pumped in the infrared.
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Los Alamos National Laboratory Tour for DAMOP'98
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Tour Preference (please underline one below):
Thursday, May 28, 6-10 PM - Tour 1 (limited to US citizens)
Thursday, May 28, 6-10 PM - Tour 2 (limited to US citizens)
Tuesday, May 26, 1:30-6 PM - Tour 1 (foreign nationals given first priority)
Please return to Dave Vieira at vieira@lanl.gov