Volume 58, Issue 4

October 1998

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RAPID COMMUNICATIONS

Quantum information

RAPID COMMUNICATION

Embedded Bell-state analysis

Paul G. Kwiat and Harald Weinfurter

Phys. Rev. A 58, R2623(R) (1998) - Published 1 October, 1998

RAPID COMMUNICATION

Entanglement engineering of one-photon wave packets using a single-atom source

K. M. Gheri, C. Saavedra, P. Törmä, J. I. Cirac, and P. Zoller

Phys. Rev. A 58, R2627(R) (1998) - Published 1 October, 1998

Atomic and molecular structure and dynamics

RAPID COMMUNICATION

Two-photon optical Ramsey spectroscopy of the $1 S - 2 S$ transition in atomic hydrogen

A. Huber, B. Gross, M. Weitz, and T. W. Hänsch

Phys. Rev. A 58, R2631(R) (1998) - Published 1 October, 1998

Atomic and molecular collisions and interactions

RAPID COMMUNICATION

Photoionization experiments yielding “complete” information

Valery K. Dolmatov and Steven T. Manson

Phys. Rev. A 58, R2635(R) (1998) - Published 1 October, 1998

RAPID COMMUNICATION

Fine-structure effect in the relativistic $(e, 2 e)$ process

K.-H. Besch, M. Sauter, and W. Nakel

Phys. Rev. A 58, R2638(R) (1998) - Published 1 October, 1998

RAPID COMMUNICATION

Ab initio approach to multidimensional quantum scattering based on an infinite-order discrete-variable representation

Nark Nyul Choi, Min-Ho Lee, and Sung-Ho Suck Salk

Phys. Rev. A 58, R2641(R) (1998) - Published 1 October, 1998

RAPID COMMUNICATION

Feshbach resonances in ultracold atom-diatom scattering

R. C. Forrey, N. Balakrishnan, V. Kharchenko, and A. Dalgarno

Phys. Rev. A 58, R2645(R) (1998) - Published 1 October, 1998

Atomic and molecular processes in external fields

RAPID COMMUNICATION

Observation of Rabi oscillations between Bloch bands in an optical potential

M. C. Fischer, K. W. Madison, Qian Niu, and M. G. Raizen

Phys. Rev. A 58, R2648(R) (1998) - Published 1 October, 1998

RAPID COMMUNICATION

Stabilization with arbitrary laser polarizations

A. Patel, M. Protopapas, D. G. Lappas, and P. L. Knight

Phys. Rev. A 58, R2652(R) (1998) - Published 1 October, 1998

RAPID COMMUNICATION

Generation of circularly polarized multiple high-order harmonic emission from two-color crossed laser beams

Xiao-Min Tong and Shih-I Chu

Phys. Rev. A 58, R2656(R) (1998) - Published 1 October, 1998

RAPID COMMUNICATION

Magnetization and spin-flip dynamics of atoms in optical lattices

G. Raithel, W. D. Phillips, and S. L. Rolston

Phys. Rev. A 58, R2660(R) (1998) - Published 1 October, 1998

Matter waves

RAPID COMMUNICATION

Bose-Einstein condensation in a quadrupole-Ioffe-configuration trap

Tilman Esslinger, Immanuel Bloch, and Theodor W. Hänsch

Phys. Rev. A 58, R2664(R) (1998) - Published 1 October, 1998

Quantum optics, physics of lasers, nonlinear optics

RAPID COMMUNICATION

Wavelengths of the Ni-like $4 d^{1} S_{0} - 4 p^{1} P_{1}$ x-ray laser line

Yuelin Li, Joseph Nilsen, James Dunn, Albert L. Osterheld, Alexander Ryabtsev, and Sergey Churilov

Phys. Rev. A 58, R2668(R) (1998) - Published 1 October, 1998

RAPID COMMUNICATION

Coexistence of low-frequency fluctuations and stable emission on a single high-gain mode in semiconductor lasers with external optical feedback

T. Heil, I. Fischer, and W. Elsäßer

Phys. Rev. A 58, R2672(R) (1998) - Published 1 October, 1998

RAPID COMMUNICATION

Multidimensional parametric quantum solitons

K. V. Kheruntsyan and P. D. Drummond

Phys. Rev. A 58, R2676(R) (1998) - Published 1 October, 1998

RAPID COMMUNICATION

Photon trains and lasing: The periodically pumped quantum dot

Christian Wiele, Fritz Haake, Carsten Rocke, and Achim Wixforth

Phys. Rev. A 58, R2680(R) (1998) - Published 1 October, 1998

ARTICLES

Fundamental concepts

Kinematical bounds on optimization of observables for quantum systems

M. D. Girardeau, S. G. Schirmer, J. V. Leahy, and R. M. Koch

Phys. Rev. A 58, 2684 (1998) - Published 1 October, 1998

Stochastic Schrödinger equations for optical fields based on atom detection

John A. Vaccaro and Derek Richards

Phys. Rev. A 58, 2690 (1998) - Published 1 October, 1998

Matter-field theory of the Casimir force

Masato Koashi and Masahito Ueda

Phys. Rev. A 58, 2699 (1998) - Published 1 October, 1998

Iterative solutions to quantum-mechanical problems

C. J. Tymczak, G. S. Japaridze, C. R. Handy, and Xiao-Qian Wang

Phys. Rev. A 58, 2708 (1998) - Published 1 October, 1998

Quantum Fokker-Planck theory in a non-Gaussian-Markovian medium

YiJing Yan

Phys. Rev. A 58, 2721 (1998) - Published 1 October, 1998

Quantum information

Dynamical suppression of decoherence in two-state quantum systems

Lorenza Viola and Seth Lloyd

Phys. Rev. A 58, 2733 (1998) - Published 1 October, 1998

Error-free quantum communication through noisy channels

Anders Sørensen and Klaus Mølmer

Phys. Rev. A 58, 2745 (1998) - Published 1 October, 1998

Simple experimental methods for trapped-ion quantum processors

D. Stevens, J. Brochard, and A. M. Steane

Phys. Rev. A 58, 2750 (1998) - Published 1 October, 1998

Atomic and molecular structure and dynamics

Existence and transition properties of the three-deuteron muonic molecule ${3 d 2 e}^{-} μ^{-}$

V. B. Belyaev, D. E. Monakhov, S. A. Sofianos, and W. Sandhas

Phys. Rev. A 58, 2760 (1998) - Published 1 October, 1998

Classical momentum distributions of Rydberg states

Inés Samengo

Phys. Rev. A 58, 2767 (1998) - Published 1 October, 1998

Channel coupling and exchange interaction in negative ions

Kwong T. Chung

Phys. Rev. A 58, 2777 (1998) - Published 1 October, 1998

Properties of the ground state of the hydrogen molecular ion

A. K. Bhatia

Phys. Rev. A 58, 2787 (1998) - Published 1 October, 1998

Atomic and molecular collisions and interactions

Levinson’s theorem for the Schrödinger equation in two dimensions

Shi-Hai Dong, Xi-Wen Hou, and Zhong-Qi Ma

Phys. Rev. A 58, 2790 (1998) - Published 1 October, 1998

High-resolution study of ion-induced $K α_{1, 2}$ x-ray spectra from high-Z elements

D. F. Anagnostopoulos, G. Borchert, D. Gotta, K. Rashid, D. H. Jakubassa-Amundsen, and P. A. Amundsen

Phys. Rev. A 58, 2797 (1998) - Published 1 October, 1998

Absence of interchannel coupling in electron momentum spectroscopy

A. S. Kheifets, M. Vos, E. Weigold, M. Brunger, and I. E. McCarthy

Phys. Rev. A 58, 2815 (1998) - Published 1 October, 1998

Electron-impact detachment from $B^{-}$

L. H. Andersen, M. J. Jensen, H. B. Pedersen, L. Vejby-Christensen, and N. Djurić

Phys. Rev. A 58, 2819 (1998) - Published 1 October, 1998

Effect of core-valence electron correlation in low-energy electron scattering with Ca atoms

Jianmin Yuan and C. D. Lin

Phys. Rev. A 58, 2824 (1998) - Published 1 October, 1998

Auger-resonance-decay process in $Ar 2 p$ -shell excitation and ionization

Y. Lu, W. C. Stolte, and James A. R. Samson

Phys. Rev. A 58, 2828 (1998) - Published 1 October, 1998

Collision-induced dissociation of ${CO}_{2}^{+}$ ions

V. R. Bhardwaj, D. Mathur, K. Vijayalakshmi, P. Hvelplund, M. O. Larsson, and C. P. Safvan

Phys. Rev. A 58, 2834 (1998) - Published 1 October, 1998

Systematic study of the stable states of $C^{-},$ ${Si}^{-},$ ${Ge}^{-},$ and ${Sn}^{-}$ via infrared laser spectroscopy

Michael Scheer, René C. Bilodeau, Cicely A. Brodie, and Harold K. Haugen

Phys. Rev. A 58, 2844 (1998) - Published 1 October, 1998

Transitions between excited electronic states of $H_{2}$ molecules by electron impact

Cláudio S. Sartori, Fernando J. da Paixão, and Marco A. P. Lima

Phys. Rev. A 58, 2857 (1998) - Published 1 October, 1998

Electron–positive-ion scattering near reaction thresholds: Effect of long-range polarization forces

Leonard Rosenberg

Phys. Rev. A 58, 2864 (1998) - Published 1 October, 1998

Excitation and charge transfer in proton-hydrogen collisions

A. Kołakowska, M. S. Pindzola, F. Robicheaux, D. R. Schultz, and J. C. Wells

Phys. Rev. A 58, 2872 (1998) - Published 1 October, 1998

Low-energy electron scattering from ${BCl}_{3}$

W. A. Isaacs, C. W. McCurdy, and T. N. Rescigno

Phys. Rev. A 58, 2881 (1998) - Published 1 October, 1998

Method for determining absolute partial cross sections for radiative and nonradiative deexcitation of metastable hydrogenlike ions

H. T. Schmidt, S. H. Schwartz, A. Fardi, K. Haghighat, H. Cederquist, L. Liljeby, A. Langereis, J. C. Levin, and I. A. Sellin

Phys. Rev. A 58, 2887 (1998) - Published 1 October, 1998

Ionization of one-electron ions penetrating a target at relativistic energies

Allan H. Sørensen

Phys. Rev. A 58, 2895 (1998) - Published 1 October, 1998

Measurements of electron-impact ionization cross sections of neon by comparison with photoionization

A. A. Sorokin, L. A. Shmaenok, S. V. Bobashev, B. Möbus, and G. Ulm

Phys. Rev. A 58, 2900 (1998) - Published 1 October, 1998

Single and double electron capture from He by ${Ar}^{16 +}$ studied using cold-target recoil-ion momentum spectroscopy

M. A. Abdallah, W. Wolff, H. E. Wolf, E. Y. Kamber, M. Stöckli, and C. L. Cocke

Phys. Rev. A 58, 2911 (1998) - Published 1 October, 1998

Electron-impact excitation of ${Co}^{2 +}$

J. A. Shaw, M. S. Pindzola, N. R. Badnell, and D. C. Griffin

Phys. Rev. A 58, 2920 (1998) - Published 1 October, 1998

Final-state $Φ_{2}$ wave function in ion-helium collisions

F. D. Colavecchia, G. Gasaneo, and C. R. Garibotti

Phys. Rev. A 58, 2926 (1998) - Published 1 October, 1998

Radiative stabilization following double-electron capture in slow ${Ne}^{10 +} + H e$ collisions

J.-Y. Chesnel, H. Merabet, B. Sulik, F. Frémont, C. Bedouet, X. Husson, M. Grether, and N. Stolterfoht

Phys. Rev. A 58, 2935 (1998) - Published 1 October, 1998

Semiclassical Moyal quantum mechanics for atomic systems

B. R. McQuarrie, T. A. Osborn, and G. C. Tabisz

Phys. Rev. A 58, 2944 (1998) - Published 1 October, 1998

Electron, atom, and molecule interactions with solids and surfaces

Energy loss in large-angle scattering of slow, highly charged Ar ions from a Au surface

W. Huang, H. Lebius, R. Schuch, M. Grether, and N. Stolterfoht

Phys. Rev. A 58, 2962 (1998) - Published 1 October, 1998

Collisional stopping considering the induced potential created by ions in a free-electron gas

D. G. Arbó and J. E. Miraglia

Phys. Rev. A 58, 2970 (1998) - Published 1 October, 1998

Kinetic electron emission from Al, Cu, and Au surfaces exposed to oxygen

O. Benka, J. Pürstinger, and A. Koyama

Phys. Rev. A 58, 2978 (1998) - Published 1 October, 1998

Clusters (including fullerenes)

Radiative electron attachment in sodium clusters

M. R. Spinella, M. Bernath, and O. Dragún

Phys. Rev. A 58, 2985 (1998) - Published 1 October, 1998

Atomic and molecular processes in external fields

Importance of excited bound states in harmonic generation

Carla Figueira de Morisson Faria, Martin Dörr, and Wolfgang Sandner

Phys. Rev. A 58, 2990 (1998) - Published 1 October, 1998

Polarization dependence and interference in four-wave mixing with Rydberg levels in rubidium vapor

S. S. Vianna, P. Nussenzveig, W. C. Magno, and J. W. R. Tabosa

Phys. Rev. A 58, 3000 (1998) - Published 1 October, 1998

Accurate $^{3} He$ polarimetry using the Rb Zeeman frequency shift due to the $Rb -^{3} He$ spin-exchange collisions

M. V. Romalis and G. D. Cates

Phys. Rev. A 58, 3004 (1998) - Published 1 October, 1998

Strong saturation of Doppler-broadened spectra in the presence of weak collisions

A. G. Kofman

Phys. Rev. A 58, 3012 (1998) - Published 1 October, 1998

Cooling an atom in a weakly driven high- $Q$ cavity

Gerald Hechenblaikner, Markus Gangl, Peter Horak, and Helmut Ritsch

Phys. Rev. A 58, 3030 (1998) - Published 1 October, 1998

Scaled-energy spectroscopy of helium $| M | = 1$ Rydberg atoms in a static electric field

Annemieke Kips, Wim Vassen, Wim Hogervorst, and Paul A. Dando

Phys. Rev. A 58, 3043 (1998) - Published 1 October, 1998

Interference stabilization of Rydberg atoms enhanced by multiple V-type resonances

R. Parzyński and S. Wieczorek

Phys. Rev. A 58, 3051 (1998) - Published 1 October, 1998

Multiphoton ionization dynamics of barium Rydberg states in intense femtosecond pulses

D. A. Tate and T. F. Gallagher

Phys. Rev. A 58, 3058 (1998) - Published 1 October, 1998

Polarization-gradient cooling in a strong doughnut-mode dipole potential

S. Kuppens, M. Rauner, M. Schiffer, K. Sengstock, W. Ertmer, F. E. van Dorsselaer, and G. Nienhuis

Phys. Rev. A 58, 3068 (1998) - Published 1 October, 1998

Ultrafast laser-molecule interaction in nonlinear processes

C. Mainos

Phys. Rev. A 58, 3080 (1998) - Published 1 October, 1998

Degenerate phase-conjugate four-wave mixing in a nearly-Doppler-free two-level atomic medium

Binh Do, Jongwhan Cha, D. S. Elliott, and S. J. Smith

Phys. Rev. A 58, 3089 (1998) - Published 1 October, 1998

Phase-noise influence on coherent transients and hole burning

R. N. Shakhmuratov and Alex Szabo

Phys. Rev. A 58, 3099 (1998) - Published 1 October, 1998

Cavity-ring-down spectroscopy on the oxygen A band in magnetic fields up to 20 T

Giel Berden, Richard Engeln, Peter C. M. Christianen, Jan C. Maan, and Gerard Meijer

Phys. Rev. A 58, 3114 (1998) - Published 1 October, 1998

Coulomb and rescattering effects in above-threshold ionization

Dejan B. Milošević and Fritz Ehlotzky

Phys. Rev. A 58, 3124 (1998) - Published 1 October, 1998

Matter waves

Temporal dark solitons in nonuniform Bose-Einstein condensates

T. Hong, Y. Z. Wang, and Y. S. Huo

Phys. Rev. A 58, 3128 (1998) - Published 1 October, 1998

Bose-Einstein condensation in a two-dimensional, trapped, interacting gas

M. Bayindir and B. Tanatar

Phys. Rev. A 58, 3134 (1998) - Published 1 October, 1998

Time-orbiting-potential quadrupole magnetic trap for cold atoms

Vladimir G. Minogin, James A. Richmond, and Geoffrey I. Opat

Phys. Rev. A 58, 3138 (1998) - Published 1 October, 1998

Finite-temperature perturbation theory for a spatially inhomogeneous Bose-condensed gas

P. O. Fedichev and G. V. Shlyapnikov

Phys. Rev. A 58, 3146 (1998) - Published 1 October, 1998

Quantum corrections to the thermodynamic potential of trapped bosons

Subhasis Sinha

Phys. Rev. A 58, 3159 (1998) - Published 1 October, 1998

Normal modes of a vortex in a trapped Bose-Einstein condensate

Anatoly A. Svidzinsky and Alexander L. Fetter

Phys. Rev. A 58, 3168 (1998) - Published 1 October, 1998

Momentum distribution of confined bosons: Temperature dependence

J. Tempere, F. Brosens, L. F. Lemmens, and J. T. Devreese

Phys. Rev. A 58, 3180 (1998) - Published 1 October, 1998

Beyond the Thomas-Fermi approximation for a trapped condensed Bose-Einstein gas

Alexander L. Fetter and David L. Feder

Phys. Rev. A 58, 3185 (1998) - Published 1 October, 1998

Quantum optics, physics of lasers, nonlinear optics

Coherent evolution equations for laser resonators

Erik J. Bochove

Phys. Rev. A 58, 3195 (1998) - Published 1 October, 1998

Decoherence of mesoscopic states of cavity fields

K. M. Fonseca Romero, M. C. Nemes, J. G. Peixoto de Faria, A. N. Salgueiro, and A. F. R. de Toledo Piza

Phys. Rev. A 58, 3205 (1998) - Published 1 October, 1998

Pump-operator treatment of the ion-trap laser

Georg M. Meyer and Hans-Jürgen Briegel

Phys. Rev. A 58, 3210 (1998) - Published 1 October, 1998

Relativistic free-electron dynamics and light-emission spectra in the simultaneous presence of a superintense laser field and a strong uniform magnetic field

Yousef I. Salamin and Farhad H. M. Faisal

Phys. Rev. A 58, 3221 (1998) - Published 1 October, 1998

Resonance interaction between two atomic dipoles separated by the surface of a dielectric nanosphere

V. V. Klimov and V. S. Letokhov

Phys. Rev. A 58, 3235 (1998) - Published 1 October, 1998

Effects of atomic diffraction on the collective atomic recoil laser

M. G. Moore and P. Meystre

Phys. Rev. A 58, 3248 (1998) - Published 1 October, 1998

Optical measurements as projection synthesis

Lee S. Phillips, Stephen M. Barnett, and David T. Pegg

Phys. Rev. A 58, 3259 (1998) - Published 1 October, 1998

Quantum noise reduction and generalized two-mode squeezing in a cavity Raman laser

Kai Drühl and Claude Windenberger

Phys. Rev. A 58, 3268 (1998) - Published 1 October, 1998

Modeling the interplay of thermal effects and transverse mode behavior in native-oxide-confined vertical-cavity surface-emitting lasers

T. Rössler, R. A. Indik, G. K. Harkness, J. V. Moloney, and C. Z. Ning

Phys. Rev. A 58, 3279 (1998) - Published 1 October, 1998

Jaynes-Cummings model under continuous measurement: Weak chaos in a quantum system induced by unitarity collapse

Tsuyoshi Fukuo, Tetsuo Ogawa, and Katsuhiro Nakamura

Phys. Rev. A 58, 3293 (1998) - Published 1 October, 1998

Investigations of nonlinear femtosecond pulse propagation with the inclusion of Raman, shock, and third-order phase effects

Alex A. Zozulya, Scott A. Diddams, and Tracy S. Clement

Phys. Rev. A 58, 3303 (1998) - Published 1 October, 1998

Attosecond pulse generation using high harmonics in the multicycle regime of the driver pulse

Fam Le Kien, Katsumi Midorikawa, and Akira Suda

Phys. Rev. A 58, 3311 (1998) - Published 1 October, 1998

Intracavity second-harmonic generation: The steady-state solutions

A. G. Vladimirov and Paul Mandel

Phys. Rev. A 58, 3320 (1998) - Published 1 October, 1998

BRIEF REPORTS

Fundamental concepts

Exact solution of the $L - S$ coupled system in a time-dependent magnetic field

Shun-Jin Wang and Li-Xiang Cen

Phys. Rev. A 58, 3328 (1998) - Published 1 October, 1998

Quantum information

Quantum communications: Tetrat coding

G. A. Barbosa

Phys. Rev. A 58, 3332 (1998) - Published 1 October, 1998

Atomic and molecular structure and dynamics

${2 s}^{2} 2 p^{2} P^{o}$ triply excited state of ${He}^{-}$

Ying Zhang and Kwong T. Chung

Phys. Rev. A 58, 3336 (1998) - Published 1 October, 1998

Atomic and molecular collisions and interactions

Photoionization of atomic copper in the region of the $3 p$ inner-shell thresholds

A. Verweyen, D. Donnelly, A. Hibbert, and K. L. Bell

Phys. Rev. A 58, 3338 (1998) - Published 1 October, 1998

Atomic and molecular processes in external fields

Time reversal of atomic wave-packet dynamics by a phase-modulated standing wave

Chang Jae Lee and Wonho Jhe

Phys. Rev. A 58, 3342 (1998) - Published 1 October, 1998

Quantum optics, physics of lasers, nonlinear optics

Nonclassical phase of the electromagnetic field in a nonstationary dielectric

M. Artoni, A. Bulatov, and B. D. Seery

Phys. Rev. A 58, 3345 (1998) - Published 1 October, 1998

Quantum state engineering via unitary transformations

A. Vidiella-Barranco and J. A. Roversi

Phys. Rev. A 58, 3349 (1998) - Published 1 October, 1998

COMMENTS

Comment on “Consistent histories and quantum reasoning”

R. L. Schafir

Phys. Rev. A 58, 3353 (1998) - Published 1 October, 1998

Reply to “Comment on ‘Consistent histories and quantum reasoning’ ”

Robert B. Griffiths

Phys. Rev. A 58, 3356 (1998) - Published 1 October, 1998

Comment on “ Eigenvalue spectrum of the independent-fermion kinetic-energy kernel”

Jorge Garza and Alberto Vela

Phys. Rev. A 58, 3358 (1998) - Published 1 October, 1998

Comment on “Anisotropy in the transient absorption change of a molecular system with two-dimensionally degenerate transitions”

K. Razi Naqvi and R. S. Knox

Phys. Rev. A 58, 3360 (1998) - Published 1 October, 1998

ERRATA

Erratum: Ionization of muonic atoms by nonrelativistic electrons [Phys. Rev. A 49, 338 (1994)]

J. A. Kunc

Phys. Rev. A 58, 3362 (1998) - Published 1 October, 1998