Volume 60, Issue 2

August 1999

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RAPID COMMUNICATIONS

Quantum information

RAPID COMMUNICATION

Computation on an error-avoiding quantum code and symmetrization

Paolo Zanardi

Phys. Rev. A 60, R729(R) (1999) - Published 1 August, 1999

Atomic and molecular structure and dynamics

RAPID COMMUNICATION

Perturbative approach to orbital magnetism in density-functional theory

K. Capelle

Phys. Rev. A 60, R733(R) (1999) - Published 1 August, 1999

Atomic and molecular collisions and interactions

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vuv photoionization of uv-laser-tailored Ni-like Cu ${3 d}^{9}$ atoms

A. Verweyen, von dem Borne, P. Glatzel, Wernet, B. Sonntag, K. Godehusen, Ch. Gerth, and P. Zimmermann

Phys. Rev. A 60, R737(R) (1999) - Published 1 August, 1999

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Soft-collision and cusp electrons in longitudinal momentum distributions for single ionization of He and Ne by proton impact

Pablo D. Fainstein

Phys. Rev. A 60, R741(R) (1999) - Published 1 August, 1999

Atomic and molecular processes in external fields

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Magneto-optical trapping of Yb atoms using an intercombination transition

T. Kuwamoto, K. Honda, Y. Takahashi, and T. Yabuzaki

Phys. Rev. A 60, R745(R) (1999) - Published 1 August, 1999

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Interference stabilization of Rydberg atoms: Quasiclassical analytical theory and exact three-dimensional numerical simulations

O. V. Tikhonova, E. A. Volkova, A. M. Popov, and M. V. Fedorov

Phys. Rev. A 60, R749(R) (1999) - Published 1 August, 1999

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2.3-kHz two-photon Ramsey fringes at 30 THz

L. F. Constantin, R. J. Butcher, P. E. Durand, A. Amy-Klein, and Ch. Chardonnet

Phys. Rev. A 60, R753(R) (1999) - Published 1 August, 1999

RAPID COMMUNICATION

Experimental study of photon-echo size in optically thick media

T. Wang, C. Greiner, J. R. Bochinski, and T. W. Mossberg

Phys. Rev. A 60, R757(R) (1999) - Published 1 August, 1999

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Large numbers of cold metastable helium atoms in a magneto-optical trap

Paul J. J. Tol, Norbert Herschbach, Eric A. Hessels, Wim Hogervorst, and Wim Vassen

Phys. Rev. A 60, R761(R) (1999) - Published 1 August, 1999

Matter waves

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Atom loss from Bose-Einstein condensates due to Feshbach resonance

V. A. Yurovsky, A. Ben-Reuven, P. S. Julienne, and C. J. Williams

Phys. Rev. A 60, R765(R) (1999) - Published 1 August, 1999

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Testing quantum correlations in a confined atomic cloud by the scattering of fast atoms

A. B. Kuklov and B. V. Svistunov

Phys. Rev. A 60, R769(R) (1999) - Published 1 August, 1999

Quantum optics, physics of lasers, nonlinear optics

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Ultrabright source of polarization-entangled photons

Paul G. Kwiat, Edo Waks, Andrew G. White, Ian Appelbaum, and Philippe H. Eberhard

Phys. Rev. A 60, R773(R) (1999) - Published 1 August, 1999

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Highly efficient high-order harmonic generation by metallic carbon nanotubes

G. Ya. Slepyan, S. A. Maksimenko, V. P. Kalosha, J. Herrmann, E. E. B. Campbell, and I. V. Hertel

Phys. Rev. A 60, R777(R) (1999) - Published 1 August, 1999

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Raman-induced photon correlations in optical fiber solitons

M. J. Werner

Phys. Rev. A 60, R781(R) (1999) - Published 1 August, 1999

ARTICLES

Fundamental concepts

Relativistic dynamics of charges in electromagnetic fields: An eigenspinor approach

W. E. Baylis and Y. Yao

Phys. Rev. A 60, 785 (1999) - Published 1 August, 1999

Supersymmetric quantum mechanics with nonlocal potentials

Je-Young Choi and Seok-In Hong

Phys. Rev. A 60, 796 (1999) - Published 1 August, 1999

First-order self-energy correction in hydrogenlike systems

V. A. Yerokhin and V. M. Shabaev

Phys. Rev. A 60, 800 (1999) - Published 1 August, 1999

Sturmian basis functions for the harmonic oscillator

Frank Antonsen

Phys. Rev. A 60, 812 (1999) - Published 1 August, 1999

Entanglement of projection and a new class of quantum erasers

Robert Garisto and Lucien Hardy

Phys. Rev. A 60, 827 (1999) - Published 1 August, 1999

Tunneling and reflection of long waves

Michael J. Moritz

Phys. Rev. A 60, 832 (1999) - Published 1 August, 1999

Impediments to mixing classical and quantum dynamics

J. Caro and L. L. Salcedo

Phys. Rev. A 60, 842 (1999) - Published 1 August, 1999

Quantum-mechanical deflection function

Joachim Herb, Petra Meerwald, Michael J. Moritz, and Harald Friedrich

Phys. Rev. A 60, 853 (1999) - Published 1 August, 1999

Time-asymmetric quantum physics

A. Bohm

Phys. Rev. A 60, 861 (1999) - Published 1 August, 1999

Quantum correlations are not contained in the initial state

Adán Cabello

Phys. Rev. A 60, 877 (1999) - Published 1 August, 1999

Quantum information

Simulating quantum operations with mixed environments

Barbara M. Terhal, Isaac L. Chuang, David P. DiVincenzo, Markus Grassl, and John A. Smolin

Phys. Rev. A 60, 881 (1999) - Published 1 August, 1999

Electromagnetic radiation in a cavity with a time-dependent mirror

Markus A. Cirone and Kazimierz Rza̧żewski

Phys. Rev. A 60, 886 (1999) - Published 1 August, 1999

Quantum extension of conditional probability

N. J. Cerf and C. Adami

Phys. Rev. A 60, 893 (1999) - Published 1 August, 1999

Reduction criterion for separability

N. J. Cerf, C. Adami, and R. M. Gingrich

Phys. Rev. A 60, 898 (1999) - Published 1 August, 1999

Multiparticle entanglement and its applications to cryptography

Julia Kempe

Phys. Rev. A 60, 910 (1999) - Published 1 August, 1999

Quantum logic operations based on photon-exchange interactions

J. D. Franson and T. B. Pittman

Phys. Rev. A 60, 917 (1999) - Published 1 August, 1999

Quantum teleportation with squeezed vacuum states

G. J. Milburn and Samuel L. Braunstein

Phys. Rev. A 60, 937 (1999) - Published 1 August, 1999

Quantum entanglement in dilute optical lattices

A. Hemmerich

Phys. Rev. A 60, 943 (1999) - Published 1 August, 1999

Atomic and molecular structure and dynamics

Atomic transition probabilities of F I spectral lines from $3 s - 3 p$ and $3 p - 3 d$ transition arrays

J. Musielok, E. Pawelec, U. Griesmann, and W. L. Wiese

Phys. Rev. A 60, 947 (1999) - Published 1 August, 1999

Direct measurement of the fine-structure interval of $^{27} Al$ in its ground $^{2} P$ state

John M. Brown and Kenneth M. Evenson

Phys. Rev. A 60, 956 (1999) - Published 1 August, 1999

Equal-factor approach to perturbation theory

Guo F. Chen

Phys. Rev. A 60, 962 (1999) - Published 1 August, 1999

Magneto-optical rotation in atomic transitions between levels with $J = 0$ and $J = 1$

F. Schuller and D. N. Stacey

Phys. Rev. A 60, 973 (1999) - Published 1 August, 1999

Improvement in the reliability of lifetime measurements for highly charged ions in the 0.01–100-ns range

Y. Zou, R. Hutton, S. Huldt, I. Martinson, K. Ando, T. Kambara, H. Oyama, and Y. Awaya

Phys. Rev. A 60, 982 (1999) - Published 1 August, 1999

Higher-order Stark effect on an excited helium atom

A. Derevianko, W. R. Johnson, V. D. Ovsiannikov, V. G. Pal’chikov, D. R. Plante, and G. von Oppen

Phys. Rev. A 60, 986 (1999) - Published 1 August, 1999

Relativistic many-body calculations of electric-dipole transitions between $n = 2$ states in B-like ions

U. I. Safronova, W. R. Johnson, and A. E. Livingston

Phys. Rev. A 60, 996 (1999) - Published 1 August, 1999

Redistribution of resonance radiation in hot and dense plasmas

C. Mossé, A. Calisti, R. Stamm, B. Talin, R. Lee, and L. Klein

Phys. Rev. A 60, 1005 (1999) - Published 1 August, 1999

High-angular-momentum $(L >~ 3)$ doubly excited resonance states of the positronium negative ion

I. Ivanov and Y. K. Ho

Phys. Rev. A 60, 1015 (1999) - Published 1 August, 1999

Effect of the variation of electric-dipole moments on the shape of pressure-broadened atomic spectral lines

N. F. Allard, A. Royer, J. F. Kielkopf, and N. Feautrier

Phys. Rev. A 60, 1021 (1999) - Published 1 August, 1999

Electron affinities of the first- and second-row atoms: Benchmark ab initio and density-functional calculations

Glênisson de Oliveira, Jan M. L. Martin, Frank de Proft, and Paul Geerlings

Phys. Rev. A 60, 1034 (1999) - Published 1 August, 1999

Atomic and molecular collisions and interactions

Near-threshold measurement of integrated Stokes parameters for Kr excited by polarized electrons

B. G. Birdsey, H. M. Al-Khateeb, M. E. Johnston, T. C. Bowen, T. J. Gay, V. Zeman, and K. Bartschat

Phys. Rev. A 60, 1046 (1999) - Published 1 August, 1999

Classical and quantal atomic form factors for arbitrary transitions

D. Vrinceanu and M. R. Flannery

Phys. Rev. A 60, 1053 (1999) - Published 1 August, 1999

Resonant decay spectra for energetically unselective excitation exemplified by the broadband resonant Auger spectrum of HF

E. Pahl, L. S. Cederbaum, and F. Tarantelli

Phys. Rev. A 60, 1070 (1999) - Published 1 August, 1999

Impact of narrow-band excitation on resonant decay spectra

E. Pahl, J. Brand, L. S. Cederbaum, and F. Tarantelli

Phys. Rev. A 60, 1079 (1999) - Published 1 August, 1999

Quantum transport theory for atomic states through solids

D. G. Arbó, C. O. Reinhold, P. Kürpick, S. Yoshida, and J. Burgdörfer

Phys. Rev. A 60, 1091 (1999) - Published 1 August, 1999

Collisional perturbation of states in atomic ytterbium by helium and neon

D. F. Kimball, D. Clyde, D. Budker, D. DeMille, S. J. Freedman, S. Rochester, J. E. Stalnaker, and M. Zolotorev

Phys. Rev. A 60, 1103 (1999) - Published 1 August, 1999

Reflection-free propagation of wave packets

S. Yoshida, S. Watanabe, C. O. Reinhold, and J. Burgdörfer

Phys. Rev. A 60, 1113 (1999) - Published 1 August, 1999

Electron loss and single and double capture of $C^{3 +}$ and $O^{5 +}$ ions in collisions with noble gases

W. S. Melo, M. M. Sant’Anna, A. C. F. Santos, G. M. Sigaud, and E. C. Montenegro

Phys. Rev. A 60, 1124 (1999) - Published 1 August, 1999

Importance of electron time-of-flight measurements in momentum imaging of saddle-point electron emission

Victor D. Irby

Phys. Rev. A 60, 1135 (1999) - Published 1 August, 1999

Energy and angular distributions of detached electrons in a solvable model of ion-atom collisions

J. H. Macek, S. Yu. Ovchinnikov, and E. A. Solov’ev

Phys. Rev. A 60, 1140 (1999) - Published 1 August, 1999

Absolute cross section for ${Si}^{2 +} {(3 s}^{2}^{1} \vec{S} 3 s 3 p^{1} P)$ electron-impact excitation

D. B. Reisenfeld, L. D. Gardner, P. H. Janzen, D. W. Savin, and J. L. Kohl

Phys. Rev. A 60, 1153 (1999) - Published 1 August, 1999

Semiclassical collision dynamics with multiple potential surfaces: The $H {(1}^{2} S) + N_{2}^{+}$ example

F. A. Gianturco and G. Materzanini

Phys. Rev. A 60, 1165 (1999) - Published 1 August, 1999

Probing the $1^{2} Σ_{u}^{+}$ cation state by low-energy dissociative ionization of ${Na}_{2}$

B. Delahunty, K. Black, and L. Hüwel

Phys. Rev. A 60, 1179 (1999) - Published 1 August, 1999

Polarization study of the extreme-ultraviolet emission from helium following electron impact

H. Merabet, M. Bailey, R. Bruch, D. V. Fursa, I. Bray, J. W. McConkey, and P. Hammond

Phys. Rev. A 60, 1187 (1999) - Published 1 August, 1999

Cross sections and polarization fractions for elastic $e^{-} - O_{2}$ collisions

L. E. Machado, E. M. S. Ribeiro, M.-T. Lee, M. M. Fujimoto, and L. M. Brescansin

Phys. Rev. A 60, 1199 (1999) - Published 1 August, 1999

Electron-impact detachment of weakly bound negative ions: Threshold and scaling laws

F. Robicheaux

Phys. Rev. A 60, 1206 (1999) - Published 1 August, 1999

Auger decay of the photoexcited ${2 p}^{- 1} nl$ Rydberg series in argon

T. W. Gorczyca and F. Robicheaux

Phys. Rev. A 60, 1216 (1999) - Published 1 August, 1999

Photon and high-energy–electron-impact vibronic excitation of molecular hydrogen

Itamar Borges, Jr. and Carlos E. Bielschowsky

Phys. Rev. A 60, 1226 (1999) - Published 1 August, 1999

Clusters (including fullerenes)

Tin clusters adopt prolate geometries

Alexandre A. Shvartsburg and Martin F. Jarrold

Phys. Rev. A 60, 1235 (1999) - Published 1 August, 1999

Evaporation and cluster abundance spectra

Klavs Hansen and Ulrich Näher

Phys. Rev. A 60, 1240 (1999) - Published 1 August, 1999

Experimental dissociation energies of metal cluster dications and their interpretation in a liquid-drop model with empirical corrections

S. Krückeberg, G. Dietrich, K. Lützenkirchen, L. Schweikhard, and J. Ziegler

Phys. Rev. A 60, 1251 (1999) - Published 1 August, 1999

Atomic and molecular processes in external fields

Experimental and theoretical investigation of the $H \bar{H}^{1} Σ_{g}^{+}$ state in $H_{2},$ $D_{2},$ and HD, and the $B^{″} \bar{B}^{1} Σ_{u}^{+}$ state in HD

E. Reinhold, W. Hogervorst, W. Ubachs, and L. Wolniewicz

Phys. Rev. A 60, 1258 (1999) - Published 1 August, 1999

Application of the time-dependent local density approximation to optical activity

K. Yabana and G. F. Bertsch

Phys. Rev. A 60, 1271 (1999) - Published 1 August, 1999

Perturbation theory for multiphoton ionization without knowledge of the final-state wave function

Robin Shakeshaft

Phys. Rev. A 60, 1280 (1999) - Published 1 August, 1999

Coherent quantum control of multiphoton transitions by shaped ultrashort optical pulses

Doron Meshulach and Yaron Silberberg

Phys. Rev. A 60, 1287 (1999) - Published 1 August, 1999

Arbitrary orientation of atoms and molecules via coherent population trapping by elliptically polarized light

Valery Milner, Boris M. Chernobrod, and Yehiam Prior

Phys. Rev. A 60, 1293 (1999) - Published 1 August, 1999

Photoassociative ionization using two independent colors in a sodium-vapor-cell magneto-optical traps

L. G. Marcassa, G. D. Telles, and S. R. Muniz

Phys. Rev. A 60, 1305 (1999) - Published 1 August, 1999

Adiabatic stabilization in a two-color field

R. M. Potvliege

Phys. Rev. A 60, 1311 (1999) - Published 1 August, 1999

Excitation of weakly bound Rydberg electrons by half-cycle pulses

O. Zobay and G. Alber

Phys. Rev. A 60, 1314 (1999) - Published 1 August, 1999

Resonance-enhanced two-photon dissociation of $H_{2}$ through nonadiabatically coupled intermediate and final states

Avijit Datta, Samir Saha, and S. S. Bhattacharyya

Phys. Rev. A 60, 1324 (1999) - Published 1 August, 1999

Landé $g_{J}$ values in atomic argon: A measurement of the ratio $g_{J} {(2 p}_{9} {) / g}_{J} {(1 s}_{5})$ by saturation spectroscopy

J. R. Brandenberger

Phys. Rev. A 60, 1336 (1999) - Published 1 August, 1999

Numerical simulation of high-order above-threshold-ionization enhancement in argon

H. G. Muller

Phys. Rev. A 60, 1341 (1999) - Published 1 August, 1999

Rotational interference in vibrational ladder climbing in NO by chirped infrared laser pulses

D. J. Maas, M. J. J. Vrakking, and L. D. Noordam

Phys. Rev. A 60, 1351 (1999) - Published 1 August, 1999

Classical dynamics of multiphoton excitation and dissociation of diatomic molecules by infrared laser pulses

W.-K. Liu, J.-M. Yuan, and S. H. Lin

Phys. Rev. A 60, 1363 (1999) - Published 1 August, 1999

Two-color photoionization of helium above the $N = 2$ ionization threshold

Thomas Grosges, Bernard Piraux, and Henri Bachau

Phys. Rev. A 60, 1371 (1999) - Published 1 August, 1999

Time-frequency analysis of two-color high-harmonic generation

C. Figueira de Morisson Faria, M. Dörr, W. Becker, and W. Sandner

Phys. Rev. A 60, 1377 (1999) - Published 1 August, 1999

Inhomogeneously broadened spin masers

M. V. Romalis and W. Happer

Phys. Rev. A 60, 1385 (1999) - Published 1 August, 1999

Rydberg wave packets on elliptical orbits

E. A. Shapiro and Paolo Bellomo

Phys. Rev. A 60, 1403 (1999) - Published 1 August, 1999

Quantum wave-packet dynamics of the photodissociation of LiF

N. Balakrishnan, B. D. Esry, H. R. Sadeghpour, S. T. Cornett, and M. J. Cavagnero

Phys. Rev. A 60, 1407 (1999) - Published 1 August, 1999

Wave-packet evolution along periodic structures of classical dynamics

W. Schweizer, W. Jans, and T. Uzer

Phys. Rev. A 60, 1414 (1999) - Published 1 August, 1999

Strongly perturbed Stark states and electron correlation in Ba

F. Robicheaux, C. Wesdorp, and L. D. Noordam

Phys. Rev. A 60, 1420 (1999) - Published 1 August, 1999

Matter waves

Theory of strong outcoupling from Bose-Einstein condensates

Robert Graham and Dan F. Walls

Phys. Rev. A 60, 1429 (1999) - Published 1 August, 1999

Application of renormalization-group techniques to a homogeneous Bose gas at finite temperature

Jens O. Andersen and Michael Strickland

Phys. Rev. A 60, 1442 (1999) - Published 1 August, 1999

Validity of the shape-independent approximation for Bose-Einstein condensates

B. D. Esry and Chris H. Greene

Phys. Rev. A 60, 1451 (1999) - Published 1 August, 1999

Spin-mixing dynamics of a spinor Bose-Einstein condensate

H. Pu, C. K. Law, S. Raghavan, J. H. Eberly, and N. P. Bigelow

Phys. Rev. A 60, 1463 (1999) - Published 1 August, 1999

Probing of atomic beams by using a self-referencing principle

Stefan H. Kienle, Dietmar G. Fischer, and Matthias Freyberger

Phys. Rev. A 60, 1471 (1999) - Published 1 August, 1999

Talbot oscillations and periodic focusing in a one-dimensional condensate

A. G. Rojo, J. L. Cohen, and P. R. Berman

Phys. Rev. A 60, 1482 (1999) - Published 1 August, 1999

Quantum optics of a Bose-Einstein condensate coupled to a quantized light field

M. G. Moore, O. Zobay, and P. Meystre

Phys. Rev. A 60, 1491 (1999) - Published 1 August, 1999

Surface of a Bose-Einstein condensed atomic cloud

U. Al Khawaja, C. J. Pethick, and H. Smith

Phys. Rev. A 60, 1507 (1999) - Published 1 August, 1999

Atomic soliton reservoir: How to increase the critical atom number in negative-scattering-length Bose-Einstein gases

Humberto Michinel, Víctor M. Pérez-García, and Raúl de la Fuente

Phys. Rev. A 60, 1513 (1999) - Published 1 August, 1999

Quantum optics, physics of lasers, nonlinear optics

Calculation of thermodynamic properties of finite Bose-Einstein systems

Peter Borrmann, Jens Harting, Oliver Mülken, and Eberhard R. Hilf

Phys. Rev. A 60, 1519 (1999) - Published 1 August, 1999

Local-field effects in a dense ensemble of resonant atoms: Model of a generalized two-level system

A. A. Afanas’ev, A. G. Cherstvy, R. A. Vlasov, and V. M. Volkov

Phys. Rev. A 60, 1523 (1999) - Published 1 August, 1999

Quantum interference by a nonlocal double slit

E. J. S. Fonseca, P. H. Souto Ribeiro, S. Pádua, and C. H. Monken

Phys. Rev. A 60, 1530 (1999) - Published 1 August, 1999

Dynamics of a semiconductor laser with optical feedback

G. Huyet, J. K. White, A. J. Kent, S. P. Hegarty, J. V. Moloney, and J. G. McInerney

Phys. Rev. A 60, 1534 (1999) - Published 1 August, 1999

Two-photon evanescent-wave spectroscopy of alkali-metal atoms

V. G. Bordo and H.-G. Rubahn

Phys. Rev. A 60, 1538 (1999) - Published 1 August, 1999

Non-Markovian quantum feedback from homodyne measurements: The effect of a nonzero feedback delay time

V. Giovannetti, P. Tombesi, and D. Vitali

Phys. Rev. A 60, 1549 (1999) - Published 1 August, 1999

Subfemtosecond pulse generation with molecular coherence control in stimulated Raman scattering

Fam Le Kien, J. Q. Liang, M. Katsuragawa, K. Ohtsuki, K. Hakuta, and A. V. Sokolov

Phys. Rev. A 60, 1562 (1999) - Published 1 August, 1999

Testing Robertson spin intelligence with lossless beam splitters

Richard A. Campos and Christopher C. Gerry

Phys. Rev. A 60, 1572 (1999) - Published 1 August, 1999

Synchronous Sisyphus effect in diode lasers subject to optical feedback

A. Gavrielides, T. C. Newell, V. Kovanis, R. G. Harrison, N. Swanston, Dejin Yu, and Weiping Lu

Phys. Rev. A 60, 1577 (1999) - Published 1 August, 1999

Collective effects and trapping states by a quantum-trajectory treatment of micromaser dynamics

F. Casagrande, A. Lulli, and S. Ulzega

Phys. Rev. A 60, 1582 (1999) - Published 1 August, 1999

Quantum local-field corrections and spontaneous decay

Stefan Scheel, Ludwig Knöll, Dirk-Gunnar Welsch, and Stephen M. Barnett

Phys. Rev. A 60, 1590 (1999) - Published 1 August, 1999

Superfluorescence without inversion in coherently driven three-level systems

Victor Kozlov, Olga Kocharovskaya, Yuri Rostovtsev, and Marlan Scully

Phys. Rev. A 60, 1598 (1999) - Published 1 August, 1999

Pump-induced correlation between two lasers

A. Z. Khoury

Phys. Rev. A 60, 1610 (1999) - Published 1 August, 1999

Electromagnetic-field quantization in absorbing confined systems

Omar Di Stefano, Salvatore Savasta, and Raffaello Girlanda

Phys. Rev. A 60, 1614 (1999) - Published 1 August, 1999

Spatial structures in optical parametric amplification

A. Beržanskis, W. Chinaglia, L. A. Lugiato, K.-H. Feller, and P. Di Trapani

Phys. Rev. A 60, 1626 (1999) - Published 1 August, 1999

Generating entangled superpositions of macroscopically distinguishable states within a parametric oscillator

Francesco De Martini, Mauro Fortunato, Paolo Tombesi, and David Vitali

Phys. Rev. A 60, 1636 (1999) - Published 1 August, 1999

Relation between spatial confinement of light and optical tunneling

Ole Keller

Phys. Rev. A 60, 1652 (1999) - Published 1 August, 1999

Quantum interference in phase conjugation by resonant, nearly degenerate four-wave mixing

O. K. Andersen, D. Lenstra, and S. Stolte

Phys. Rev. A 60, 1672 (1999) - Published 1 August, 1999

Anomalous frequency pulling in the photorefractive oscillators

Ramon Herrero and Daniel Hennequin

Phys. Rev. A 60, 1679 (1999) - Published 1 August, 1999

Autofeedback scheme for preservation of macroscopic coherence in microwave cavities

M. Fortunato, J. M. Raimond, P. Tombesi, and D. Vitali

Phys. Rev. A 60, 1687 (1999) - Published 1 August, 1999

BRIEF REPORTS

Fundamental concepts

Centrifugal terms in the WKB approximation and semiclassical quantization of hydrogen

Joachim Hainz and Hermann Grabert

Phys. Rev. A 60, 1698 (1999) - Published 1 August, 1999

Generalized coherent states for the d-dimensional Coulomb problem

S. Nouri

Phys. Rev. A 60, 1702 (1999) - Published 1 August, 1999

Atomic and molecular structure and dynamics

Simple asymptotic potential model for finding weakly bound negative ions

F. Robicheaux

Phys. Rev. A 60, 1706 (1999) - Published 1 August, 1999

Lifetime measurement of ${Be}^{-} {(2 s 2 p}^{2}^{4} P_{3 / 2})$ using an electrostatic ion trap

L. Knoll, K. G. Bhushan, N. Altstein, D. Zajfman, O. Heber, and M. L. Rappaport

Phys. Rev. A 60, 1710 (1999) - Published 1 August, 1999

Further application of an improved systematic variational method for approximating energy levels

Vassilios Fessatidis, Jay D. Mancini, Janice D. Prie, Yu Zhou, and Alexander Majewski

Phys. Rev. A 60, 1713 (1999) - Published 1 August, 1999

Feeble magnetic fields generated by thermal charge fluctuations in extended metallic conductors: Implications for electric-dipole moment experiments

S. K. Lamoreaux

Phys. Rev. A 60, 1717 (1999) - Published 1 August, 1999

Atomic and molecular processes in external fields

Schemes for the generation of circularly polarized high-order harmonics by two-color mixing

W. Becker, B. N. Chichkov, and B. Wellegehausen

Phys. Rev. A 60, 1721 (1999) - Published 1 August, 1999

COMMENTS

Comment on “Consistency, amplitudes, and probabilities in quantum theory”

J. Finkelstein

Phys. Rev. A 60, 1723 (1999) - Published 1 August, 1999

Reply to “Comment on ‘Consistency, amplitudes, and probabilities in quantum theory’ ”

Ariel Caticha

Phys. Rev. A 60, 1725 (1999) - Published 1 August, 1999

Comment on “Recurrences without closed orbits”

Jörg Main

Phys. Rev. A 60, 1726 (1999) - Published 1 August, 1999

Reply to “Comment on ‘Recurrences without closed orbits’ ”

John A. Shaw and F. Robicheaux

Phys. Rev. A 60, 1728 (1999) - Published 1 August, 1999

ERRATA

Erratum: Forward-scattering magneto-optical effects [Phys. Rev. A 52, 3594 (1995)]

Isao Hirano

Phys. Rev. A 60, 1729 (1999) - Published 1 August, 1999

Erratum: Cavity quantum electrodynamics between parallel dielectric surfaces [Phys. Rev. A 54, 3505 (1996)]

H. Nha and W. Jhe

Phys. Rev. A 60, 1729 (1999) - Published 1 August, 1999

Erratum: Derivation of the equations of nonrelativistic quantum mechanics using the principle of minimum Fisher information [Phys. Rev. A 58, 1775 (1998)]

Marcel Reginatto

Phys. Rev. A 60, 1730 (1999) - Published 1 August, 1999

Erratum: Dense coding in photonic quantum communication with enhanced information capacity [Phys. Rev. A 59, 1092 (1999)]

Kaoru Shimizu, Nobuyuki Imoto, and Takaaki Mukai

Phys. Rev. A 60, 1731 (1999) - Published 1 August, 1999