Volume 61, Issue 1

January 2000

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RAPID COMMUNICATIONS

Fundamental concepts

RAPID COMMUNICATION

Reduction method for the linear quantum or classical oscillator with time-dependent frequency, damping, and driving

C. Degli Esposti Boschi, L. Ferrari, and H. R. Lewis

Phys. Rev. A 61, 010101(R) (1999) - Published 10 December, 1999

Quantum information

RAPID COMMUNICATION

Quantum search without entanglement

Seth Lloyd

Phys. Rev. A 61, 010301(R) (1999) - Published 8 December, 1999

RAPID COMMUNICATION

Unconditional teleportation of continuous-variable entanglement

P. van Loock and Samuel L. Braunstein

Phys. Rev. A 61, 010302(R) (1999) - Published 8 December, 1999

RAPID COMMUNICATION

Continuous variable quantum cryptography

T. C. Ralph

Phys. Rev. A 61, 010303(R) (1999) - Published 8 December, 1999

RAPID COMMUNICATION

Maximum-likelihood estimation of the density matrix

K. Banaszek, G. M. D’Ariano, M. G. A. Paris, and M. F. Sacchi

Phys. Rev. A 61, 010304(R) (1999) - Published 8 December, 1999

RAPID COMMUNICATION

Non-Abelian Berry connections for quantum computation

Jiannis Pachos, Paolo Zanardi, and Mario Rasetti

Phys. Rev. A 61, 010305(R) (1999) - Published 13 December, 1999

RAPID COMMUNICATION

Improving detectors using entangling quantum copiers

P. Deuar and W. J. Munro

Phys. Rev. A 61, 010306(R) (1999) - Published 13 December, 1999

Atomic and molecular structure and dynamics

RAPID COMMUNICATION

Measurement of the $1 s 2 p^{3} P_{0} -^{3} P_{1}$ fine-structure interval in heliumlike magnesium

E. G. Myers and M. R. Tarbutt

Phys. Rev. A 61, 010501(R) (1999) - Published 8 December, 1999

Atomic and molecular processes in external fields

RAPID COMMUNICATION

Raman subrecoil cooling using quantum interference

Jean Claude Garreau

Phys. Rev. A 61, 011401(R) (1999) - Published 8 December, 1999

RAPID COMMUNICATION

Collective dynamical cooling of neutral particles in a high- $Q$ optical cavity

Markus Gangl and Helmut Ritsch

Phys. Rev. A 61, 011402(R) (1999) - Published 8 December, 1999

RAPID COMMUNICATION

Simultaneous magneto-optical trapping of two lithium isotopes

Marc-Oliver Mewes, Gabriele Ferrari, Florian Schreck, Alice Sinatra, and Christophe Salomon

Phys. Rev. A 61, 011403(R) (1999) - Published 8 December, 1999

RAPID COMMUNICATION

Ultracold collisions in saturating optical fields: Universal behavior in the entrance channel

James P. Shaffer, Witek Chalupczak, and N. P. Bigelow

Phys. Rev. A 61, 011404(R) (1999) - Published 8 December, 1999

RAPID COMMUNICATION

Quantum-state reconstruction of atoms in optical lattices

A. Zucchetti, S. Wallentowitz, W. Vogel, and N. P. Bigelow

Phys. Rev. A 61, 011405(R) (1999) - Published 9 December, 1999

Matter waves

RAPID COMMUNICATION

Nucleation of vortex arrays in rotating anisotropic Bose-Einstein condensates

David L. Feder, Charles W. Clark, and Barry I. Schneider

Phys. Rev. A 61, 011601(R) (1999) - Published 8 December, 1999

Quantum optics, physics of lasers, nonlinear optics

RAPID COMMUNICATION

Photon-photon interactions in cavity electromagnetically induced transparency

M. J. Werner and A. Imamoḡlu

Phys. Rev. A 61, 011801(R) (1999) - Published 8 December, 1999

RAPID COMMUNICATION

Electromagnetically induced absorption in a four-state system

A. V. Taichenachev, A. M. Tumaikin, and V. I. Yudin

Phys. Rev. A 61, 011802(R) (1999) - Published 8 December, 1999

RAPID COMMUNICATION

Stimulated Raman scattering in a liquid-hydrogen droplet

S. Uetake, M. Katsuragawa, M. Suzuki, and K. Hakuta

Phys. Rev. A 61, 011803(R) (1999) - Published 14 December, 1999

ARTICLES

Fundamental concepts

Efficient algorithm for optimal control of mixed-state quantum systems

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

Phys. Rev. A 61, 012101 (1999) - Published 8 December, 1999

Pointer states via decoherence in a quantum measurement

Anu Venugopalan

Phys. Rev. A 61, 012102 (1999) - Published 8 December, 1999

Standard model in strong fields: Electroweak radiative corrections for highly charged ions

Ilya Bednyakov, Leonti Labzowsky, Günter Plunien, Gerhard Soff, and Valentin Karasiev

Phys. Rev. A 61, 012103 (1999) - Published 8 December, 1999

Free-motion time-of-arrival operator and probability distribution

I. L. Egusquiza and J. G. Muga

Phys. Rev. A 61, 012104 (1999) - Published 9 December, 1999

Inconsistency of local realistic descriptions of two-photon interferometer experiments

J. D. Franson

Phys. Rev. A 61, 012105 (1999) - Published 9 December, 1999

Quantum mechanics versus local realism for neutral kaon pairs

R. Foadi and F. Selleri

Phys. Rev. A 61, 012106 (1999) - Published 13 December, 1999

Semiclassical amplitudes: Supercaustics and the whisker map

N. T. Maitra and E. J. Heller

Phys. Rev. A 61, 012107 (1999) - Published 13 December, 1999

Bipartite-mixed-states of infinite-dimensional systems are generically nonseparable

Rob Clifton and Hans Halvorson

Phys. Rev. A 61, 012108 (1999) - Published 14 December, 1999

Quantum information

Noise in Grover’s quantum search algorithm

B. Pablo-Norman and M. Ruiz-Altaba

Phys. Rev. A 61, 012301 (1999) - Published 8 December, 1999

Quantum simulation of a three-body-interaction Hamiltonian on an NMR quantum computer

C. H. Tseng, S. Somaroo, Y. Sharf, E. Knill, R. Laflamme, T. F. Havel, and D. G. Cory

Phys. Rev. A 61, 012302 (1999) - Published 10 December, 1999

Quantum logic with a single trapped electron

Stefano Mancini, Ana M. Martins, and Paolo Tombesi

Phys. Rev. A 61, 012303 (1999) - Published 10 December, 1999

Linear optics simulations of the quantum baker’s map

John C. Howell and John A. Yeazell

Phys. Rev. A 61, 012304 (1999) - Published 13 December, 1999

Atomic and molecular structure and dynamics

Fitting line shapes in photoassociation spectroscopy of ultracold atoms: A useful approximation

Kevin M. Jones, Paul D. Lett, Eite Tiesinga, and Paul S. Julienne

Phys. Rev. A 61, 012501 (1999) - Published 8 December, 1999

$S -,$ $P -,$ and $D$ -wave resonances in positronium–lithium-atom scattering

P. K. Biswas

Phys. Rev. A 61, 012502 (1999) - Published 8 December, 1999

Tests of the locality of exact Kohn-Sham exchange potentials

R. K. Nesbet and R. Colle

Phys. Rev. A 61, 012503 (1999) - Published 9 December, 1999

Influence of excited-state hyperfine structure on ground-state coherence

A. Nagel, C. Affolderbach, S. Knappe, and R. Wynands

Phys. Rev. A 61, 012504 (1999) - Published 10 December, 1999

Near-threshold laser spectroscopy of iridium and platinum negative ions: Electron affinities and the threshold law

René C. Bilodeau, Michael Scheer, Harold K. Haugen, and Robert L. Brooks

Phys. Rev. A 61, 012505 (1999) - Published 10 December, 1999

Generalized rotating wave function for quantum Monte Carlo calculations of rovibrational levels of n-body systems

L. S. Costa, Frederico V. Prudente, and Paulo H. Acioli

Phys. Rev. A 61, 012506 (1999) - Published 13 December, 1999

$L_{1}$ to $N_{5}$ atomic level widths of thorium and uranium as inferred from measurements of L and M x-ray spectra

P.-A. Raboud, J.-Cl. Dousse, J. Hoszowska, and I. Savoy

Phys. Rev. A 61, 012507 (1999) - Published 13 December, 1999

Splitting of coherent population-trapping resonances by the nuclear magnetic moment

S. Knappe, W. Kemp, C. Affolderbach, A. Nagel, and R. Wynands

Phys. Rev. A 61, 012508 (1999) - Published 13 December, 1999

Atomic and molecular collisions and interactions

Electron-impact excitation of the $1^{2} \vec{S} 2^{2} S + 2^{2} P$ levels of atomic hydrogen at 30, 40, 50, 54.4, and 100 eV

M. A. Khakoo, M. Larsen, B. Paolini, X. Guo, I. Bray, A. Stelbovics, I. Kanik, S. Trajmar, and G. K. James

Phys. Rev. A 61, 012701 (1999) - Published 8 December, 1999

Multifragmentation of $C_{60}$ by fast ${Li}^{0}$ atoms and ${Li}^{1 - 3 +}$ ions in electron loss and capture collisions

A. Itoh, H. Tsuchida, T. Majima, S. Anada, A. Yogo, and N. Imanishi

Phys. Rev. A 61, 012702 (1999) - Published 8 December, 1999

Electron-impact excitation from the ground and the metastable levels of Ar I

Arati Dasgupta, M. Blaha, and J. L. Giuliani

Phys. Rev. A 61, 012703 (1999) - Published 9 December, 1999

Core-valence electron correlation effects in photodetachment of ${Ca}^{-}$ ions

Jianmin Yuan

Phys. Rev. A 61, 012704 (1999) - Published 10 December, 1999

Effective single-particle description of single and multiple processes in $p^{\pm} + Ne$ collisions

T. Kirchner, H. J. Lüdde, and R. M. Dreizler

Phys. Rev. A 61, 012705 (1999) - Published 14 December, 1999

Photon, electron, atom, and molecule interactions with solids and surfaces

Secondary-electron emission by MeV He ions reflected from a SnTe(001) surface: Separation of above- and below-surface processes

Kenji Kimura, Suguru Ooki, Gou Andou, and Kaoru Nakajima

Phys. Rev. A 61, 012901 (1999) - Published 8 December, 1999

Coincidence measurements of highly charged ions interacting with a clean Au(111) surface

C. Lemell, J. Stöckl, J. Burgdörfer, G. Betz, HP. Winter, and F. Aumayr

Phys. Rev. A 61, 012902 (1999) - Published 10 December, 1999

Atomic and molecular processes in external fields

Quantum and classical chaos for a single trapped ion

A. J. Scott, C. A. Holmes, and G. J. Milburn

Phys. Rev. A 61, 013401 (1999) - Published 8 December, 1999

Laser-induced resonance states as dynamic suppressors of ionization in high-frequency short pulses

Danny Barash, Ann E. Orel, and Roi Baer

Phys. Rev. A 61, 013402 (1999) - Published 8 December, 1999

Measurement of the quantum state of electronic wave packets

R. R. Jones and M. B. Campbell

Phys. Rev. A 61, 013403 (1999) - Published 8 December, 1999

Continuous-probe solutions for self-similar pulses in four-level systems

G. S. Agarwal and J.H. Eberly

Phys. Rev. A 61, 013404 (1999) - Published 10 December, 1999

High-brilliance Zeeman-slowed cesium atomic beam

F. Lison, P. Schuh, D. Haubrich, and D. Meschede

Phys. Rev. A 61, 013405 (1999) - Published 10 December, 1999

Evaporative cooling of trapped fermionic atoms

W. Geist, A. Idrizbegovic, M. Marinescu, T. A. B. Kennedy, and L. You

Phys. Rev. A 61, 013406 (1999) - Published 13 December, 1999

Nonperturbative theory and computation of the nonlinear response of He to dc and ac fields

Theodoros Mercouris, Spyros I. Themelis, and Cleanthes A. Nicolaides

Phys. Rev. A 61, 013407 (1999) - Published 13 December, 1999

High-order perturbation expansion of non-Hermitian Floquet theory for multiphoton and above-threshold ionization processes

Dmitry A. Telnov and Shih-I Chu

Phys. Rev. A 61, 013408 (1999) - Published 14 December, 1999

Magneto-optical trap as an optical lattice

H. Schadwinkel, U. Reiter, V. Gomer, and D. Meschede

Phys. Rev. A 61, 013409 (1999) - Published 14 December, 1999

Optical Galton board

D. Bouwmeester, I. Marzoli, G. P. Karman, W. Schleich, and J. P. Woerdman

Phys. Rev. A 61, 013410 (1999) - Published 14 December, 1999

Matter waves

Two-component condensates: The role of temperature

Patrik Öhberg

Phys. Rev. A 61, 013601 (1999) - Published 8 December, 1999

Temperature-induced resonances and Landau damping of collective modes in Bose-Einstein condensed gases in spherical traps

M. Guilleumas and L. P. Pitaevskii

Phys. Rev. A 61, 013602 (1999) - Published 9 December, 1999

Interferometric approaches to atom-surface van der Waals interactions in atomic mirrors

Michel Gorlicki, Sylvain Feron, Vincent Lorent, and Martial Ducloy

Phys. Rev. A 61, 013603 (1999) - Published 9 December, 1999

Vortex line and ring dynamics in trapped Bose-Einstein condensates

B. Jackson, J. F. McCann, and C. S. Adams

Phys. Rev. A 61, 013604 (1999) - Published 10 December, 1999

Excitation-assisted inelastic processes in trapped Bose-Einstein condensates

D. Guéry-Odelin and G. V. Shlyapnikov

Phys. Rev. A 61, 013605 (1999) - Published 13 December, 1999

Statistics of atomic populations in output coupled wave packets from Bose-Einstein condensates: Four-wave mixing

K. Rza̧żewski, M. Trippenbach, S. J. Singer, and Y. B. Band

Phys. Rev. A 61, 013606 (1999) - Published 14 December, 1999

Measurement of spin-precession angles of resonant tunneling neutrons

Masahiro Hino, Norio Achiwa, Seiji Tasaki, Toru Ebisawa, Takeshi Kawai, and Dai Yamazaki

Phys. Rev. A 61, 013607 (1999) - Published 14 December, 1999

Decoherence in two Bose-Einstein condensates

Le-Man Kuang, Zhao-Yang Tong, Zhong-Wen Ouyang, and Hao-Sheng Zeng

Phys. Rev. A 61, 013608 (1999) - Published 14 December, 1999

Quantum optics, physics of lasers, nonlinear optics

Coherent two-field spectroscopy of degenerate two-level systems

A. Lezama, S. Barreiro, A. Lipsich, and A. M. Akulshin

Phys. Rev. A 61, 013801 (1999) - Published 8 December, 1999

Measurement of high conversion efficiency to 123.6-nm radiation in a four-wave-mixing scheme enhanced by electromagnetically induced transparency

C. Dorman, I. Kucukkara, and J. P. Marangos

Phys. Rev. A 61, 013802 (1999) - Published 8 December, 1999

Pulse propagation of synchrotron radiation through a nuclear two-resonance system

U. van Bürck, W. Potzel, P. Schindelmann, Yu. V. Shvyd’ko, E. Gerdau, O. Leupold, and H. D. Rüter

Phys. Rev. A 61, 013803 (1999) - Published 8 December, 1999

Interference and partial which-way information: A quantitative test of duality in two-atom resonance

Y. Abranyos, M. Jakob, and J. Bergou

Phys. Rev. A 61, 013804 (1999) - Published 8 December, 1999

Nonclassical fields and the nonlinear interferometer

Barry C. Sanders and Dien A. Rice

Phys. Rev. A 61, 013805 (1999) - Published 10 December, 1999

Universal homodyne tomography with a single local oscillator

G. Mauro D’Ariano, Massimiliano F. Sacchi, and Prem Kumar

Phys. Rev. A 61, 013806 (1999) - Published 13 December, 1999

Gain components in the Autler-Townes doublet from quantum interferences in decay channels

Sunish Menon and G. S. Agarwal

Phys. Rev. A 61, 013807 (1999) - Published 13 December, 1999

Femtosecond time-resolved Raman spectroscopy using stimulated Raman scattering

Masayuki Yoshizawa and Makoto Kurosawa

Phys. Rev. A 61, 013808 (1999) - Published 14 December, 1999

Control of decoherence and relaxation by frequency modulation of a heat bath

G. S. Agarwal

Phys. Rev. A 61, 013809 (1999) - Published 14 December, 1999

BRIEF REPORTS

Fundamental concepts

Nonrelativistic wave equation for a system of interacting particles

M. V. Kuzmenko

Phys. Rev. A 61, 014101 (1999) - Published 8 December, 1999

Brillouin-Wigner perturbation methods for coupled oscillators

V. Špirko, M. Rozložník, and J. Čížek

Phys. Rev. A 61, 014102 (1999) - Published 10 December, 1999

Atomic and molecular structure and dynamics

Binding energies, hyperfine structure, and magnetic dipole decay rates for ${Os}^{-} {5 d}^{7} {6 s}^{2}^{4} F$ levels

Peggy L. Norquist and Donald R. Beck

Phys. Rev. A 61, 014501 (1999) - Published 10 December, 1999

Atomic and molecular collisions and interactions

Collisions of ground-state hydrogen atoms

M. J. Jamieson, A. Dalgarno, B. Zygelman, P. S. Krstić, and D. R. Schultz

Phys. Rev. A 61, 014701 (1999) - Published 10 December, 1999

Photon, electron, atom, and molecule interactions with solids and surfaces

Influence of short-range interference on ionization threshold law

Naoyuki Miyashita, Shinichi Watanabe, Michio Matsuzawa, and Joseph H. Macek

Phys. Rev. A 61, 014901 (1999) - Published 14 December, 1999

Matter waves

Self-trapping, quantum tunneling, and decay rates for a Bose gas with attractive nonlocal interaction

Luca Salasnich

Phys. Rev. A 61, 015601 (1999) - Published 8 December, 1999

Maximum thickness of a two-dimensional trapped Bose system

Sang-Hoon Kim

Phys. Rev. A 61, 015602 (1999) - Published 8 December, 1999

Quantum optics, physics of lasers, nonlinear optics

Quantum-state tomography of two-mode light using generalized rotations in phase space

M. G. Raymer and A. C. Funk

Phys. Rev. A 61, 015801 (1999) - Published 10 December, 1999

ERRATA

Erratum: Pseudoconvexity of the atomic electron density: A numerical study [Phys. Rev. A 47, 4735 (1993)]

Rodolfo O. Esquivel, Robin P. Sagar, Vedene H. Smith, Jr., Jiqiang Chen, and M. J. Stott

Phys. Rev. A 61, 019901 (1999) - Published 8 December, 1999