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Physical Review A – June 1997
Volume 55, Issue 6

RAPID COMMUNICATIONS

Atomic and molecular collisions and interactions

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Complete photofragmentation of the lithium atom
A. W. Malcherek, J. M. Rost, and J. S. Briggs
pp. R3979-R3982 [View PDF (99 kB)]
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Doubly differential electron emission for transfer ionization in 100-keV H+ on Ar
G. Bernardi, P. Focke, and W. Meckbach
pp. R3983-R3986 [View PDF (84 kB)]

Atomic and molecular processes in electromagnetic fields

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Temperature and localization of atoms in three-dimensional optical lattices
M. Gatzke, G. Birkl, P. S. Jessen, A. Kastberg, S. L. Rolston, and W. D. Phillips
pp. R3987-R3990 [View PDF (139 kB)]
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Atom trapping in deeply bound states of a far-off-resonance optical lattice
D. L. Haycock, S. E. Hamann, G. Klose, and P. S. Jessen
pp. R3991-R3994 [View PDF (112 kB)]
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Stark wave packets viewed with half-cycle pulses
C. Raman, T. C. Weinacht, and P. H. Bucksbaum
pp. R3995-R3998 [View PDF (107 kB)]
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Direct measurement of fine-structure collisional losses from a Cs magneto-optical trap
A. Fioretti, J. H. Müller, P. Verkerk, M. Allegrini, E. Arimondo, and P. S. Julienne
pp. R3999-R4002 [View PDF (85 kB)]
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Above-threshold ionization in the tunneling regime
A. Lohr, M. Kleber, R. Kopold, and W. Becker
pp. R4003-R4006 [View PDF (106 kB)]

Quantum optics

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Quantum evolution of classical nonlinear eigenmode in parametric interaction and realization in traps with ions
G. S. Agarwal and J. Banerji
pp. R4007-R4010 [View PDF (112 kB)]
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Controlling optical turbulence
D. Hochheiser, J. V. Moloney, and J. Lega
pp. R4011-R4014 [View PDF (283 kB)]
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Spontaneous emission in absorbing dielectrics: tA microscopic approach
Gediminas Juzeliu-barnas
pp. R4015-R4018 [View PDF (98 kB)]
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Broadband spectral generation with refractive index control
S. E. Harris and A. V. Sokolov
pp. R4019-R4022 [View PDF (110 kB)]

ARTICLES

Fundamental concepts

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Relations of canonical and unitary transformations for a general time-dependent quadratic Hamiltonian system
Kyu-Hwang Yeon, Duk-Hyeon Kim, Chung-In Um, Thomas F. George, and Lakshmi N. Pandey
pp. 4023-4029 [View PDF (149 kB)]
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Information entropy and the space of decoherence functions in generalized quantum theory
C. J. Isham and N. Linden
pp. 4030-4040 [View PDF (226 kB)]
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Deconstructing decoherence
J. R. Anglin, J. P. Paz, and W. H. Zurek
pp. 4041-4053 [View PDF (335 kB)]
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Quantum stabilizer codes and classical linear codes
Richard Cleve
pp. 4054-4059 [View PDF (153 kB)]
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Causality in the excitation exchange between identical atoms
P. R. Berman and B. Dubetsky
pp. 4060-4069 [View PDF (237 kB)]
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Decoherence and initial correlations in quantum Brownian motion
Luciana Dávila Romero and Juan Pablo Paz
pp. 4070-4083 [View PDF (276 kB)]
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Inverting a time-dependent harmonic oscillator potential by a unitary transformation and a class of exactly solvable oscillators
Ali Mostafazadeh
pp. 4084-4088 [View PDF (148 kB)]
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Quantum code words contradict local realism
David P. DiVincenzo and Asher Peres
pp. 4089-4092 [View PDF (94 kB)]
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Spin densities in pseudoclassical kinetic theory
F. M. C. Witte
pp. 4093-4101 [View PDF (173 kB)]
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Bound states and propagating modes in quantum wires with sharp bends and/or constrictions
M. Razavy
pp. 4102-4108 [View PDF (311 kB)]
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No-hidden-variables proof for two spin- particles preselected and postselected in unentangled states
Adán Cabello
pp. 4109-4111 [View PDF (97 kB)]
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Application of U(2)⊃O(2) and U(2)⊃U(1) dynamical symmetries to diatomic molecular vibrations
Ian L. Cooper and Raj K. Gupta
pp. 4112-4119 [View PDF (175 kB)]
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Probing the quantum state of a trapped atom
Matthias Freyberger
pp. 4120-4125 [View PDF (145 kB)]
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Testing the symmetrization postulate for photons using Rydberg atoms and cavity QED
Christopher C. Gerry and Robert C. Hilborn
pp. 4126-4130 [View PDF (153 kB)]

Atomic and molecular structure and dynamics

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Photophysical and electron attachment properties of ArF-excimer-laser irradiated H2
Panos G. Datskos, Lal A. Pinnaduwage, and John F. Kielkopf
pp. 4131-4142 [View PDF (243 kB)]
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All-order relativistic many-body calculations for the electron affinities of Ca-, Sr-, Ba-, and Yb- negative ions
Euripides N. Avgoustoglou and Donald R. Beck
pp. 4143-4149 [View PDF (145 kB)]
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4f2/4f6p configuration interaction in LiYF4 :Pr3+s
M. D. Faucher and O. K. Moune
pp. 4150-4154 [View PDF (87 kB)]
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Self-consistent-field perturbation theory for the Schrödinger equation
David Z. Goodson
pp. 4155-4163 [View PDF (190 kB)]
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Non-Lorentzian line shapes for interfering rotational resonances in the predissociation of O2
B. R. Lewis, P. M. Dooley, J. P. England, S. T. Gibson, K. G. H. Baldwin, and L. W. Torop
pp. 4164-4167 [View PDF (119 kB)]
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Nodal structures of intrashell states of three-valence-electron atoms
C. G. Bao, Xiazhou Yang, and C. D. Lin
pp. 4168-4182 [View PDF (300 kB)]
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Spin-orbit coupling in variational quantum Monte Carlo calculations
Heinz-Jürgen Flad, Michael Dolg, and Alok Shukla
pp. 4183-4195 [View PDF (243 kB)]
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Measurement of a magnetic-dipole transition probability in Xe32+using an electron-beam ion trap
F. G. Serpa, C. A. Morgan, E. S. Meyer, J. D. Gillaspy, E. Träbert, D. A. Church, and E. Takács
pp. 4196-4200 [View PDF (90 kB)]

Atomic and molecular collisions and interactions

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Helium excitation by protons and highly-charged-ion impact
V. D. Rodríguez, C. A. Ramírez, R. D. Rivarola, and J. E. Miraglia
pp. 4201-4208 [View PDF (208 kB)]
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Multichannel Penning detachment of H- from excited Li and Ca atoms
F. Martín and R. S. Berry
pp. 4209-4214 [View PDF (140 kB)]
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Equivalent-photon method study of differential cross sections for double ionization of helium by relativistic heavy-ion impact
S. Keller, H. J. Lüdde, and R. M. Dreizler
pp. 4215-4220 [View PDF (2,989 kB)]
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Ultrashort-lived non-Rydberg doubly excited resonances in diatomic molecules
P. Erman, A. Karawajczyk, E. Rachlew-Källne, M. Stankiewicz, K. Yoshiki Franzén, P. Sannes, and L. Veseth
pp. 4221-4229 [View PDF (192 kB)]
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Isotropic collision-induced light scattering by gaseous CF4
A. Elliasmine, J.-L. Godet, Y. Le Duff, and T. Bancewicz
pp. 4230-4237 [View PDF (195 kB)]
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Generalization of the Hartree-Fock approach to collision processes
Yukap Hahn
pp. 4238-4243 [View PDF (142 kB)]
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Measurements of positron-methane differential scattering cross sections
D. A. Przybyla, W. E. Kauppila, C. K. Kwan, Steven J. Smith, and T. S. Stein
pp. 4244-4247 [View PDF (79 kB)]
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Detector-to-detector Compton backscattering in germanium at 59.5 keV
S. Pasic-acute and K. Ilakovac
pp. 4248-4252 [View PDF (101 kB)]
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Making complex scaling work for long-range potentials
T. N. Rescigno, M. Baertschy, D. Byrum, and C. W. McCurdy
pp. 4253-4262 [View PDF (183 kB)]
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Three-particle breakup near threshold when the Wannier exponent diverges
W. Ihra, F. Mota-Furtado, and P. F. O'Mahony
pp. 4263-4268 [View PDF (125 kB)]
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Angular distributions of Auger transitions of N2 to dissociative final states
A. K. Edwards, Q. Zheng, R. M. Wood, and M. A. Mangan
pp. 4269-4272 [View PDF (66 kB)]
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X-ray fluorescence and Auger-electron coincidence spectroscopyof vacancy cascades in atomic argon
U. Arp, T. LeBrun, S. H. Southworth, M. A. MacDonald, and M. Jung
pp. 4273-4284 [View PDF (254 kB)]
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Structure of (Nlm)-(N+1,l+1,m) nonadiabatic couplings in (Z1,e,Z2) system and the Z2/Z1 range of Landau-Zener coupling
R. K. Janev
pp. 4285-4289 [View PDF (172 kB)]
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Extension of classical trajectory Monte Carlo calculations to ion–Rydberg-atom collisionsin a magnetic field
S. Bradenbrink, E. Y. Sidky, Z. Roller-Lutz, H. Reihl, and H. O. Lutz
pp. 4290-4299 [View PDF (356 kB)]

Electron, atom, and molecule interactions with solids and surfaces

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Stopping in ion-surface collisions at high energies
J. E. Miraglia and M. S. Gravielle
pp. 4300-4309 [View PDF (242 kB)]
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Energy loss of highly charged argon ions at grazing incidence on a graphite surface
S. Winecki, M. P. Stöckli, and C. L. Cocke
pp. 4310-4317 [View PDF (160 kB)]

Matter waves

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Quantum dynamics of an atomic Bose-Einstein condensate in a double-well potential
G. J. Milburn, J. Corney, E. M. Wright, and D. F. Walls
pp. 4318-4324 [View PDF (154 kB)]
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Semiclassical analysis of collective excitations in Bose-Einstein condensate
Subhasis Sinha
pp. 4325-4329 [View PDF (153 kB)]
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Relative phase of two Bose-Einstein condensates
Yvan Castin and Jean Dalibard
pp. 4330-4337 [View PDF (201 kB)]
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Solitary-wave solutions to nonlinear Schrödinger equations
S. A. Morgan, R. J. Ballagh, and K. Burnett
pp. 4338-4345 [View PDF (165 kB)]
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Trapped Fermi gases
D. A. Butts and D. S. Rokhsar
pp. 4346-4350 [View PDF (123 kB)]

Atomic and molecular processes in electromagnetic fields

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Many-particle effects in laser cooling of one-dimensional optical molasses
K. Ellinger and J. Cooper
pp. 4351-4376 [View PDF (476 kB)]
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Sympathetic cooling of 6Li atoms
F. A. van Abeelen, B. J. Verhaar, and A. J. Moerdijk
pp. 4377-4381 [View PDF (134 kB)]
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Pump-probe spectroscopy approach to Bragg scattering
P. R. Berman and B. Bian
pp. 4382-4385 [View PDF (115 kB)]
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Resonance fluorescence of an extended atomic wave packet
Luis Pumares, Luis Santos, Luis Roso, and Kazimierz Rząz-dotewski
pp. 4386-4396 [View PDF (237 kB)]
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Strong laser-field effects in hydrogen:mHigh-order above-threshold ionization and photoelectron angular distributions
S. Dionissopoulou, Th. Mercouris, A. Lyras, and C. A. Nicolaides
pp. 4397-4406 [View PDF (202 kB)]
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Optical suppression of hyperfine-changing collisions in a sample of ultracold sodium atoms
S. R. Muniz, L. G. Marcassa, R. Napolitano, G. D. Telles, J. Weiner, S. C. Zilio, and V. S. Bagnato
pp. 4407-4411 [View PDF (101 kB)]
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Quantum-nondemolition measurement of the vibrational energy of a trapped ion
F. E. Harrison, A. S. Parkins, M. J. Collett, and D. F. Walls
pp. 4412-4417 [View PDF (130 kB)]
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Population dynamics and phase effects in periodic level crossings
B. M. Garraway and N. V. Vitanov
pp. 4418-4432 [View PDF (368 kB)]
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Adiabatic scattering of atoms by a standing laser wave
A. R. Kolovsky and H. J. Korsch
pp. 4433-4437 [View PDF (126 kB)]
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Quantum-mechanical counterpart of nonlinear optics
S. Wallentowitz and W. Vogel
pp. 4438-4442 [View PDF (289 kB)]

Quantum optics

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Low pump limit of the bifurcation to periodic intensities in a semiconductor laser subject to external optical feedback
G. Lythe, T. Erneux, A. Gavrielides, and V. Kovanis
pp. 4443-4448 [View PDF (126 kB)]
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Application of Klyshko's criterion for nonclassical states to the micromaser pumped by ultracold atoms
Ching Tsung Lee
pp. 4449-4453 [View PDF (282 kB)]
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Quenching of spontaneous emission via quantum interference
Hwang Lee, Pavel Polynkin, Marlan O. Scully, and Shi-Yao Zhu
pp. 4454-4465 [View PDF (253 kB)]
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Resonant interaction between identical atoms including recoil
P. R. Berman
pp. 4466-4476 [View PDF (229 kB)]
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Linear theory for optimal control of molecular wave packets
Jianshu Cao and Kent R. Wilson
pp. 4477-4482 [View PDF (121 kB)]
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Quantum interference effects in spontaneous atomic emission: Dependence of the resonance fluorescence spectrum on the phase of the driving field
M. A. G. Martinez, P. R. Herczfeld, C. Samuels, L. M. Narducci, and C. H. Keitel
pp. 4483-4491 [View PDF (219 kB)]
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Quantum trajectory analysis of a thresholdlike transition in the microlaser
Changhuei Yang and Kyungwon An
pp. 4492-4500 [View PDF (197 kB)]
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Forward-scattered light: Spectral broadening and temporal coherence
N. L. Swanson and D. H. Van Winkle
pp. 4501-4510 [View PDF (195 kB)]
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Classical and quantum signatures of competing χ(2) nonlinearities
A. G. White, P. K. Lam, M. S. Taubman, M. A. M. Marte, S. Schiller, D. E. McClelland, and H.-A. Bachor
pp. 4511-4515 [View PDF (124 kB)]
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Finite-size effects on squeezing in the self-pulsing regime of second harmonic generation
Oliver Veits and Michael Fleischhauer
pp. 4516-4519 [View PDF (129 kB)]
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Scattering of second-harmonic light from small spherical particles ordered in a crystalline lattice
Jordi Martorell, R. Vilaseca, and R. Corbalán
pp. 4520-4525 [View PDF (120 kB)]
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Fractional wave-function revivals in the infinite square well
David L. Aronstein and C. R. Stroud
pp. 4526-4537 [View PDF (244 kB)]
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Subhexagons and ultrahexagons as a result of a secondary instability
Yu. A. Logvin, T. Ackemann, and W. Lange
pp. 4538-4544 [View PDF (203 kB)]
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Unified and standardized procedure to solve various nonlinear Jaynes-Cummings models
Xiaoxue Yang, Ying Wu, and Yuanjie Li
pp. 4545-4551 [View PDF (172 kB)]
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Strongly anticorrelated twin beams from symmetric low-Q cavity semiconductor lasers under constant-current operation
Makoto Yamashita, Susumu Machida, and Takaaki Mukai
pp. 4552-4555 [View PDF (87 kB)]
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Unstable-resonator diffraction losses and the excess-noise factor
M. A. van Eijkelenborg, Å. M. Lindberg, M. S. Thijssen, and J. P. Woerdman
pp. 4556-4562 [View PDF (132 kB)]
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Transverse excess noise factor in geometrically stable laser resonators
Marc Brunel, Guy Ropars, Albert Le Floch, and Fabien Bretenaker
pp. 4563-4567 [View PDF (122 kB)]
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Light amplification mechanisms in a coherently coupled atomic system
Yifu Zhu
pp. 4568-4575 [View PDF (173 kB)]
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Zeeman splitting in the Maxwell-Bloch theory of collisionally pumped lasers
D. Benredjem, A. Sureau, and C. Möller
pp. 4576-4584 [View PDF (212 kB)]

BRIEF REPORTS

Fundamental concepts

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Generation of highly entangled field states in multiple micromaser cavities
János A. Bergou and Mark Hillery
pp. 4585-4588 [View PDF (90 kB)]
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Natural variables for density functionals
Yan Alexander Wang
pp. 4589-4592 [View PDF (110 kB)]
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Conditional generation of error syndromes in fault-tolerant error correction
M. B. Plenio, V. Vedral, and P. L. Knight
pp. 4593-4596 [View PDF (90 kB)]

Atomic and molecular structure and dynamics

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Investigation of the b1Σg+(v=0)←X3Σg-(v=0) magnetic-dipole transitions in 18O2
G. Gagliardi, L. Gianfrani, and G. M. Tino
pp. 4597-4600 [View PDF (118 kB)]
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Numerical test of the sixth-order gradient expansion for the kinetic energy:Application to the monovacancy in jellium
Zidan Yan, John P. Perdew, Timo Korhonen, and Paul Ziesche
pp. 4601-4604 [View PDF (97 kB)]
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Analyzing the photodetachment cross section of H- in electric and magnetic fields with arbitrary orientation
Z. Y. Liu and D. H. Wang
pp. 4605-4608 [View PDF (117 kB)]
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Classical examination of the Stark effect in hydrogen
Andrew Hooker, Chris H. Greene, and William Clark
pp. 4609-4612 [View PDF (92 kB)]

Atomic and molecular collisions and interactions

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Interference patterns in positron-H2+ collisions with the formation of positronium atoms
O. A. Fojón, R. D. Rivarola, J. Hanssen, and M. A. Ourdane
pp. 4613-4616 [View PDF (118 kB)]
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Differential cross sections in the ejected energy for an L=0 model of the electron-impact ionization of hydrogen
M. S. Pindzola and F. Robicheaux
pp. 4617-4620 [View PDF (227 kB)]

Atomic and molecular processes in electromagnetic fields

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Cooling mechanisms in the sodium type-II magneto-optical trap
A. M. L. Oien, I. T. McKinnie, P. J. Manson, W. J. Sandle, and D. M. Warrington
pp. 4621-4624 [View PDF (81 kB)]
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Sidelobes in multiphoton ionization of inert gases
J. Z. Kamin-acuteski and F. Ehlotzky
pp. 4625-4628 [View PDF (110 kB)]

Quantum optics

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Tomographic reconstruction of completely unpolarized light
Th. Richter
pp. 4629-4631 [View PDF (81 kB)]
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Transition from a microcavity exciton polariton to a photon laser
H. Cao, S. Pau, J. M. Jacobson, G. Björk, Y. Yamamoto, and A. Imamŏglu
pp. 4632-4635 [View PDF (93 kB)]
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Decay of an atom coupled strongly to a reservoir
B. M. Garraway
pp. 4636-4639 [View PDF (104 kB)]

COMMENTS

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Comment on ``Cyclic quantum-evolution dependence on the Hamiltonian and geometric phase''
Ali Mostafazadeh
pp. 4640 [View PDF (26 kB)]

ERRATA

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Erratum: Role of optical anisotropies in the polarization properties of surface-emitting semiconductor lasers [Phys. Rev. A 54, 1647 (1996)]
M. Travagnin, M. P. van Exter, A. K. Jansen van Doorn, and J. P. Woerdman
pp. 4641 [View PDF (37 kB)]
 
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