Physical Review A – December 1999
(Volume 60, Issue 6)

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Add to article collection Polarization state of a biphoton: Quantum ternary logic
A. V. Burlakov, M. V. Chekhova, O. A. Karabutova, D. N. Klyshko, and S. P. Kulik
pp. R4209-R4212 [View PDF (92 kB) or Buy this Article (Use Article Pack) ]

Atomic and molecular collisions and interactions

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Add to article collection Fluorine Auger-electron production in collisions of H+ and Li2+ with fluorocarbon targets
J. L. Shinpaugh, L. H. Toburen, and E. L. Justiniano
pp. R4213-R4216 [View PDF (46 kB) or Buy this Article (Use Article Pack) ]

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Add to article collection Detection and analysis of interloping molecular resonances
C. P. Ballance, K. A. Berrington, and B. M. McLaughlin
pp. R4217-R4220 [View PDF (68 kB) or Buy this Article (Use Article Pack) ]

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Add to article collection Photoionization of Fe XV
Nasreen Haque and Anil K. Pradhan
pp. R4221-R4224 [View PDF (84 kB) or Buy this Article (Use Article Pack) ]

Atomic and molecular processes in external fields

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Add to article collection Two-color control of localization: From lattices to spin systems
Joanna Karczmarek, Malcolm Stott, and Misha Ivanov
pp. R4225-R4228 [View PDF (66 kB) or Buy this Article (Use Article Pack) ]

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Add to article collection Atomic diffusion in an optical quasicrystal with five-fold symmetry
L. Guidoni, B. Dépret, A. di Stefano, and P. Verkerk
pp. R4233-R4236 [View PDF (251 kB) or Buy this Article (Use Article Pack) ]

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Add to article collection Source of metastable H(2s) atoms using the Stark chirped rapid-adiabatic-passage technique
L. P. Yatsenko, B. W. Shore, T. Halfmann, K. Bergmann, and A. Vardi
pp. R4237-R4240 [View PDF (111 kB) or Buy this Article (Use Article Pack) ]

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Add to article collection Bright, slow, and continuous beam of laser-cooled cesium atoms
P. Berthoud, E. Fretel, and P. Thomann
pp. R4241-R4244 [View PDF (69 kB) or Buy this Article (Use Article Pack) ]

Quantum optics, physics of lasers, nonlinear optics

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Add to article collection Quantum interference in a driven two-level atom
Z. Ficek and T. Rudolph
pp. R4245-R4248 [View PDF (56 kB) or Buy this Article (Use Article Pack) ]

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Add to article collection Two-photon stimulated emission in laser-driven alkali-metal atoms using an orthogonal pump-probe geometry
Olivier Pfister, William J. Brown, Michael D. Stenner, and Daniel J. Gauthier
pp. R4249-R4252 [View PDF (59 kB) or Buy this Article (Use Article Pack) ]

ARTICLES

Fundamental concepts

Add to article collection Scalar Aharonov-Bohm effect with longitudinally polarized neutrons
B. E. Allman, W.-T. Lee, O. I. Motrunich, and S. A. Werner
pp. 4272-4284 [View PDF (480 kB) or Buy this Article (Use Article Pack) ]

Add to article collection Quantitative wave-particle duality and nonerasing quantum erasure
Peter D. Schwindt, Paul G. Kwiat, and Berthold-Georg Englert
pp. 4285-4290 [View PDF (123 kB) or Buy this Article (Use Article Pack) ]

Add to article collection Dirac-Maxwell solitons
C. Sean Bohun and F. I. Cooperstock
pp. 4291-4300 [View PDF (132 kB) or Buy this Article (Use Article Pack) ]

Add to article collection Optics of nonuniformly moving media
U. Leonhardt and P. Piwnicki
pp. 4301-4312 [View PDF (426 kB) or Buy this Article (Use Article Pack) ]

Add to article collection Geometric phase in relativistic quantum theory
Zheng-Chuan Wang and Bo-Zang Li
pp. 4313-4317 [View PDF (60 kB) or Buy this Article (Use Article Pack) ]

Add to article collection Supersymmetric approach to quantum systems with position-dependent effective mass
A. R. Plastino, A. Rigo, M. Casas, F. Garcias, and A. Plastino
pp. 4318-4325 [View PDF (100 kB) or Buy this Article (Use Article Pack) ]

Add to article collection Uniqueness of paths in quantum mechanics
Peter Holland
pp. 4326-4330 [View PDF (64 kB) or Buy this Article (Use Article Pack) ]

Quantum information

Add to article collection Bound on the number of functions that can be distinguished with k quantum queries
Edward Farhi, Jeffrey Goldstone, Sam Gutmann, and Michael Sipser
pp. 4331-4333 [View PDF (40 kB) or Buy this Article (Use Article Pack) ]

Add to article collection Cellular structures for computation in the quantum regime
S. C. Benjamin and N. F. Johnson
pp. 4334-4337 [View PDF (413 kB) or Buy this Article (Use Article Pack) ]

Add to article collection Sufficient conditions for a disentanglement
Tal Mor and Daniel R. Terno
pp. 4341-4343 [View PDF (34 kB) or Buy this Article (Use Article Pack) ]

Add to article collection Quantifying nonorthogonality
Oliver Cohen
pp. 4349-4353 [View PDF (58 kB) or Buy this Article (Use Article Pack) ]

Add to article collection Classical model for bulk-ensemble NMR quantum computation
Rüdiger Schack and Carlton M. Caves
pp. 4354-4362 [View PDF (100 kB) or Buy this Article (Use Article Pack) ]

Add to article collection Decoherence and programmable quantum computation
Jeff P. Barnes and Warren S. Warren
pp. 4363-4374 [View PDF (356 kB) or Buy this Article (Use Article Pack) ]

Atomic and molecular structure and dynamics

Add to article collection Electronic structures of the bound excited quartet states of the helium anion
Jose M. Mercero, Jose M. Elorza, Jesus M. Ugalde, and Russell J. Boyd
pp. 4375-4378 [View PDF (49 kB) or Buy this Article (Use Article Pack) ]

Add to article collection Determination of 39K scattering lengths using photoassociation spectroscopy of the 0g- state
James P. Burke, Chris H. Greene, John L. Bohn, H. Wang, P. L. Gould, and W. C. Stwalley
pp. 4417-4426 [View PDF (161 kB) or Buy this Article (Use Article Pack) ]

Add to article collection Determination of the scattering lengths of 39K from 1u photoassociation line shapes
C. J. Williams, E. Tiesinga, P. S. Julienne, H. Wang, W. C. Stwalley, and P. L. Gould
pp. 4427-4438 [View PDF (337 kB) or Buy this Article (Use Article Pack) ]

Add to article collection Positronium scattering by helium
Jennifer E. Blackwood, C. P. Campbell, Mary T. McAlinden, and H. R. Walters
pp. 4454-4460 [View PDF (81 kB) or Buy this Article (Use Article Pack) ]

Add to article collection Bound-state formalism for positronium
Gregory S. Adkins and Richard N. Fell
pp. 4461-4475 [View PDF (194 kB) or Buy this Article (Use Article Pack) ]

Add to article collection Vibronic theory for the x-ray absorption spectrum of CF4 molecules
Shin-ichi Itoh, Satoshi Tanaka, and Yosuke Kayanuma
pp. 4488-4493 [View PDF (84 kB) or Buy this Article (Use Article Pack) ]

Add to article collection Competition between predissociative and radiative decays in the e 3Σu+ and d 3Πu- states of H2 and D2
Tatsuro Kiyoshima, Sugiya Sato, Sergey O. Adamson, Elena A. Pazyuk, and Andrey V. Stolyarov
pp. 4494-4503 [View PDF (145 kB) or Buy this Article (Use Article Pack) ]

Atomic and molecular collisions and interactions

Add to article collection Electron capture and excitation in collisions of Si2+ ions with He atoms at intermediate energies
S. Suzuki, N. Shimakura, J.-P. Gu, G. Hirsch, R. J. Buenker, M. Kimura, and P. C. Stancil
pp. 4504-4509 [View PDF (83 kB) or Buy this Article (Use Article Pack) ]

Add to article collection Approximate wave functions for two electrons in the continuum of a Coulomb charge
J. E. Miraglia, M. G. Bustamante, and P. A. Macri
pp. 4532-4541 [View PDF (120 kB) or Buy this Article (Use Article Pack) ]

Add to article collection Near-threshold excitation of the E 3Σg+ state of N2 by electron impact
G. Poparić, M. Vićić, and D. S. Belić
pp. 4542-4545 [View PDF (56 kB) or Buy this Article (Use Article Pack) ]

Add to article collection Computational investigation of positron scattering from C60
F. A. Gianturco and Robert R. Lucchese
pp. 4567-4576 [View PDF (127 kB) or Buy this Article (Use Article Pack) ]

Add to article collection Relativistic effects in the photoionization of Ne-like iron
N. Haque, H. S. Chakraborty, P. C. Deshmukh, S. T. Manson, A. Z. Msezane, N. C. Deb, Z. Felfli, and T. W. Gorczyca
pp. 4577-4581 [View PDF (97 kB) or Buy this Article (Use Article Pack) ]

Add to article collection Integral cross sections for electron scattering by ground-state Ba atoms
D. V. Fursa, S. Trajmar, I. Bray, I. Kanik, G. Csanak, R. E. Clark, and J. Abdallah
pp. 4590-4599 [View PDF (134 kB) or Buy this Article (Use Article Pack) ]

Add to article collection Measurement of two-photon Compton cross sections
B. S. Sandhu, R. Dewan, B. Singh, and B. S. Ghumman
pp. 4600-4605 [View PDF (86 kB) or Buy this Article (Use Article Pack) ]

Add to article collection Lithium excitation by slow H+ and He2+ ions
J. W. Turkstra, D. Meyer, R. Hoekstra, R. Morgenstern, and J. Schweinzer
pp. 4627-4634 [View PDF (160 kB) or Buy this Article (Use Article Pack) ]

Add to article collection Close-coupled calculation of collisions of magnetostatically trapped metastable helium atoms
V. Venturi, I. B. Whittingham, P. J. Leo, and G. Peach
pp. 4635-4646 [View PDF (147 kB) or Buy this Article (Use Article Pack) ]

Add to article collection Photodetachment of He- in the vicinity of the He* (n=3, 4, and 5) thresholds
Chien-Nan Liu and Anthony F. Starace
pp. 4647-4666 [View PDF (429 kB) or Buy this Article (Use Article Pack) ]

Add to article collection Radiationless resonant Raman scattering at the Ar K edge
T. LeBrun, S. H. Southworth, G. B. Armen, M. A. MacDonald, and Y. Azuma
pp. 4667-4672 [View PDF (96 kB) or Buy this Article (Use Article Pack) ]

Add to article collection Interference effects in the decay of resonance states in three-body Coulomb systems
Oleg I. Tolstikhin, Inga Yu. Tolstikhina, and Chusei Namba
pp. 4673-4692 [View PDF (225 kB) or Buy this Article (Use Article Pack) ]

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

Add to article collection Light-induced diffusion and desorption of alkali metals in a siloxane film: Theory and experiment
S. N. Atutov, V. Biancalana, P. Bicchi, C. Marinelli, E. Mariotti, M. Meucci, A. Nagel, K. A. Nasyrov, S. Rachini, and L. Moi
pp. 4693-4700 [View PDF (295 kB) or Buy this Article (Use Article Pack) ]

Clusters (including fullerenes)

Add to article collection Cluster-size dependence of electron capture and excitation cross sections in proton-Nan collisions
F. Martín, M. F. Politis, B. Zarour, P. A. Hervieux, J. Hanssen, and M. E. Madjet
pp. 4701-4705 [View PDF (83 kB) or Buy this Article (Use Article Pack) ]

Atomic and molecular processes in external fields

Add to article collection Fragment-emission patterns from the Coulomb explosion of diatomic molecules in intense laser fields
M. Schmidt, S. Dobosz, P. Meynadier, P. D’Oliveira, D. Normand, E. Charron, and A. Suzor-Weiner
pp. 4706-4714 [View PDF (318 kB) or Buy this Article (Use Article Pack) ]

Add to article collection Binding of neutral atoms to ferromagnetic wire
V. M. Tkachuk
pp. 4715-4717 [View PDF (42 kB) or Buy this Article (Use Article Pack) ]

Add to article collection Time-dependent calculation of ionization in potassium at midinfrared wavelengths
P. Maragakis, E. Cormier, and P. Lambropoulos
pp. 4718-4729 [View PDF (335 kB) or Buy this Article (Use Article Pack) ]

Add to article collection Hyperfine structure and isotope shift of 82Rb D1 and D2 transitions
X. Zhao, S. G. Crane, R. Guckert, and D. J. Vieira
pp. 4730-4733 [View PDF (71 kB) or Buy this Article (Use Article Pack) ]

Add to article collection Collective oscillations of an interacting trapped Fermi gas
L. Vichi and S. Stringari
pp. 4734-4737 [View PDF (61 kB) or Buy this Article (Use Article Pack) ]

Add to article collection Double-structure potential due to multiphoton processes in a magneto-optical trap
Jin Woo Jun, Soo Chang, Ho Seong Lee, Vladimir Minogin, and Wonho Jhe
pp. 4738-4742 [View PDF (73 kB) or Buy this Article (Use Article Pack) ]

Add to article collection Nonresonant excess photon detachment of negative hydrogen ions
M. S. Gulley, Xin Miao Zhao, H. C. Bryant, Charlie E. Strauss, David J. Funk, A. Stintz, D. C. Rislove, G. A. Kyrala, W. B. Ingalls, and W. A. Miller
pp. 4753-4763 [View PDF (178 kB) or Buy this Article (Use Article Pack) ]

Add to article collection High-resolution laser spectroscopy of diamagnetic helium in the chaotic regime
K. Karremans, W. Vassen, and W. Hogervorst
pp. 4764-4773 [View PDF (163 kB) or Buy this Article (Use Article Pack) ]

Add to article collection Multiple phase control in Mg through the continuum
A. Lyras and H. Bachau
pp. 4781-4787 [View PDF (83 kB) or Buy this Article (Use Article Pack) ]

Add to article collection Raman-induced magnetic resonance imaging of atoms in a magneto-optical trap
T. A. Savard, S. R. Granade, K. M. O’Hara, M. E. Gehm, and J. E. Thomas
pp. 4788-4795 [View PDF (120 kB) or Buy this Article (Use Article Pack) ]

Add to article collection Guiding cold atoms in a hollow laser beam
Xinye Xu, V. G. Minogin, Kwanil Lee, Yuzhu Wang, and Wonho Jhe
pp. 4796-4804 [View PDF (163 kB) or Buy this Article (Use Article Pack) ]

Add to article collection Effect of atomic recoil on the absorption spectrum of driven V-type atoms
Hong Y. Ling and Anthony Williams
pp. 4812-4822 [View PDF (160 kB) or Buy this Article (Use Article Pack) ]

Add to article collection Temporal coherence of high-order harmonics
C. Lyngå, M. B. Gaarde, C. Delfin, M. Bellini, T. W. Hänsch, A. L’ Huillier, and C.-G. Wahlström
pp. 4823-4830 [View PDF (240 kB) or Buy this Article (Use Article Pack) ]

Add to article collection Integral boundary conditions for the time-dependent Schrödinger equation: Atom in a laser field
A. M. Ermolaev, I. V. Puzynin, A. V. Selin, and S. I. Vinitsky
pp. 4831-4845 [View PDF (213 kB) or Buy this Article (Use Article Pack) ]

Matter waves

Add to article collection Mutual coherence of optical and matter waves
G. A. Prataviera, E. V. Goldstein, and P. Meystre
pp. 4846-4850 [View PDF (66 kB) or Buy this Article (Use Article Pack) ]

Add to article collection Collective oscillations of a classical gas confined in harmonic traps
David Guéry-Odelin, Francesca Zambelli, Jean Dalibard, and Sandro Stringari
pp. 4851-4856 [View PDF (74 kB) or Buy this Article (Use Article Pack) ]

Add to article collection Spin-domain formation in spinor Bose-Einstein condensation
Tomoya Isoshima, Kazushige Machida, and Tetsuo Ohmi
pp. 4857-4863 [View PDF (144 kB) or Buy this Article (Use Article Pack) ]

Add to article collection Stability of vortices in inhomogeneous Bose condensates subject to rotation: A three-dimensional analysis
Juan J. García-Ripoll and Victor M. Pérez-García
pp. 4864-4874 [View PDF (253 kB) or Buy this Article (Use Article Pack) ]

Add to article collection Nonadiabatic control of Bose-Einstein condensation in optical traps
A. Bulatov, B. E. Vugmeister, and H. Rabitz
pp. 4875-4881 [View PDF (77 kB) or Buy this Article (Use Article Pack) ]

Add to article collection Vortex rings and mutual drag in trapped Bose-Einstein condensates
B. Jackson, J. F. McCann, and C. S. Adams
pp. 4882-4885 [View PDF (64 kB) or Buy this Article (Use Article Pack) ]

Add to article collection Atom focusing by far-detuned and resonant standing wave fields: Thin-lens regime
J. L. Cohen, B. Dubetsky, and P. R. Berman
pp. 4886-4901 [View PDF (248 kB) or Buy this Article (Use Article Pack) ]

Add to article collection Stability of a vortex in a small trapped Bose-Einstein condensate
Marion Linn and Alexander L. Fetter
pp. 4910-4917 [View PDF (111 kB) or Buy this Article (Use Article Pack) ]

Quantum optics, physics of lasers, nonlinear optics

Add to article collection Optical rectification in a traveling-wave geometry
U. Peschel, K. Bubke, D. C. Hutchings, J. S. Aitchison, and J. M. Arnold
pp. 4918-4926 [View PDF (120 kB) or Buy this Article (Use Article Pack) ]

Add to article collection Enhancement of quantum nondemolition measurements with an electro-optic feed-forward amplifier
Ben C. Buchler, Ping Koy Lam, and Timothy C. Ralph
pp. 4943-4950 [View PDF (274 kB) or Buy this Article (Use Article Pack) ]

Add to article collection Theory of transient spontaneous emission by an atom in a planar microcavity
Ottavia Jedrkiewicz and Rodney Loudon
pp. 4951-4964 [View PDF (200 kB) or Buy this Article (Use Article Pack) ]

Add to article collection Optical state truncation
Stephen M. Barnett and David T. Pegg
pp. 4965-4973 [View PDF (115 kB) or Buy this Article (Use Article Pack) ]

Add to article collection Quantum nondemolition measurement of spin via the paramagnetic Faraday rotation
Y. Takahashi, K. Honda, N. Tanaka, K. Toyoda, K. Ishikawa, and T. Yabuzaki
pp. 4974-4979 [View PDF (307 kB) or Buy this Article (Use Article Pack) ]

Add to article collection Measurements of quantum noise in optical phase conjugation via four-wave mixing in an atomic vapor
M. Y. Lanzerotti, R. W. Schirmer, Alexander L. Gaeta, and G. S. Agarwal
pp. 4980-4985 [View PDF (112 kB) or Buy this Article (Use Article Pack) ]

Add to article collection Quantum-dot laser with periodic pumping
Christian Wiele, Fritz Haake, and Yuri M. Golubev
pp. 4986-4995 [View PDF (206 kB) or Buy this Article (Use Article Pack) ]

Add to article collection Phase-dependent nonlinear optics with double-Λ atoms
E. A. Korsunsky and D. V. Kosachiov
pp.