ITAMP News

October 19, 2015
Misha Lukin Wins the Julius Springer Prize for Applied Physics

This year's Julius Springer Prize for Applied Physics will be awarded to Prof. Mikhail Lukin (Harvard University), one of the world’s leading scientists in quantum optics and nanophotonics. Read more here.

October 13, 2015
ITAMPers Elected as 2015 American Physical Society Fellows

Three ITAMPers (past and present) were elected as the 2015 American Physical Society Fellows: James Babb, Vasili Kharchenko and Roman Krems. We wish these jolly good fellas well.
Their citations can be read here: http://www.aps.org/programs/honors/fellowships/archive-all.cfm.

September 1, 2015
ITAMP Named "New" NSF-Funded Center for AMO Theory

It's with great excitement that I announce the selection of ITAMP as a "new" NSF-funded center for AMO theory in the U.S. That the Institute has existed for more than 25 years is known to everyone, but its selection in an open competition and the new round of funding for its activity is not only a reflection of support by the AMO community for its activities, but is certainly a call for action on our part to further engage the AMO physics and outreach to the broader scientific community and the public.

April 9, 2015
Alex Dalgarno, Giant of Science, Dies

Everyone at ITAMP is saddened to learn of the death of Prof. Alex Dalgarno, a giant in theoretical AMO physics. He died peacefully on Thursday April 9. Alex will be hugely missed.

February 16, 2013
Alex Dalgarno Awarded the Prestigious Benjamin Franklin Medal in Physics

We're pleased to announce that Alex Dalgarno has been awarded the prestigious
Benjamin Franklin Medal in Physics by the Franklin Institute. More information on the award is available here.

Quantum negativity can enhance metrology

Researchers including ITAMP Fellow Nicole Yunger Halpern recently proved that quantum physics can enhance metrology, if a simple extra measurement is performed during an experiment. The proof technique hinges on mathematical objects that resemble probabilities but that can assume negative values when describing quantum systems. The result was published in Nature Communications and featured in a news article by the University of Cambridge.

Here is the link to the news article:
https://www.cam.ac.uk/research/news/quantum-negativity-can-power-ultra-p...

New Baby Announcement

Were are ha​p​py to announce that ​Prof. ​Paola Cappellaro and her husband, James Seo had their baby boy, Leonardo Jaemin Seo, on July 17th, 4:35am. ​H​e was 3.3 kg and 52cm.

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