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August 2000 Newsletter
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Chair's Message: August, 2000
As is our custom, the August edition of the DLS newsletter is accompanied
by the annual election ballot. I urge all DLS members to help by voting
to select the governorship of our division for the coming year. I would
also like to take this opportunity to thank our nominating committee
consisting of Andy Tam (chair), Paul Houston, and Dan Grischkowsky for
finding a superb slate of candidates to run in this year's election.
Also included on this year's ballot is a line item regarding the proposed
DLS Bylaws. These bylaws are based in part on the Bylaws of the Laser
Science Technical Group (out of which DLS grew), and in part on the Bylaws
of other APS divisions. These new Bylaws have been approved by the
DLS Executive Committee and are in the processed of being approved by
the APS Council. The last and crucial step before they are adopted is
a positive vote of our membership. Please take this opportunity to vote
on the bylaws that will govern our division in the future.
I am personally looking forward to our upcoming annual meeting, ILS-XVI,
which will be held in Providence Rhode Island, October 22-26, 2000. Great
thanks are due to Lewis Rothberg, General Chair, to Ian Walmsley and
Louis DiMauro, Program Co-Chairs, and to their Program Committee for
putting together a superb technical program. Special events of interest
to the membership include our Annual Business Meeting, Wednesday, October
25th from 5:15-7:00 pm in Convention Center Room 556A, which
is open to all DLS members and at which input from the membership is
solicited regarding the future and direction of DLS programs and functions. The
Business Meeting will be followed at 7:00 pm by the DLS reception at
the Westin Hotel and the Annual DLS Banquet at 7:30 pm, also held at
the Westin Hotel.
I have immensely enjoyed serving the Laser Science community for the
past year as the chair of DLS. I look forward to seeing all of you in
Providence!
Robert W. Boyd
DEADLINES
October 2, 2000 DLS Ballot Return
October 15, 2000 DTL Requests for Spring 2001 Visits
March 6, 2001 Summer Undergraduate Research Grant Applications
March 15, 2001 Student Travel Grants for QELS 2001
April 1, 2001 APS Fellowship Nominations
INTERDISCIPLINARY LASER SCIENCE CONFERENCE ILS-XVI
The 16th Annual Interdisciplinary Laser Science Meeting (ILS-XVI) will
be held in Providence, RI on October 22 - 26, 2000. The 2000 Meeting,
which is colocated with the OSA Annual Meeting, will bring together a
scientists across a broad range of disciplines to discuss new work in
the rapidly moving field of laser science and applications to chemistry,
biology and physics.
Also note the following events of special interest to DLS members:
- Annual DLS Business Meeting:
Wednesday, October 25th 5:15-7:00 pm
Convention Center Room 556A
- DLS Reception
Wednesday, October 25th, 7:00 pm
Westin Hotel
- DLS Banquet
Wednesday, October 25th, 7:30 pm
Westin Hotel
Further information about ILS-XVI can be obtained at http://www.osa.org/mtg_conf/ .
We look forward to seeing you in Providence.
Lewis Rothberg, University of Rochester, Conference Chair
Ian Walmsley, University of Rochester, Program Co-Chair
Louis DiMauro, Brookhaven National Laboratory, Program Co-Chair
1999 APS FELLOWS
In the previous edition of the newsletter we recognized the new APS
Fellows who were nominated by the DLS: William Breckenridge, Michael
Downer, John Hepburn, Mark Johnson, Wolfgang Schleich, George Stegeman,
and Kent Wilson. In addition, these DLS members were also named as Fellows
in 1999. Congratulations to all of our DLS colleagues who were honored
this year!
John Brandenberger, Lawrence University
For stimulating incorporation of laser physics in undergraduate curricula,
for advocacy of undergraduate research, and for creative leadership
in building an exemplary undergraduate physics program.
Charles Brau, Vanderbilt University
For his contributions to the development of free-electron lasers,
and his discovery of the rare-gas halide excimer lasers.
Daniel Heinzen, University of Texas, Austin
For outstanding and groundbreaking work on cold-atom photoassociation
spectroscopy.
Wendell Hill, III, University of Maryland
For significant experimental contributions to our understanding of multiphoton
dissociation and ionization of small molecules.
Richard Hughes, Los Alamos National Laboratory
For work in the application of fundamental quantum mechanical principles
to practical problems, including quantum computation and quantum cryptography,
and for the development of experimental techniques in this regard.
Yuan-Pern Lee, National Tsing-Hua University
For developing and applying novel spectroscopic techniques for characterizing
radical species, particularly their kinetics and unstable structures.
Louis Orozco, SUNY Stony Brook
For vital contributions to measuring the antipositron mass, trapping
and spectroscopy of Francium, and the quantum nature of the interactions
of atoms and light.
Fujio Shimizu, University of Electro-Communications
For outstanding contribution to laser spectroscopy, laser cooling and
atom optics.
Thad Walker, University of Wisconsin
For pioneering research in spin exchange, optical pumping, ultracold
collisions, spin polarized beams and targets, laser cooling, and electron
scattering.
Linda Young, Argonne National Laboratory
For precision measurements in atomic structure and the development of
laser-driven polarized hydrogen and deuterium sources.
DISTINGUISHED TRAVELING LECTURER PROGRAM IN LASER SCIENCE
The Distinguished Traveling Lecturer (DTL) program provides funds to
send outstanding scientists and communicators in the areas covered by
DLS to visit predominantly undergraduate colleges and universities in
order to convey the excitement of laser science to undergraduate students. Lecturers
visit selected academic institutions for two days, during which time
they give a public lecture open to the entire academic community and
meet informally with students and faculty. They may also give guest lectures
in classes related to Laser Science. Details about the program and the
application procedure can be found at the DLS web site at http://www.physics.wm.edu/~cooke/dls/p_dtl.cfm Applications
for Spring 2001 are due October 15, 2000.
The DTLs for the 2000-2001 Academic Year are:
- Lee W. Casperson, Portland State University, Lasers and Optical
Systems
- Jim Kafka, Spectra Physics, Laser Development
- Wolfgang Ketterle, MIT, Atom cooling and trapping
- Mara Prentiss, Harvard University, Atom Optics
- Carlos Stroud, University of Rochester, Wavepackets
For more information about this program see the DLS web site or contact
the chair of the DTL Committee, Rainer Grobe, by phone (309-438-5470)
or email (grobe@phy.ilstu.edu).
UNDERGRADUATE SUMMER RESEARCH
The Division of Laser Science Undergraduate Summer Research Program
provides support for students to conduct laser-related research in the
summer between the their junior and senior year. Preference will be given
to DLS student members. The research may be performed at the student's
home institution, or at any other U.S. undergraduate or graduate institution
at which the student's faculty sponsor can provide close supervision. More
information about this program can be found at http://www.physics.wm.edu/~cooke/dls/p_sres.cfm. The
anticipated deadline for summer 2001 awards is March 6, 2001.
BYLAWS OF THE DIVISION OF LASER SCIENCE
(Draft May 29, 2000)
(In the following text "Society" shall signify the American Physical
Society, "Council" and "Executive Board" shall signify the Council and
the Executive Board of the Society, respectively, "Executive Officer" shall
signify that Officer of the Society; and "Annual Meeting" shall signify
the principal meeting held once a year by the Division of Laser Science.)
ARTICLE I NAME
This Division of the American Physical Society shall be called the Division
of Laser Science.
ARTICLE II - OBJECTIVE
The objective of the Division shall be the advancement and diffusion
of knowledge in the area of science related to the use of lasers in research,
the application of lasers in technology, and the development and characterization
of new laser systems. This will be accomplished by representing the
American Physical Society on the Joint Council on Quantum Electronics
(JCQE) and by helping to organize meetings sponsored by JCQE, by organizing
an Annual Meeting of the Division, by sponsoring symposia on laser science
topics at regular meetings of the Society, and its affiliate societies,
and by other means approved by the Executive Committee of the Division. It
is intended that the meetings of the Division shall involve both the
dissemination of state-of-the-art subject matter in laser science for
researchers in the field and tutorial overviews of topics in laser science
for scientists and students in related fields.
ARTICLE III ENABLING CONSTITUTIONAL PROVISION
Article VIII of the Constitution of the Society, as said Article may
be subsequently revised or amended, is hereby incorporated in these Bylaws
by reference.
ARTICLE IV MEMBERSHIP
The members of the Division shall consist of members of the Society
who have indicated in accordance with procedures established by Council
their desire to join the Division and who retain membership from year
to year by the payments of designated dues or by other method established
by Council.
ARTICLE V EXECUTIVE COMMITTEE
1. Governance. The Division shall be governed by an Executive
Committee, which shall have general charge of the affairs of the Division.
2. Composition. The Executive Committee shall consist of the
Officers of the Division, the most recent Past Chair, the most recent
Past Secretary-Treasurer for one year following his or her retirement
as Secretary-Treasurer, the Division Councillor(s), and six Members-at-Large
elected to staggered three-year terms. Division representatives to the
JCQE and to the CLEO (Conference on Lasers and Electro-optics) steering
committee who are not already Executive Committee members shall also
serve as nonvoting ex-officio members of the Executive Committee. The
Editor of the Division newsletter, if not already an Executive Committee
member, will also serve as a non-voting ex officio member of the
Executive Committee.
3. Executive Committee Meetings. The Executive Committee shall
meet during the Annual Meeting of the Division and, in addition, shall
meet or confer as necessary to carry out the business of the Division. The
Chair of the Division shall preside over the Executive Committee Meetings. A
majority of the voting members, including at least two Officers, shall
constitute a quorum.
ARTICLE VI OFFICERS
1. Officers. The Officers of the Division shall be a Chair,
a Chair-Elect, a Vice-Chair and a Secretary-Treasurer.
2. Duties of the Chair. The Chair shall preside at all meetings
of the Executive Committee and Business Sessions of the Division at which
his or her attendance is possible. The Chair shall perform such other
functions as may be explicitly provided in the Bylaws.
3. Duties of the Chair-Elect. The Chair-Elect shall act in
place of the Chair if the latter is unable to perform his or her duties. The
Chair-Elect shall perform such other functions as may be explicitly provided
in the Bylaws.
4. Duties of the Vice-Chair. The Vice-Chair shall act in place
of the Chair-Elect if the latter is unable to perform his or her duties. The
Vice-Chair shall perform such other functions as may be explicitly provided
in the Bylaws
5. Duties of the Secretary-Treasurer. The Secretary-Treasurer
shall maintain the records of the Division including minutes of Executive
Comm
6. Committee meetings and Business Sessions, Division activities,
and membership lists. The Secretary-Treasurer shall notify the
Executive Committee of matters requiring the decision of said Committee
and shall prepare the agenda of Executive Committee meetings and Business
Sessions. The Secretary-Treasurer shall prepare minutes of Executive
Committee meetings and Business Sessions and shall submit these minutes
to each member of the Executive Committee and to the Executive Officer
within four weeks after each meeting. Following elections, such minutes
are to include the results of the election and a roster of the current
Executive Committee membership.
The Secretary-Treasurer shall keep the Council and Executive Officer
of the Society informed of the activities and needs of the Division.
The Secretary-Treasurer shall have responsibility for all funds in the
custody of or placed at the disposal of the Division and shall authorize
disbursements from such funds for expenses in a manner that is consistent
with the general policies of the Society and the Division. Financial
records shall be kept on an annual basis consistent with the fiscal policies
of the Society. The approval of the Executive Committee shall be required
for disbursements in excess of $1000 per expenditure unless otherwise
specifically delegated by the Executive Committee. The Secretary-Treasurer
shall present a financial report at each meeting of the Executive Committee
and at the annual Business Session of the Division.
7. Duties of the Division Councillor(s). The Division Councillor(s)
shall serve as liaison between the Council of the Society and the Executive
Committee of the Division. Following each Council meeting, the Division
Councillor(s) shall report to the Chair and the Secretary-Treasurer regarding
Council actions that affect the status and operations of the Division. Reports
shall be made to the entire Executive Committee during their regularly
scheduled meetings.
ARTICLE VII ELECTION AND TENURE OF THE OFFICERS AND EXECUTIVE COMMITTEE
MEMBERS
1. Qualifications. Officers, Division Councillor(s), and Members-at-Large
of the Executive Committee must be members of the Division during their
terms in office.
2. Ballot. The Vice-Chair, Secretary-Treasurer, Division Councillor(s),
and Members-at-Large of the Executive Committee shall be elected by ballot
as hereinafter provided.
3. Nomination and Election of the Vice-Chair, Secretary-Treasurer,
and Executive Committee Members. The Nominating Committee shall
nominate at least two candidates for the office of Vice-Chair each
year, for Secretary-Treasurer during the final year of the term of
the current Secretary-Treasurer, and for open positions of Members-at-Large
of the Executive Committee each year. The Nominating Committee shall
notify the Secretary-Treasurer of the results not later than twelve
weeks before the Annual Meeting, except under extraordinary circumstances. All
nominations shall include a letter from the candidate indicating a
willingness to serve. An attempt shall be made to ensure a broad representation
of the various sub-fields of laser science on the Executive Committee. Candidates
for an office or a position on the Executive Committee may also be
proposed by the membership of the Division. If as many as five percent
of the total Division membership determined on 31 December of the year
preceding the election suggests the same person for the same office
not later than twelve weeks before the Annual Meeting, that person
shall be deemed to have been nominated.
The Secretary-Treasurer shall poll the Division membership by ballot,
stating a closing date at least three weeks prior to the Annual Meeting. Ballots
shall be returned to and counted by the Secretary-Treasurer or his or
her designate. Election shall be decided by a plurality of those voting. If
there is a tie, the Executive Committee shall decide the election, with
the Chair voting only in the case of a tie among the other Executive
Committee members. The Secretary-Treasurer shall communicate the results
of the election to the Chair at least two weeks prior to the Annual Meeting
and shall publish the results in a manner designated for official announcements.
4. Nomination and Election of a Division Councillor. During
the final year of a term of a Division Councillor, the Secretary-Treasurer
shall determine from the Executive Officer if the terminating Division
Councillor position is to continue. Such determination will be made
by the Executive Officer based on Division membership according to rules
specified in the Constitution and Bylaws. If the position is to continue
or whenever the Executive Officer informs the Division that a new Division
Councillor is to be elected, the Executive Committee shall nominate at
least two candidates for each open position. The Secretary-Treasurer
shall inform the Division members of the nominations and shall invite
these members to suggest additional candidates. If as many as five percent
of the total Division membership determined on 31 December of the year
preceding the election suggests the same person, that person shall be
deemed to have been nominated. The Secretary-Treasurer shall poll the
division by ballot, stating a closing date at least three weeks before
1 September. Ballots shall be returned to and counted by the Secretary-Treasurer
or his or her designate. Election shall be by a plurality of those voting. If
there is a tie, the Executive Committee shall decide the winner, with
the Chair voting only in the case of a tie among the other Executive
Committee members. The Secretary-Treasurer shall communicate the results
of the election to the Chair and the Executive Secretary before 1 September
of the year prior to that in which the new officer assumes office and
shall publish the result in a manner designated for official announcements.
5. Official Year. The official year shall extend from the close
of one Annual Meeting to the close of the next Annual Meeting.
6. Vice-Chair, Chair-Elect, and Chair. The member elected as
Vice-Chair shall serve in that office for one year, then for one year
as Chair-Elect, then for one year as Chair, and then for one year on
the executive committee as Past-Chair. The Chair shall not be eligible
for the office of Vice-Chair in the year following his or her term of
office.
7. Terms of Office. The terms of office of the Officers and
Members-at-Large of the Executive Committee shall begin at the close
of the Annual Meeting of the Division following their election. The
Secretary-Treasurer shall serve for a term of three years and may not
serve more than two consecutive terms. Members-at-Large of the Executive
Committee shall not be eligible for election to more than two consecutive
terms. The tenure of a Member-at-Large shall terminate in the event
of his or her assumption of a post as an elected Officer of the Division,
and the unexpired portion of his or her term shall be filled as hereinafter
provided for a vacancy.
8. Vacancies in Offices. If a vacancy occurs in the office
of Chair, the Chair-Elect shall succeed and complete the term and shall
serve as Chair also in the following year. The Vice-Chair shall serve
simultaneously as Chair-Elect during the remainder of the term and shall
continue to serve as Chair-Elect in the following term.
If a vacancy occurs in the office of Chair-Elect otherwise than through
advancement to Chair, the Vice-Chair shall become Chair-Elect. In this
case, and also if the office of Vice-Chair becomes vacant for other reasons,
the office of Vice-Chair shall remain vacant for the remainder of the
term. In the next scheduled election, candidates for both Chair-Elect
and Vice-Chair shall be nominated.
If vacancies occur in the offices of both the Chair and the Chair-Elect,
the Vice-Chair shall become Chair and shall complete the term. In this
case, the Executive Committee shall determine whether there is a need
to call a special election to fill the offices of Chair-Elect and Vice-Chair. The
members so elected shall take office immediately upon election and shall
also serve in those offices in the following year. If a special election
is not held, candidates for both Chair-Elect and Vice-Chair shall be
nominated at the next scheduled election.
Vacancies in any other elected office shall be filled (or left unfilled)
by the Executive Committee until such time as the vacancy can be filled
by regular election procedures.
ARTICLE VIII APPOINTED COMMITTEES
1. Nominating Committee. The Nominating Committee shall consist
of three members, two appointed by the Chair, with the advice of the
Executive Committee, to one-year terms and one member appointed by the
Council for a one-year term. The Chair shall ascertain through the Executive
Officer the identity of this member. The Chair shall appoint the Chair
of the Nominating Committee from among the members. The Nominating Committee
shall prepare a slate of candidates for the positions of Vice-Chair,
Secretary-Treasurer, and Members-at-Large of the Executive Committee
according to Article VII3 of these Bylaws. The Nominating Committee
shall advise the Chair on suitable candidates for Society committees,
including relevant Society Prize and Award committees, and on candidates
for Society offices. The Nominating Committee shall perform such other
duties as described in the Bylaws.
2. Program Committee. The Program Committee shall be chaired
by the Chair-Elect. In this capacity, the Chair-Elect shall act as the
chief scientific officer of the Division, and shall have, with the advice
of the Program Committee, final authority on and be responsible for the
execution of all meetings and symposia sponsored or co-sponsored by the
Division. All decisions and actions of the Program Committee and of
the Chair-Elect acting as its Chair shall be subject to the approval
of the Executive Committee. Members of the Program Committee shall include
the Annual Meeting Conference Chairs, the Annual Meeting Program Committees,
all other chairs of conferences sponsored by the Division, and all organizers
of symposia sponsored by the Division at meetings of the Society or its
subunits. The Chair-Elect shall be an ex officio member of the
program, conference, or organizing committees of the Division. Other
members of the Program Committee may be appointed annually by the Chair
of the Division to one-year terms, with the advice of the Executive Committee. Members
of this committee may be re-appointed without restriction.
3. Fellowship Committee. The Fellowship Committee shall consist
of the Vice Chair and four members appointed by the Chair to staggered
two year terms. The Vice Chair shall chair the Fellowship Committee. The
Fellowship Committee shall promote the nomination of candidates for Fellowship,
shall review the qualifications of candidates for Fellowship and shall
report its recommendations to the Executive Committee of the Division
and to the Executive Officer of the Society.
4. Terms of Office of Appointed Committee Members. The terms
of committee members appointed or recommended by an incoming Chair shall
commence at the beginning of the year in which he or she assumes office.
5. Ad Hoc Committees. The Chair shall appoint other ad hoc
committees as necessary, which shall serve only during his or her term
as Chair.
ARTICLE IX MEETINGS
1. Annual Meeting. One meeting of the Division, to be known
as the Annual Meeting, shall be held at such time and place as shall
be ordered by the Executive Committee, subject to approval by the Executive
Board. Whenever it shall be feasible and not to the disadvantage of
the members of the Division, the Executive Committee may order this or
any other meeting to be held conjointly with a Meeting of the Society
or of another society, conference, or group, so long as such joint meeting
does not conflict importantly with the schedule of Meetings of the Society
as determined by the Executive Board. The registration fee for the Annual
Meeting, when not held jointly with a Meeting of the Society, shall be
fixed after consultation with the Executive Officer. Non-members of
the Society shall pay a surcharge to be set each year by the Executive
Board.
2. Annual Business Session. Each year the Division shall hold
a Business Session which shall be a session of the Annual Meeting. This
Business Session shall be devoted exclusively to the reports of officers
and committees, election results, and the transaction of business affairs.
No scientific program of the Division shall be presented simultaneously
with the Business Session. A majority of the members present at the
Business Session shall be sufficient for the approval of actions. The
Secretary-Treasurer shall notify the Division members of the agenda of
the Business Session no later than three weeks prior to the meeting.
3. Other Meetings. Meetings of the Division, other than the
Annual Meeting may be initiated by the Executive Committee or by petition
of twenty percent of the members of the Division, subject to approval
by the Executive Board. Special conferences may be sponsored in whole
or in part by the Division, subject to the rules and regulations specified
in the Society Constitution and Bylaws.
4. Papers at Meetings. Programs of meetings of the Division
may provide for the inclusion of both invited and contributed papers. When
a meeting of the Division is held in conjunction with a meeting of the
Society, the rules of the Society shall apply to submitted papers. When
a meeting of the Division is not held in conjunction with a meeting of
the Society, the Executive Committee shall prescribe the subject and
character of the meeting, which may include limitations on the subject
matter of submitted papers. The Secretary-Treasurer shall fix the deadline
date for receipt of titles and abstracts in consultation with the Executive
Officer and shall designate the place to which they should be sent. The
amount of time to allowed for the presentation of a paper at the Annual
Meeting shall be determined by the Program Committee, except as otherwise
directed by the Executive Committee. These allotments of time shall
be consistent with the Constitution and Bylaws of the Society and with
regulations of Council.
ARTICLE X DUES
Dues for maintenance of membership in the Division shall be established
by Council.
ARTICLE XI NEWSLETTER
The newsletter of the Division shall be managed and edited by an Editor,
who shall be appointed by the Chair, with the advice and consent of the
Executive Committee. The Editor shall oversee the preparation and distribution
of the newsletter. There shall be at least two issues per year; the
frequency and timing of these issues shall be determined by the Editor
in consultation with the Secretary-Treasurer. The Executive Committee
may direct the Secretary-Treasurer to distribute complimentary copies
of the newsletter to specified non-members of the Division.
ARTICLE XII OFFICIAL ANNOUNCEMENTS
Official announcements shall be made in the APS News and in such other
publications as the Executive Committee may direct.
ARTICLE XIII PROCEDURE OF AMENDMENT OF BYLAWS
Proposal of an Amendment to these Bylaws may be made by the Council,
by the Executive Committee, or by a petition to the Chair signed by not
fewer that ten percent of the members of the Division. If the proposed
amendment originates within the Division, it must be approved by Council
before further action can be taken. Following Council approval, the
Secretary-Treasurer shall distribute copies of the proposed Amendment
to all members of the Division not less than three weeks before the Annual
Meeting and opportunity shall be given for discussion during the Business
Session. Without that consent, the voting on the proposed Amendment
shall be as follows: Not later than twelve weeks after said Annual Meeting
the Secretary-Treasurer shall again distribute copies of the proposed
Amendment, accompanied by ballot forms. Adoption of the Amendment shall
require a two-thirds vote by those voting.
STUDENT TRAVEL GRANTS
The Division of Laser Science (DLS) is pleased to continue its program
to support student travel to DLS-sponsored meetings. A limited number
of grants for travel and living expenses, up to $700, are available to
graduate students who are DLS members and who co-author either an oral
or poster paper at the ILS-XVI meeting, or at the at the QELS conference. Complete
details concerning the application process can be found at:
http://www.physics.wm.edu/~cooke/dls/p_strav.cfm
Applications must be received by April 3, 2001 for 2001 QELS meeting. Applications
should be submitted to the current Secretary/Treasurer of the DLS, Prof.
Richard R. Freeman
CANDIDATES FOR DLS OFFICES
VICE CHAIR
Wendell T. Hill, III, Professor, Institute for Physical Science
and Technology and Director of the Laboratory for Atomic, Molecular and
Optical Science and Engineering, University of Maryland, College Park
(faculty since 1982); Visiting position with Instituto Venezalano de
Investigaciones (Venezuela) (1983), Universiti de Paris, Orsay France
(1989) and JILA, University of Colorado (1992-1993); NRC Postodoc, NIST
(formerly NBS), Gaithersburg (1980-1982); Ph.D. in Physics, Stanford
University, 1980, BA in Physics, University of California, Irvine, 1974.
Research Interests: Strong laser-field interactions with atoms
and molecules, ultrafast atomic and molecular dynamics and coherent control
of quantum states; laser interaction with cold atoms and laser manipulation
of microparticles and cold atoms.
Professional Activities: Program Committees: QELS (1989, 1995);
ILS/OSA (1994-1996); Chair, Laser Spectroscopy Subcommittee, QELS (1995);
Spring APS Meeting (1997); Symposia Organizer: "Small Molecules in Intense
Laser Fields," Spring Meeting of the APS (1989); "High Field Laser-Matter
Physics: Molecules," OSA (1990); "Photoion and Photoelectron Imaging," OSA
(1996); Gordon Conference Discussion Leader: Molecules in Intense Fields,
Multiphoton Processes (1992); Atoms in Intense Fields, Atomic Physics
(1995); Other Committees: CAMOS (1993-2001); Chair CAMOS (1996-1999);
Chair, Optical Physics Technical Group, OSA (1994-1995); APS Committee
on Minorities in Physics (1994-1996); DLS Executive Committee (1994-1997);
CoChair, DLS/DAMOP Congressional Reception on AMO Science (1997); Max
Born Award Committee, OSA (1997-1999); Chair, Max Born Award Committee,
OSA (1997); DAMOP Best Thesis Committee, APS (1997-1999); Vice-Chair,
FAMOS Update Committee, NAS/NRC (1999-2001)
Honors and Society Memberships: Honors: IBM Graduate Fellowship
(1974-1975); National Science Foundation Presidential Young Investigator
(1985-1990); Fellow of the American Physical Society; Memberships: American
Physical Society; Optical Society of America; National Society of Black
Physicists.
Candidate's Statement: The Division of Laser Science membership
is a unique mix of researchers who focus on physics, chemistry, biology
and engineering. This inter- and multidisciplinary division is home
to a growing number of world-class scientists and engineers who employ
lasers and optics in truly remarkable ways to investigate and control
everything from individual atoms to collective phenomena. As a result,
the division is in an enviable position of being able to claim some of
the most exciting research of our time. This blessing is also a liability,
however, as young and established investigators are finding stiffer competition
for adequate funding as the number of proposals in laser science increases. Building
on current programs within the division, we must continue to look for
new opportunities and paradigms to showcase our members and their research
with the intent to create additional opportunities for networking, funding
and employment. To augment our efforts, we should also look for ways
to couple our activities with those of other divisions and societies. Exploiting
new opportunities will enable us to realize an even healthier environment
for laser science and to attract the best young minds into the field.
Winthrop W. Smith, Professor of Physics and Member of the Institute
of Materials Science, University of Connecticut, 1975-; Associate Prof.,
Univ. of Connecticut, 1969-1975; Instructor to Assistant Prof., Columbia
University 1965-1969; NAS-NRC Postdoctoral Fellow, JILA, University of
Colorado, 1963-1965; Ph.D. in Physics, MIT, 1963; BA in Physics, Amherst
College, 1958.
Research Interests: Experimental AMO physics: optical emission
and excited state lifetimes of atoms and ions; ion-atom, atom-atom and
ion-molecule collisions; hyperfine structure; accelerator-based spectroscopy,
XUV and laser spectroscopy, laser cooling of ions, ion impact on surfaces,
atom optics and atom interferometry.
Professional activities: Research participant, Oak Ridge National
Laboratory, 1969-1975; Visiting Fellow, JILA, University of Colorado,
1975-1976; NAS-NRC Committee on Atomic and Molecular Science, 1976-1979;
Chairman, Gordon Research Conf. on Atomic Physics, 1977; Summer research
physicist, Lawrence Livermore National Laboratory, 1979; Research participant
to Consultant, Los Alamos 1985-1990; Visiting scientist, Molecular Physics
Laboratory, SRI, International and Visiting Scholar, Stanford University
(sabbatical) 1982-1983; NSF Review Committee for Nuclear Science, 1982; APS
DAMOP Executive Committee, 1980-83; Consultant, Brookhaven National
Laboratory, 1982-1986; on leave as Program Officer, AMOP Physics, NSF
(1983-1984); DAMOP Secretary-Treasurer, 1987-1990; Visiting Scientist
at the Max Planck-Institut fur Quantenoptik, Garching/Munich, Germany
and Guest Prof. University of Aarhus (Denmark), 1990-1992; APS DLS Secretary-Treasurer
1996-1999; Visiting Professor, MIT, Physics/RLE (Pritchard group, sabbatical)
1997-1998; Member, Panel for Physics, NAS-NRC Board of Assessment of
Programs for NIST 1997-1999.
Honors and Awards: Fellow, APS; Humboldt Foundation Senior U.S.
Scientist Research Awardee (Germany), 1990-1992.
Candidate's Statement: The Division of Laser Science plays a
pivotal bridging role within APS at this time in representing and promoting
the laser science community. It unites and encourages interaction among
researchers in AMO physics, chemical physics, and condensed-matter physics
as well as materials science and photonics, to name just some of the
main areas of interest. As such, part of the DLS mission is sponsor
symposia and meetings that attempt to bridge the gaps between these research
areas, and between the Divisions of APS that focus on them. It promotes
constructive activities in collaboration with other optics-related organizations
outside of APS as well, such as OSA, IEEE/LEOS, SPIE, and ACS. The solid
financial base of DLS enables it to set an example within APS in encouraging
students and young researchers through its Distinguished Traveling Lecturer
Program for 4-year institutions, its support of summer research for undergraduates
and its travel grants to help students to attend and present papers at
conferences in the field. I would like to see these programs broadened
and much better publicized and also to seek aggressively other creative
ways to help well qualified young researchers seeking fulfilling careers
in basic science and technology relating generally to lasers and optics. For
three years, I had the opportunity and privilege to see and help with
the inner workings of DLS, providing good preparation for stepping up
to a leadership role if the community wishes it.
EXECUTIVE COMMITTEE
A. W. Castleman, Jr. Professor of Chemistry
and Physics, Eberly Distinguished Chair in Science, and Evan Pugh Professor,
The Pennsylvania State University; Ph.D., 1969, Polytechnic Inst. of
Brooklyn, and B.Ch.E. 1957 Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute
Research Interests: Chemical Physics--Bridging the gas and condensed
phases and unraveling the properties of matter of nanoscale dimensions
through investigating atomic and molecular clusters; specifically laser
photophysics and femtosecond laser spectroscopy studies of cluster structure,
reactivity and dynamics.
Other Scientific Activities: Member, Editorial Board of the Journal
of Atmospheric Chemistry, (1982 1994); Member, Editorial Board
of Aerosol Science and Technology, (1982 1986); Member, Editorial
Board of The Journal of Chemical Physics, (1985 1987); Member
at Large, Topical Group on Lasers, The American Physical Society, (1985 1987);
Member, Editorial Board of The Journal of Physical Chemistry,
(1985 1988); Member, Editorial Board of the D. Reidel Publishing
Company monograph series Understanding Chemical Reactivity,
(1986 - present); Member, Editorial Board of the International Journal
of Mass Spectrometry and Ion Processes, (1987 - 1990); Coeditor
and Member, Editorial Board of Zeitschrift f|r Physik D, (1987 1992);
Senior Editor, Journal of Physical Chemistry (1988 1998);
Technical Consultant, E.I. DuPont de Nemours and Company, Wilmington,
Delaware, (1989 - present); Member, Editorial Board of the Journal
of Cluster Science, (1990 1999); Member, Chemical Physics Editorial
Advisory Board of Research Trends, American Physical Society
National Awards Committee (Plyler Prize), (1991 1992); Member of
Review Panel, Alexander Hollaender Distinguished Postdoctoral Fellowship
Program Selection Committee, (1991); Consortium for Nanoscale Materials, Virginia
Commonwealth University (1992 - present); Member, Advisory Editorial
Board of Advances in Chemical Physics, (1993 - present); Member
of the Division of Chemical Physics Nominating Committee, the American
Physical Society, (1994 1995), (Vice Chair, 1994, Chairman, 1995);
Member, Advisory Editorial Board of Chemical Physics Letters, (1995
- present); Editor-in-Chief, Cluster Science Book Series/Springer
Verlag Advisory Board (1996 - present); Alternant Counselor Member
of the Executive Committee of the Physical Division (1998 present);
Member, Editorial Advisory Board of the Journal of Physical Chemistry, (2000); Honors,
positions, memberships: Member of the National Academy of Sciences,
(1998); Fellow of the American Academy of Arts and Sciences, (1998);
Fellow of the New York Academy of Sciences, (1998); Senior Scientist
Award, Japanese Society for the Promotion of Science, (1983, 1985,
1997); Fulbright Senior Scholar Award, (1989); ACS Award for Creative
Advances in Environmental Science and Technology, (1988); Doktors Honoris
Causa, University of Innsbruck, Austria, (1987); U.S. Senior Scientist
von Humboldt Award, (1986,1987, 1998); Fellow of the American Association
for the Advancement of Science, (1985); Fellow of the American Physical
Society, (1985); Sherman Fairchild Distinguished Scholar, California
Institute of Technology, (1977)
Daniel S. Chemla, Professor of Physics, University of California
at Berkeley, Director of the Materials Science Division and Director
of the Advanced Light Source, Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory;
AT&T Bell Laboratories (1981-1991, Head of the Quantum Physics and
Electronic Research Dept., 1983-1991), Centre National d"Etudes des Tilicommunications,
Doctorat is Sciences, 1972, University of Paris, undergraduate education,
l"Ecole National Supirieure des Tilicommunications, Paris, France.
Research Interests: Many-body processes and collective effects
in semiconductor nanostructures and strongly correlated materials; detection
and spectroscopy of single molecules and single molecular pairs, with
applications to problems in biology.
Honors, positions, memberships: Member, National Academy of Sciences;
Fellow, American Physical Society; Fellow, Optical Society of America;
Fellow, Institute of Electrical and Electronic Engineers; co-recipient,
1988 R.W. Wood prize of the Optical Society of America; 1995 Quantum
Electronics Award of the IEEE Laser and Electro-Optics Society; 1995
Humboldt Research Prize; 1998 Gordon Conferences Alexander M. Cruikshank
Lecturer.
Wayne M. Itano, Physicist, National Institute of Standards and
Technology, Boulder, CO. Ph.D. 1979, M.A. 1975, Harvard University;
B.S. 1973, Yale University.
Research interests: Trapped ion optical cooling and spectroscopy
with applications to frequency standards, quantum logic, strongly-coupled
plasmas, and demonstrations of basic quantum mechanics. Other scientific
activities: Secretary-Treasurer, Topical Group on Laser Science (TG/LS)
(1990-93); Member, Fellowship Committee, TG/LS (1995-96); Secretary-Treasurer,
Topical Group on Precision Measurement and Fundamental Constants (1998-2001);
Member, Publications Committee, Division of Atomic, Molecular, and Optical
Physics (1984-85); Member, OSA Publishing Technology Committee (1994-96);
Member, OSA Optics Express Development Consortium (1997); Associate Editor,
Optics Express, (1998--); Science and Technology Agency Fellow, Communications
Research Laboratory, Tokyo (1990); Member, Program Committee, 1994 OSA
Annual Meeting and 10th Interdisciplinary Laser Science Conference; Member,
Program Committee, 1991 Conference on Quantum Electronics and Laser Science.
Honors, positions, memberships: Fellow, APS; NIST Stratton
Award; Department of Commerce Gold Medal; National Research Council Postdoctoral
Fellow (1979-1980); Member APS (DLS, DAMOP, TG/PMFC), OSA.
Duncan G. Steel, Professor of Physics and Electrical Engineering
and Computer Science, Research Faculty, Biophysics Research Division,
(1985-), The University of Michigan, Ann Arbor, MI 48109. Senior Research
Physicist (1975-1985), Hughes Research Laboratories. Ph.D., Electrical
and Nuclear Science, University of Michigan, 1976. A.B Physics, UNC-Chapel
Hill, 1972.
Research Interests: Laser Spectroscopy studies of condensed
matter nano-structures and biomolecules. Current research includes studies
of quantum dots for nonlinear nano-optics and development of laser based
methodologies for studies of protein folding and dynamics.
Other Scientific Activities: Chair, Joint Council on Quantum
Electronics (1998-2000), Member CLEO Steering (1998-), Vice Chair, APS
Frank Isakson Award Committee (1999, Chair in 2001). Member, Arthur
L. Schawlow Prize Committee (1995-6).
Honors, positions, memberships: 1999 Guggenheim Scholar, The
Peter S. Fuss Professor of Engineering, 1999. Fellow APS (1994). Fellow
OSA (1992).
Henry van Driel, Professor of Physics, University of Toronto, Ph.D.
1975, B.Sc., 1970, University of Toronto.
Research interests: ultrafast and nonlinear optical phenomena
in semiconductors; coherence control phenomena in solids; physics of
lasers and ultrashort pulse parametric sources; photonic crystals.
Other scientific activities: Topical Editor, JOSA B, 1993-1999;
Member Program Committees: IQEC 1986,1988; 1994, Subcommittee chair,
1996, Program co-chair, 1998; Member QELS Program Committee, 1989,1995,1997,1999,
General co-chair, 2000; OSA annual mtg., 1993; International Council
of Quantum Electronics, 1992-6; Commission on Quantum Electronics, International
Union of Pure and Applied Physics, 1993- : vice-Chair, 1999-2002; Chair,
Division of Optical Physics, Canadian Association of Physicists, 1992-93;
Associate Director, Ontario Laser and Lightwave Research Center, 1988-94.
Honors, positions and memberships: J.S. Guggenheim Fellow (1986);
Alexander Von Humboldt Senior Scientist Research Award (1991); Killam
Fellow (1997-9), Fellow, Optical Society of America, 1989; Fellow, Royal
Society of Canada, 1989: Postdoctoral fellow, University of Arizona,
1975-6. Visiting scientist: Harvard University, 1983; Max Planck Institut
f|r Festkvrperforschung, 1991-2; University of Amsterdam, 1999; member:
APS, OSA, Canadian Association of Physicists, Royal Society of Canada.
CALENDAR
ILS-XVI, Annual Meeting of the DLS (collocated with OSA 2000), October
22-26, 2000, Providence, RI. http://www.osa.org/mtg_conf/
CLEO/QELS 2001, May 6-11, 2001, Baltimore, MD.
http://www.osa.org/mtg_conf/
DLS COMMITTEES
Schawlow Prize Committee
William Stwalley, U. Conn., (Chair) (12/00)
Carl Wieman, U. Colorado, Boulder, ('99 Recipient) (12/00)
Steve Leone, U. Colorado, Boulder
Dick Slusher, Lucent Tech.-Bell Labs
Jurgen Mlynek, Univ. Konstanz
CLEO Steering
Duncan Steel, University of Michigan (6/00)
DLS Representative to the US Advisory Committee to the International
Commission for Optics
Charles M. Bowden, US Army Aviation & Missile Com. (12/00)
Joseph Haus, Univ. of Dayton (12/01)
Winthrop Smith, U. Connecticut (12/02)
DLS Fellowship Committee
Tony Heinz, Columbia University
Wayne Knox, Lucent Tech.-Bell Labs
John Thomas, Duke University
Marsha Lester, University of Pennsylvania
Mark Raizen, University of Texas, Austin
Steve Leone, University of Colorado, Boulder
Distinguished Travelling Lecturer Program
Rainer Grobe, Illinois State University (Chair)
Margaret Murnane, U. of Colorado, Boulder
Ian Walmsley, University of Rochester
Undergraduate Summer Research Program
Elizabeth McCormack, Bryn Mawr (Chair)
DLS EXECUTIVE COMMITTEE
Chair
Robert W. Boyd, University of Rochester
Chair-Elect
Marsha I. Lester, University of Pennsylvania
Vice Chair
Tony F. Heinz, Columbia University
Secretary-Treasurer
Rick Freeman, University of California, Davis
Past-Chair
William D. Phillips, NIST
Divisional APS Councillor
Carl Lineberger, University of Colorado-Boulder
Members at Large
Thomas Gallagher, University of Virginia
Randall Hulet, Rice University
John C. Miller, Oak Ridge National Laboratory
Margaret M. Murnane, JILA, University of Colorado, Boulder
Mark Raizen, University of Texas-Austin
Linda Young, Argonne National Laboratory
APS Representatives to Joint Council on Quantum Electronics
Nicholas P. Bigelow, University of Rochester
Richard R. Freeman, UC-Davis
William C. Stwalley, University of Connecticut
Newsletter Editor
Jeanne M. Hossenlopp, Marquette University
ILS PROGRAM COMMITTEE
Lewis J. Rothberg, University of Rochester, Conference Chair
Louis DiMauro, Brookhaven National Laboratory, Program Co-Chair
Ian Walmsley, University of Rochester, Program Co-Chair
Lasers in Physics Subcommittee
Steve Rolston, NIST, Chair
Carlton Caves, University of New Mexico
David Wineland, NIST, Boulder
Carl Williams, NIST, Gaithersberg
Robert Gordon, University of Illinois-Chicago
Mark Kasevich, Yale University
George Gibson, University of Connecticut
Phil Gould, University of Connecticut
Lasers in Ultrafast Nonlinear Phenomena Subcommittee
Antoinette Taylor, LANL, Chair
Alan Cheville, Oklahoma State University
Steven Cundiff, University of Colorado
David Reitze, University of Florida
Craig Siders, UC-San Diego
Frank Wise, Cornell University
Lasers in Chemistry Subcommittee
Roger Miller, UNC-Chapel Hill, Chair
Mike Duncan, University of Georgia
Tim Zwier, Purdue University
David Nesbitt, University of Colorado
David Pratt, University of Pittsburgh
Physics of Laser Sources Subcommittee
Howard Powell, Lawrence Livermore National Laboratory, Chair
Stephen Payne, Lawrence Livermore National Laboratory
Bob Schoenlein, Lawrence Berkeley Laboratory
Ralph Page, Lawrence Livermore National Laboratory
