Research Program -- Martin Group

• C. E. Liekhus-Schmaltz, R. Mantifel, M. Torabifard, I. B. Burgess, and J. D. D. Martin,
  "Injection-locked diode laser current modulation for Pound-Drever-Hall frequency stabilization using transfer cavities",
  arxiv/1109.0338 Accepted for publication in the Journal of the Optical Society of America B, March 6th, 2012. Updated preprint.
  
  
• C. E. Liekhus-Schmaltz and J. D. D. Martin,
  "Understanding Pound-Drever-Hall locking using voltage controlled radio-frequency oscillators: An undergraduate experiment",
  Am. J. Phys. v. 80, pg 232 (2012).
  For more details on the UW version of this experiment, please see the page:
  Phys 360/460 Experiment: Radio-frequency electronics and frequency stabilization
  
  
• J. D. Carter and J. D. D. Martin,
  "Energy shifts of Rydberg atoms due to patch fields near metal surfaces",
  Phys. Rev. A., v. 83, 032902 (2011).
  
  
• O. Cherry, J. D. Carter, and J. D. D. Martin,
  "An atom chip for the manipulation of ultracold atoms",
  Can. J. Phys., v. 87, pg 633 (2009).
  
  
• J. A. Petrus, P. Bohlouli-Zanjani, and J. D. D. Martin,
  "ac electric-field-induced resonant energy transfer between cold atoms",
  J. Phys. B. At. Mol. Opt. Phys., v. 41, 245001 (2008).
  
  
• P. Bohlouli-Zanjani, J. A. Petrus, and J. D. D. Martin,
  "Enhancement of Rydberg atom interactions using ac Stark shifts",
  Phys. Rev. Lett., v. 98, 203005 (2007).
  
  
• K. Afrousheh, P. Bohlouli-Zanjani, J. A. Petrus, and J. D. D. Martin,
  "Determination of the Rb ng-series quantum defect by electric-field-induced resonant energy transfer between cold Rydberg atoms",
  Phys. Rev. A., v. 74, 062712 (2006).
  
  
• P. Bohlouli-Zanjani, K. Afrousheh and J. D. D. Martin,
  "Optical transfer cavity stabilization using current-modulated injection-locked diode lasers",
  Rev. Sci. Instrum., v. 77, 093105 (2006).
  
  
• K. Afrousheh, P. Bohlouli-Zanjani, J. D. Carter, A. Mugford and J. D. D. Martin,
  "Resonant electric dipole-dipole interactions between cold Rydberg atoms in a magnetic field",
  Phys. Rev. A, v. 73, 063403 (2006).
  
  
• K. Afrousheh, P. Bohlouli-Zanjani, D. Vagale, A. Mugford, M. Fedorov and J. D. D. Martin,
  "Spectroscopic observation of resonant electric dipole-dipole interactions between cold Rydberg atoms",
  Phys. Rev. Lett., v. 93, 233001 (2004) .
  
  
• Theses from group members:
  
  • Enhancement of Rydberg Atom Interactions using AC and DC Stark Shifts
    P. Bohlouli-Zanjani, May 2010.
  • Fabrication of an Atom Chip for Rydberg Atom-Metal Surface Interaction Studies
    O. Cherry, August 2007.
  • An apparatus for studying interactions between Rydberg atoms and metal surfaces
    J. D. Carter, August 2007.
  • Observation of Resonant Electric Dipole-Dipole Interactions Between Cold Rydberg Atoms Using Microwave Spectroscopy
    K. Afrousheh, August 2006.
  • High Resolution Microwave Spectroscopy of Ultra Cold Rydberg Atoms as a Probe of Electric and Magnetic Fields
    P. Bohlouli-Zanjani, December 2003.
  
  
• Fourth year student reports:
  
  • Use of microwave dressing fields to enhance Rydberg atom interactions, J. Petrus, Fall 2006.
  
  
• Publications from previous groups I have worked in.