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[Colonel Flagg]

I'd guess that he's working in the PML division of NIST, which is heavily involved with developing quantum computing using ultracold materials known as Bose-Einstein Condenstates (BEC's). I may also be completely wrong, and if so, I never said any of this.

Does he know Dr. Carl Weiman?

[camacazio]

Originally Posted by Colonel Flagg

I'd guess that he's working in the PML division of NIST, which is heavily involved with developing quantum computing using ultracold materials known as Bose-Einstein Condenstates (BEC's). I may also be completely wrong, and if so, I never said any of this.

Does he know Dr. Carl Weiman?

Not personally, but I'm pretty familar with his work, and I've worked with people who have worked with him. The university campus has a cute little nobel laureate sign with him, Eric Cornell, and John Hall listed. I trap single ions, our "temperature" is excitations of vibrational quanta in the trap.

[Colonel Flagg]

Originally Posted by camacazio

Not personally, but I'm pretty familar with his work, and I've worked with people who have worked with him.

One of my college friends had him for a thesis advisor. Small world.

I trap single ions, our "temperature" is excitations of vibrational quanta in the trap.

I used to investigate vibrational quanta in ultracold molecules and molecular clusters in the gas phase, back when supersonic jets were all in vogue. Atomic spectroscopy was a tool for calibration for us, nothing more. Now the pendulum seems to be swinging back.

I had a look at the website - there's some neat stuff going on at NIST.