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Committee on Atomic, Molecular, and Optical Sciences

The Committee on Atomic, Molecular and Optical Sciences (CAMOS) is a standing activity of the BPA. The committee’s membership covers the full breadth of the atomic, molecular, and optical (AMO) sciences and forms a multidisciplinary group with experts from universities, industry, and government laboratories.

After a period of dormancy during the writing of the AMO 2010 volume of the next Physics 2010 Decadal Survey Controlling the Quantum World, CAMOS has been reestablished with the following objectives:

  • To provide active stewardship of the agenda laid out in Controlling the Quantum World;
  • To provide a means for dialog with federal agencies on AMO science and related fields;
  • To initiate case studies on important timely topics in AMO science and/or its multidisciplinary connections with other fields of science and technology.
  • To provide a venue for discussion among AMO scientists and thereby provide a unifying force in this diverse and varied field.

Several mechanisms have been developed to achieve these objectives. CAMOS periodically proposes and oversees special technical studies, science surveys, workshops, and other meetings. It provides oversight for study panels that are formed to prepare reports on specific scientific or policy issues. From time to time it holds symposia to focus attention on facilities, programs, or other matters of concern to the AMO science community. From its position within the NRC’s Board on Physics and Astronomy, CAMOS also generally monitors advances in the physical sciences, technology, and engineering in order to identify important synergies with traditional AMO activities.

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Upcoming Meetings

April 3-4, 2012
Washington, DC

Fall 2012 (Date TBA)
Irvine, CA
  

Past Meetings

April 5-6, 2011
Keck Center
Washington, DC
Agenda -- Presentations
Focus Session PDF: Extreme Light

 

October 3-4, 2011
Keck Center
Washington, DC
Agenda -- Presentations
Focus Session PDF: Nanoscale Science

April 6-7, 2010
Keck Center
Washington, DC
Agenda -- Presentations

 

October 16-17, 2010
The University of Arizona-Biosphere 2
Tucson, AZ
Agenda -- Presentations List
Focus Session PDF: Precision Measurements

May 15-16, 2009
Keck Center
Washington, DC 
Agenda

 

December 12-13, 2009
Beckman Center
Irvine, CA
Agenda

Committee Members and NRC Staff

Stephen Pratt, Chair, Argonne National Laboratory
Ray Beausoleil, HP Laboratories
Charles Conover,
Colby College
Steven Cundiff, JILA
Todd Ditmire, The University of Texas
Marshall Jones, GE Global Research
Nergis Mavalvala, Massachusetts Institute of Technology
Christopher Monroe,
University of Maryland
David R. Schultz, Oak Ridge National Laboratory
Tamar Seideman, Northwestern University
Carol E. Tanner,
University of Notre Dame
Ronald Walsworth, Harvard-Smithsonian Center for Astrophysics
David Weiss,
Pennsylvania State University

NRC Staff

Donald C. Shapero, Board Director
James Lancaster, Program Officer
Teri Thorowgood, Administrative Coordinator

Current Activities

To follow up the 2006 report, Controlling the Quantum World: The Science of Atoms, Molecules, and Photons, the committee is holding focus sessions on science highlights in the field and producing one-page handouts, which will be made available here as they are produced.  Current handouts include:

Past Report-writing Activities

Since its foundation in 1970, CAMOS has originated numerous NRC studies, workshops, and other activities. Selected NRC reports include the following

To follow up the 1994 Atomic, Molecular, and Optical Science report, CAMOS prepared a series of one-page handouts on science highlights in the field. Topics addressed include:

Support

The Committee is pleased to acknowledge support from the National Science Foundation and the Department of Energy.

 

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