Atomic, Molecular, & Optical

Studying the structure and dynamics of atoms and molecules and their interactions with the electromagnetic field.

Our multi-disciplinary faculty are researching ultra-cold atoms and Bose-Einstein condensates, atom optics, and quantum control, quantum optics, scattering of molecules from surfaces, neutrino rest mass from beta decay, molecular beam slowing, formation and study of nano-particles, molecular scattering and sonoluminescence, tabletop accelerators, laser fusion, and relativistic shock waves.

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Michael Downer

  • Professor
  • Physics
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Bjorn Manuel Hegelich

  • Associate Professor
  • Physics
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Daniel Heinzen

  • Professor
  • The Fondren Foundation Centennial Chair in Physics
  • Physics
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Greg Sitz

  • Professor
  • Distinguished Teaching Professor
  • Elizabeth B. Gleeson Professorship in Physics
  • Physics
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Edoardo Baldini

  • Assistant Professor
  • Physics
Telephone Number:512-471-9620
Building: WEL
Room Number:3.226F
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Ernst-Ludwig Florin

  • Associate Professor
  • Physics
  • Interdisciplinary Life Sciences Graduate Programs