The purpose of this course is to introduce the most promising future opportunities in atomic, molecular, and optical (AMO) science based on what is known at this time. Building on these findings, the course introduces the most fertile avenues for the next decade’s research.
I. Controlling the Quantum World: AMO Science in the Coming Decade
II. AMO Science and the Basic Laws of Nature
III. Toward Absolute Zero, Cold Atoms and Molecules, BEC
IV. Extreme Light, Superintense and Ultrashort Lasers
V. Attosecond Science and Technology
VI. Quantum Computing and Quantum Information