I can
be reached by e-mail
at
Robert.Brecha@notes.udayton.edu
Univ. of Dayton - Assoc. Professor: Aug. 1999 - present
European Laboratory for Nonlinear Spectroscopy (LENS), Florence, Italy - Guest Scientist: Sept. 2000 - May 2001
Univ. of Dayton - Asst. Professor: Aug. 1993 - July 1999
Max Planck Institute for Quantum Optics, Munich, Germany - Visiting Scientist: Nov. 1990 - Oct. 1992
University of Texas at Austin - Ph.D.: Aug. 1983 - Oct. 1990
Wright State University - B.S.: Sept. 1979- June 1983
Summer 2002 - Visiting
scientist, European Laboratory for Nonlinear Optics, Florence, Italy, in the
group of Prof. Massimo Inguscio.
Sept. 2000 - May 2001
European Laboratory for Nonlinear Spectroscopy (LENS), Florence, Italy - Guest
Scientist
Summer 1997 - Visiting scientist, Max-Planck Institute for Quantum Optics and University of Munich, in the group of Prof. Theodor Hänsch
"Dipolar Oscillations in a Quantum Degenerate Fermi-Bose Atomic Mixture," F. Ferlaino, R.J. Brecha, P. Hannaford, F. Riboli, G. Roati, G. Modugno, and M. Inguscio, J. Opt. B: Quantum Semiclass. Opt. 5, S3–S8 (2003).
“Schrödinger’s Cat and Divine Action: Some Comments on the Use of Quantum Uncertainty to Allow for God’s Action in the World,” Robert Brecha, Zygon 37(4) December 2002.
"Collapse of a Degenerate Fermi Gas," G. Modugno, G. Roati, F. Riboli, F. Ferlaino, R.J. Brecha and M. Inguscio, Science 297, 2240 (2002).
"Cooling atoms in an optical trap by selective parametric excitation," N. Poli, R.J.Brecha, G. Roati and G. Modugno, Phys. Rev. A65, 021401 (2002).
"Bose-Einstein Condensation of Potassium Atoms by Sympathetic Cooling," G. Modugno, G. Ferrari, G. Roati, R.J. Brecha, A. Simoni, M. Inguscio, Science 294, 1320 (2001).
"Two-Level Atom in an Optical Parametric Oscillator: Spectra of Transmitted and Fluorescent Fields in the Weak Driving Field Limit," J.P. Clemens, P.R. Rice, P.K. Rungta and R.J. Brecha, Phys. Rev. A 62, 033802 (2000)
"Analysis of imperfect polarizer effects in magnetic rotation spectroscopy," R.J. Brecha and L.M. Pedrotti, Optics Express 5, 101 (1999).
"N Two-level Atoms in a Driven Optical Cavity: Quantum Dynamics of Forward Photon Scattering for Weak Incident Fields," R.J. Brecha, P.R. Rice and M. Xiao, Phys. Rev. A59, 2392 (1999).
"Non-invasive Magnetometry Based on Magnetic Rotation Spectroscopy of Oxygen," R.J. Brecha, Applied Optics 37, 4834 (1998).
"Magnetic Rotation Spectroscopy of Molecular Oxygen with a Diode Laser," R.J. Brecha, L.M. Pedrotti, and D. Krause, J. Opt. Soc. Am. B 14, 1921 (1997).
"Cavity Induced Transparency", P.R. Rice and R.J. Brecha, Opt. Comm. 126, 230 (1996).
"Cavity Induced Transparency''. P. R. Rice and R. J. Brecha, in
Coherence
and Quantum Optics VII, J.H. Eberly, L. Mandel, and E. Wolf, eds. (Plenum,
New York, 1996).
"Atoms in an Optical Cavity'', G. Rempe, R. J. Thompson, R. J. Brecha,
Q. Turchette and H. J. Kimble, in Atomic Physics 13, H. Walther,
T. Hänsch and B. Neizert, eds. (Amer. Inst. of Physics, 1993).
“Finite Fossil-fuel Resources and the IPCC Emissions Scenarios” University Clean Energy Alliance of Ohio Workshop (poster), April 2007
“Peak Oil, Fossil Fuels and Global Warming” – SPS Invited speaker, April 2007
“How We See Art …and What We Cannot See” – Dayton Art Institute Public Lecture, Feb. 2007
“Peak Oil, Fossil Fuels and Climate Change” – Northern Kentucky University Physics Dept., March 2007
“How We See Art …and What We Cannot See” – Dayton Art Institute Public Lecture, Feb. 2007
“John Stuart Mill and Limits to Growth” – Univ. of Dayton Honors Student lecture, Jan. 2007
“How We See Art …and What We Cannot See” – Dayton Art Institute Docents Lectures, November 2006
“Peak Oil, Global Climate Change and Sustainability” – Honors Seminar of Metropolitan Dayton, October 2006
“Reducing Household Energy Use by 75%: A Strawbale Construction Example” – Third Annual Conference on Peak Oil and Community Solutions, September 2006
“Fossil Fuels, Climate Change and Sustainability” – Dayton Democratic Party, September 2006
“Peak Oil? Some Considerations” - Potsdam Institute for Climate Impact Research Seminar, June 2006
"Peak Oil" – Univ. of Dayton Integrated Natural Sciences Sequence, Spring workshop, April 2006
"Afflicted Powers- Blood for Oil?" - Univ. of Dayton General Education Cluster workshop, May 2006
"Peak Oil" – Univ. of Dayton Integrated Natural Sciences Sequence, Spring workshop, April 2006
“Peak Oil – An Introduction” - MEE 415 Seminar, Feb. 2006
"Cuba and Peak Oil" - Yellow Springs High School discussion -
“Peak Oil: A Primer” - Univ. of Dayton Physics Dept. Seminar, Jan. 20, 2006.
“Peak Oil: A View From the Slippery Slope”- Wright State Univ. Geological Sciences Seminar, Oct. 31, 2005.
“Peak Oil: A Physicist’s View of the Slippery Slope” - Miami University Physics Dept. Seminar, Oct. 12, 2005.
“Diode Laser Spectroscopy Measurement of Oxygen A-Band Linestrengths,” Tunable Diode Laser Spectroscopy 2005, Florence, Italy, July 2005. (poster)
"Physics and Literature - An Experimental Course," Ohio Section American Physical Society, Dayton, OH, April 2005.
“Trapping of Ultracold Atoms,” Dayton Honors Seminar, University of Dayton, Oct. 2004. (Invited)
“Diode Laser Spectroscopy Measurements of Oxygen A-Band Linestrengths,” 59th International Molecular Spectroscopy Symposium, Columbus, OH, June 2004
“Ultra-cold mixtures of Fermionic and Bosonic species,” Great Lakes Photonics Symposium, Cleveland, OH, June 9, 2004. (Invited)
“How Cold is Ultracold? Dilute Gases at Nanokelvin Temperatures,” SPS Banquet Talk, University of Dayton, April 24, 2003. (Invited)
“Collapse of a Degenerate Fermi Gas,” Physics of Quantum Electronics, Snowbird, UT, Jan. 7, 2003. (coauthors: G. Modugno, G. Roati, F. Riboli, F. Ferlaino, M. Inguscio.) (Invited)
“Experiments with a Degenerate Gas of Fermionic Potassium Atoms,” SUNY-Stony Brook, Atomic, Molecular and Optical Physics Group Seminar, Nov. 4, 2002. (Invited)
“Collapse of a Degenerate Fermi Gas,” Ohio Section, American Physical Society Fall Meeting, Columbus, OH, Oct. 19, 2002. (coauthors: G. Modugno, G. Roati, F. Riboli, F. Ferlaino, M. Inguscio.)
“Collapse of a Degenerate Fermi Gas,” Post-deadline paper, Optical Society of America Annual Meeting, Orlando, FL, Sept. 30, 2002. (coauthors: G. Modugno, G. Roati, F. Riboli, F. Ferlaino, M. Inguscio.)
“Experiments with Trapped Potassium Atoms,” University of Dayton Physics Dept. Seminar, Fall 2002
"Oxygen Magnetic Rotation Spectroscopy," European Laboratory for Nonlinear Spectroscopy Seminar, Florence, Italy, Nov. 2000.
"Transmitted and Fluorescent Spectra of a Two-level Atom in an Optical Parametric Oscillator," IQEC 2000, Nice, France, Sept. 2000. (with P.R. Rice, J.P. Clemens, P.K. Rungta)
"Quantum Interference in Resonance Fluorescence," Ohio Section APS, Dayton, OH, Oct. 1999 (with L. Pedrotti, P. Rice, R. Thurairutnam).
"Imperfect Polarizers and Detection Sensitivity in Magnetic Rotation Spectroscopy," OSA Annual Meeting, Santa Clara, CA, Sept. 1999.
"Theoretical and Experimental Analysis of Imperfect Polarizer Effects in Magnetic Rotation Spectroscopy," 54th Int'l. Symp. on Mol. Spec., Columbus, Ohio, June 1999
The effort being carried out in my laboratory is centered on diode laser spectroscopy of oxygen, with the aim of making measurements of the linestrengths and absolute frequencies of the near-infrared A-band transitions and of the visible wavelength B-band transitions. In addition to the experimental work carried out in my laboratory I have maintained a collaboration with Dr. Perry Rice of Miami University and Dr. Leno Pedrotti of the University of Dayton in the field of theoretical quantum optics. We are continuing to investigate quantum dynamical effects of a few atoms in an optical cavity.
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