High School University

Robert J. Brecha

Curriculum VitaeProfessional Training and Experience

Univ. of Dayton – Professor:

Aug. 2006 –

Leonard A. Mann Chair in the

Sciences, Aug. 2006 –

Associate Director, University

Honors and John W. Berry, Sr. Scholars Programs Aug. 2005 – May 2006

Univ. of Dayton - Assoc.

Professor: Aug. 1999 – July 2006

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

Other Research ActivityJune

& July 2007 – Visiting

Scientist, Potsdam Institute for Climate

Impact ResearchJune & July 2006 –

Visitor, Potsdam Institute for Climate Impact ResearchJuly 2005 – Visiting

scientist, National Inst. for Applied Optics (INOA), Art Diagnostics Group,

Florence, Italy

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 H nsch Publications in Print

Journal Articles (since 1996; twelve additional articles prior to 1996)

“Revisiting Hafemeister’s

‘Science and Society’ Tests” R.J. Brecha, R. Berney, B. Craver, American Journal of Physics,

75

916-930 (2007).

“Tunable diode laser

absorption measurement of oxygen A-band linestrengths,” Blake Anderson and R. J.

Brecha, Applied Physics B 87 379-385 (2007).

"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).

“Schr dinger’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).

Conference Proceedings (since 1993; four additional prior to 1993)

"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).

Recent Talks and Conference Papers

“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

Research in

Progress

My most recent focus has been on issues of energy, “peak oil” and global climate

change. I am looking at how to reconcile current predictions for remaining

amounts of finite fossil-fuel resources with the emissions scenarios produced by

the Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change.

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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