Kurt Gibble Department of Physics The Pennsylvania State University 104 Davey Laboratory 232 University Park, PA 16802 kgibble@phys.psu.edu (814)-863-5343 Professional Experience: Professor, 2008 to present, Department of Physics, The Pennsylvania State University Visiteur Etranger de Longue Durée, 2009, Systèmes de Référence Temps-Espace, l'observatoire de Paris, Paris, France Guest Researcher, June, 2009 and April, 2007, Physikalisch-Technische Bundesanstalt (PTB), Braunschweig, Germany Associate Professor, 2001 to 2008, Department of Physics, The Pennsylvania State University Associate Professor, 1998 to 2001, Department of Physics, Yale University Assistant Professor, 1993-1998, Department of Physics, Yale University Research Associate, 1991-1993, Department of Physics, Stanford University Post-doctoral Mentor: Steven Chu Research Assistant, 1986-1990, Joint Institute for Laboratory Astrophysics Thesis Advisor: Alan Gallagher Educational Background: B.S., Highest Honors, 1986, Lehigh University (Engineering Physics) Ph.D. 1990, Joint Institute for Laboratory Astrophysics, University of Colorado (Physics) Thesis: Measurements and analysis of the shape of velocity-changing collision kernels Honors and Awards: Bourse chercheurs étrangers de la Ville de Paris, 2009 Fellow of the American Physical Society, DAMOP, 2005 Yale Junior Faculty Fellowship, 1996-1997 National Science Foundation National Young Investigator, 1994 Tau Beta Pi, 1986
Professional Memberships: American Physical Society (Division of Atomic, Molecular, and Optical Physics DAMOP, Division of Laser Science DLS, and Topical Group on Precision Measurements and Fundamental Constants GPMFC) IEEE (Ultrasonics, Ferroelectrics, and Frequency Control, UFFC) Professional Service: Vice Chair of the Frequency Control Standing Committee, IEEE Ultrasonics Ferroelectrics and Frequency Control Society, 2009-present. Co-Chair, Joint Program Committee, 2009 Joint Meeting of the European Frequency and Time Forum and the IEEE International Frequency Control Symposium. Chair, Technical Program Committee, 2008 IEEE International Frequency Control Symposium. Local Organizing Committee, DAMOP 08, American Physical Society Division of Atomic, Molecular, and Optical Physics, 2008. Academic Chair, Standing Committee of the IEEE International Frequency Control Symposium, 2004-present. Executive Committee, American Physical Society, Division of Laser Science, member-at-large, 2006 2009. Executive Committee, American Physical Society, Topical Group on Precision Measurements and Fundamental Constants, member-at-large, 2005 2008. Chair, Nominating Committee, American Physical Society, Topical Group on Precision Measurements and Fundamental Constants, 2006 2008. Technical Program Committee, 2007 Joint Meeting of the IEEE International Frequency Control Symposium and the European Frequency and Time Forum. Technical Program Committee, 2006 IEEE International Frequency Control Symposium. LIGO Annual Review panel, National Science Foundation, 2005 Technical Program Committee, 2005 Joint IEEE International Frequency Control Symposium and Precise Time and Time Interval (PTTI) Systems and Applications Meeting. Chair of New Laser Scientist Conference of the APS Division of Laser Science, October 2004. Technical Program Committee, European Quantum Electronics Conference, EQEC 2003 2
Co-chair of New Laser Scientist Conference of the APS Division of Laser Science, September 2002. External reviewer for the NRC Assessment of Precise Time and Time Interval Science and Technology. Technical Program Committee QELS 2002 Nominating Committee of the APS Topical group of Precision Measurement and Fundamental Constants, 2001 2002. Publications: 1. "Decoherence and Collisional Frequency Shifts of Trapped Bosons and Fermions," K. Gibble, Phys. Rev. Lett. 103, 113202 (2009). 2. A Quantum Scattering Interferometer, R. Hart, X. Xu, R. Legere, and K. Gibble, Nature, 446, 892-895 (2007). * 3. Difference between a Photon s Momentum and an Atom s Recoil, K. Gibble, Phys. Rev. Lett. 97, 073002 (2006). 4. "Locking lasers with large FM noise to high-q cavities," L. Duan and K. Gibble, Optics Letters 30, 3317-3319 (2005). 5. "Phase variations in microwave cavities for atomic clocks," R. Li and K. Gibble, Metrologia 41, 376-386 (2004). 6. "Experiments in Fundamental Physics Scheduled and in Development for the ISS," C. Lammerzahl, G. Ahlers, N. Ashby, M. Barmatz, P. L. Biermann, H. Dittus, V. Dohm, R. Duncan, K. Gibble, J. Lipa, N. Lockerbie, N. Mulders, and C. Salomon, General Relativity and Gravitation 36, 615-649 (2004). 7. Measurement and Cancellation of the Cold Collision Frequency Shift in an 87 Rb Fountain Clock, C. Fertig and K. Gibble, Phys. Rev. Lett. 85, 1622-1625 (2000). 8. Laser-Cooled Rb Clock, C. Fertig and K. Gibble, IEEE Trans. Instr. Meas. 48, 520-523 (1999). 9. "Quantum Scattering in a Juggling Atomic Fountain," R. Legere and K. Gibble, Phys. Rev. Lett. 81, 5780-5783 (1998). * Featured in Science 316, News of the Week, p. 354, 2007 and Nature, Editor's Summary, www.nature.com/nature/journal/v446/n7138/edsumm/e070419-09.html Featured in Physical Review Focus (8/16/2007) and Laser Focus World 42, p. 17, 2006. Featured in Physics News Update 499, Story #1, 2000 and Science News, sciencenow.sciencemag.org/cgi/content/full/2000/830/3 Featured in Physical Review Focus (12/31/1998) and Physics World 12, p. 5, February, 1999. 3
10. "Prospects for Bose-Einstein Condensation of Cs," S. J. J. M. F. Kokkelmans, B. J. Verhaar, and K. Gibble, Phys. Rev. Lett. 81, 951-954 (1998). 11. "Prediction for Laser-Cooled Rb Clocks," S. J. J. M. F. Kokkelmans, B. J. Verhaar, K. Gibble, and D. J. Heinzen, Phys. Rev. A. 56, R4389- R4392 (1997). 12. "Direct Observation of s-wave Atomic Collisions, K. Gibble, S. Chang, and R. Legere, Phys. Rev. Lett. 75, p. 2666-2669 (1995). 13. "Eliminating Cold Collision Frequency Shifts, K. Gibble and B. J. Verhaar, Phys. Rev. A. 52, p. 3370-3373 (1995). 14. "Cold Collision Properties Derived from Frequency Shifts in a Cesium Fountain," B. J. Verhaar, K. Gibble, and S. Chu, Phys. Rev. A. 48, p. R3429-R3432 (1993). 15. "A Laser-Cooled Cs Frequency Standard and a Measurement of the Frequency Shift due to Ultra-Cold Collisions," K. Gibble and S. Chu, Phys. Rev. Lett. 70, p. 1771-1774 (1993). 16. "Future Slow-atom Frequency Standards," K. Gibble and S. Chu, Metrologia 29, p. 201-212 (1992). 17. "Improved magneto-optic trapping in a vapor cell," K. E. Gibble, S. Kasapi, and S. Chu, Opt. Lett. 17, p. 526-528 (1992). 18. "Interatomic potentials from velocity-changing collision kernels," K. E. Gibble and J. Cooper, Phys. Rev. A 44, p. R5335-R5338 (1991). 19. "Scattering angle resolution in measurements of velocity-changing collision kernels," K. E. Gibble and J. Cooper, Phys. Rev. Lett. 67, p. 1936 (1991). 20. "Measurements of velocity-changing collision kernels," K. E. Gibble and A. Gallagher, Phys. Rev. A 43, p. 1366-1380, (1991). Invited Conference Talks: 1. Precise Measurements of Scattering Phase Shifts, to be given at Variation of fundamental constants and violation of fundamental symmetries P, T(EDM), CPT, Lorentz invariance, 24-25 July, 2010, Cairns, Australia. 2. Decoherence and Collision Shifts of Fermions, to be given at Frontiers on Matter Wave Optics, April 6-11, 2010, Crete, Greece. 3. "Highly Precise Scattering Measurements with Atomic Clocks," given at the 7 th Symposium on Frequency Standards and Metrology, Pacific Grove, CA, USA. October 5 11, 2008. 4
4. "Laser-cooled atomic clocks," given at International Conference on Atomic Physics, ICAP XXI, July 27 - August 1, 2008, Storrs, CT, USA. 5. " Probing Ultra-Cold Atom-Atom Interactions with Atomic Clock Accuracy," given at From Quantum to Cosmos: Fundamental Physics in Space for the Next Decade, July 6-10, 2008, Airlie Center, VA USA. 6. "Laser-cooled atomic clocks," given at 37 th Annual Meeting of DAMOP, Knoxville, TN, May 17, 2006. 7. Atomic Clocks: How they work and why we need them, keynote address given at the 26 th Puerto Rico Interdisciplinary Scientific Meeting (PRISM) of the Puerto Rico Louis Stokes Alliance for Minority Participation, University of Puerto Rico-Cayey, Cayey, Puerto Rico, March 11, 2006. 8. Atomic Clocks on Earth and in Space for Tests of Fundamental Physics and Navigation, given at the Third Meeting on CPT and Lorentz Symmetry, Indiana University, Bloomington, IN, August 4-7, 2004. 9. "RACE: a high performance clock for the ISS," given at the 35th COSPAR Scientific Assembly, July 18 25, 2004, Paris, France. 10. "RACE: a high performance clock for the ISS," Gordon Conference on Gravitational Phenomena in Physico-Chemical Systems, July 27- August 1, 2003, New London, CT. 11. "RACE: a high performance clock for the ISS," XXXVIII th Rencontres de Moriond, Les-Arcs, France, March 22-26, 2003. 12. "High Performance Laser-Cooled Rubidium Clocks on Earth and in Space (RACE)," given at the 2001 Annual Meeting of the Optical Society of America & International Laser Spectroscopy Conference, Long Beach, CA, October 14-19, 2001. 13. "Cold Collision Frequency Shifts and Laser-Cooled 87 Rb Clocks," 6 th Symposium on Frequency Standards and Metrology, St. Andrews, Scotland. September 9 14, 2001. 14. "RACE: a High Performance Rubidium Clock on the ISS," given at the Second Meeting on CPT and Lorentz Symmetry, Indiana University, Bloomington, IN, August 15-18, 2001. 15. "Atomic Clocks and Cold Atom Scattering," given at the 15th International Conference on Laser Spectroscopy, Snowbird, UT, June 10-16, 2001. 16. "Advances in Atomic Clocks," given at the Eighth Rochester Conference of Coherence & Quantum Optics, Rochester, NY, June 13-16, 2001. 5
17. "Juggling Atomic Clocks," given at International Conference on Applications of Photonic Technologies (Photonics North), Québec City, Canada, June 12-16, 2000. 18. "Laser-Cooled Rb Clocks and Juggling Atomic Fountains," given at the Conference on Lasers and Electro-Optics/Quantum Electronics and Laser Science Conference CLEO/QELS 99, Baltimore, MD, May 23-28, 1999. 19. "Atomic Scattering in Juggling Fountains & Atomic Clocks," given at the APS Centennial Meeting, Atlanta, GA, March 20-26, 1999. 20. "Laser-Cooled Cs and Rb Clocks," given at the XXXIV th Rencontres de Moriond, Les-Arcs, France, January 23-30, 1999. 21. Collisional Effects in Laser-Cooled Alkalis," given at the Fifth Symposium on Frequency and Metrology, Woods Hole, MA, October 15-19, 1995. 22. "Laser-Cooled Atomic Fountain Clocks," given at the XXX th Rencontres de Moriond, Villars-sur-Ollon, Switzerland, January 21-28, 1995. 23. "Future Neutral Atom Frequency Standards," given at the Joint April Meeting of the American Physical Society and the American Association of Physics Teachers, Crystal City, VA, April 18-22, 1994. 24. "Frequency Shifts Due to Ultra-Cold Atom Collisions," given at the 46 th Annual Gaseous Electronics Conference, Montreal, Quebec, October 19-22, 1993. 25. "Interatomic potentials from sub-doppler line shapes," given at the 11 th International Conference on Spectral Line Shapes, Carry le Rouet, France June 8-12 1992. 6