James Martin

Associate Professor

James Martin Dr. Martin studies basic atomic, molecular and optical physics. His group is constructing a laser cooling and trapping apparatus suitable for investigating a wide variety of phenomena associated with cold Rydberg atoms.

Contact information
Office: PHY 357; Lab: PHY 139
Phone: 519 888-4567 ext. 33201
Email: jddmarti@uwaterloo.ca
Website: http://www.science.uwaterloo.ca/~jddmarti

Expertise

Laser physics
Rydberg and ion-pair states
Laser cooling
THz source development

Teaching

PHYS358, Thermal Physics
PHYS256, Geometrical and Physical Optics
PHYS342, Electricity and Magnetism 2
PHYS701, Quantum Mechanics 1

Highlighted Publications

Y. Ni, P. Xu, and J. D. D. Martin,
"Reduction of the dc electric field sensitivity of circular Rydberg states using non-resonant dressing fields"
Phys. Rev. A, v. 92, 063418 (2015).

J. D. Carter and J. D. D. Martin,
"Coherent manipulation of cold Rydberg atoms near the surface of an atom chip",
Phys. Rev. A, v. 88, 043429 (2013).

L. A. Jones, J. D. Carter, and J. D. D. Martin,
"Rydberg atoms with a reduced sensitivity to dc and low-frequency electric fields",
Phys. Rev. A, v. 87, 023423 (2013).

J. D. Carter, O. Cherry, and J. D. D. Martin,
"Electric field sensing near the surface microstructure of an atom chip using cold Rydberg atoms",
Phys. Rev. A, v. 86, 053401 (2012).

C. E. Liekhus-Schmaltz, R. Mantifel, M. Torabifard, I. B. Burgess, and J. D. D. Martin,
"Injection-locked diode laser current modulation for Pound-Drever-Hall frequency stabilization using transfer cavities",
J. Opt. Soc. Am. B, v. 29, pg 1394 (2012).

Please see Dr. Martin's research website for a complete list of his publications.