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In the decade since the last AMO survey, there have been considerable advances in AMO science. These advances have fundementally changed not only this field buthave also strengthened its impact and relationship to other subfields of physics and other areas of science. This study will report on the status and future directions of atomic, molecular, and optical (AMO) science for the next decade.
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Manipulating Quantum Systems: An Assessment of Atomic, Molecular, and Optical Physics in the United States
Consensus Study Report
·2020
The field of atomic, molecular, and optical (AMO) science underpins many technologies and continues to progress at an exciting pace for both scientific discoveries and technological innovations. AMO physics studies the fundamental building blocks of functioning matter to help advance the understandi...
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