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2 Atomic, Molecular, and Optical Physics in the United States Today
2 Atomic, Molecular, and Optical Physics in the United States Today
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The concluding section discusses the changing role of the United States in AMO research. DEMOGRAPHICS OF ATOMIC, MOLECULAR, AND OPTICAL PHYSICS The most comprehensive recent study of AMO physics in the United States is the Survey by the Committee on Atomic and Molecular Science (CAMS)
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By providing research opportunities for undergraduate students in colleges and universities, AMO research plays an effective role in attracting capable students to science. The major educational role of AMO physics, however, is in the training of professional physicists who are qualified to pursue many
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AMO physics contributes directly to national needs through a host of applications: plasma diagnostics based on AMO physics are essential to our fusion program; fiber-optics systems play a growing role in civilian and military communications; remote sensing is being increasingly employed for monitoring the environment and industrial pro
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AMO physics is vital to innumerable military applications including navigation, communication, and laser-based defense systems; it has contributed to medical care through laser surgery and nuclear magnetic resonance body imaging. Chapters 7 and 8 describe the scientific interfaces and applications of
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The projected sales by 1990 are estimated to be $2 billion to $3 billion. The economic impact of magnetic resonance body imaging is far greater than this, however, for it comes not so much from the sales as from the benefits of improved medical diagnosis: high productivity, better health care, and a better quality of life.
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At lower left is an internal gear that was processed by a laser drill. At lower right, the container for a cardiac pacemaker made of titanium is shown being welded by a pulsed laser welder.
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THE HEALTH OF THE FIELD IN THE UNITED STATES Through the early 1970s, scientific leadership in AMO physics came largely from the United States. Advances such as the invention of magnetic resonance, the discovery of the Lamb shift, the observation of quantum diffraction in high-resolution atomic scattering, and the invention of the laser left no room for doubt about the strength of AMO physics in the United States.
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A central concern, however, is that if one extrapolates the effect of the funding pattern over the past decade into the decade to come, it becomes evident that the quality of AMO research in the United States will be seriously compromised. It is not essential that the United States be preeminent in every area of AMO research, but we must remain competitive and we must maintain excellence in areas where major advances seem likely.
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