Brian D. Sheehy

Assistant Chemist

Atomic, molecular and optical physics. Atomic and molecular dynamics in strong optical fields. Coherent and optimal control of molecular dynamics. Novel short-pulse laser systems. Spectroscopy of semiconductor nanostructures. Quantum dynamics of classically chaotic systems. Laser cooling.

Telephone: (516) 344-4325
e-mail: sheehy@bnl.gov

 

B.S. College of William and Mary 1980; M.S. SUNY Stony Brook, 1986. Ph.D. SUNY Stony Brook 1990.

Postdoctoral Fellow, Universitaet Bielefeld; Fakultaet fuer Physik; Bielefeld, Germany 1991-1993. Research Associate, Brookhaven National Laboratory 1993-1996. Assistant Chemist, Brookhaven National Laboratory 1996-present.

 Group Publications

 Other Selected Publications: 

1. C. Neumann, R. Ubert, S. Freund, E. Floethmann, B. Sheehy, K. H. Welge, M. R. Haggerty and J. B. Delos. Symmetry Breaking in Crossed Magnetic and Electric Fields. Physical Review Letters 78, 4705 (1997).
    
2. B. Sheehy and L. F. DiMauro. Ultra-Short Laser Pulses in Physical Chemistry. Annual Review of Physical Chemistry 47, 463. Annual Reviews Inc., Palo Alto Ca, 1996.
    
3. P. van der Straten, S-Q. Shang, B. Sheehy, H. Metcalf, and G. Nienhuis. Laser Cooling at Low Intensity in a Strong Magnetic Field. Physical Review A47, 4160 (1993).
    
4. S-Q Shang, B. Sheehy, H. Metcalf, P. van der Straten, and G. Nienhuis. Velocity-Selective Resonances and Sub-Doppler Cooling. Physical Review Letters 67, 1094 (1991)
   
   
5. S-Q Shang, B. Sheehy, P. van der Straten, and H. Metcalf. Velocity-Selective Magnetic Resonance Cooling. Physical Review Letters 65, 317 (1990)
    
6. B. Sheehy, S-Q Shang, P. van der Straten, and H. Metcalf. Magnetic Field-Induced Laser Cooling Below the Doppler Limit. Physical Review Letters 64, 858 (1990)
    
7. B. Sheehy, S-Q. Shang, R. Watts, S. Hatamian, and H. Metcalf. Diode Laser Deceleration and Collimation of a Rubidium Beam. Journal of the Optical Society of America B6, 2165 (1989)