http://www.acqao.org Latest News from The Australian Research Council Centre of Excellence for Quantum-Atom Optics http://www.acqao.org/logo-whitebg.jpg http://www.acqao.org Characterising the quantum coherence of ultracold atoms by researchers in the ACQAO metastable helium (He*) BEC laboratory at ANU has been highlighted in the 30 most exciting peer-reviewed optics research articles in 2011 by the Optical Society of America (OPN 22(12) p. 37). http://acqao.org/news/HeOpthighlights2011.pdf http://acqao.org/news/HeOpthighlights2011.pdf The aim of this workshop is to share our latest results and to enhance our collaborations in this field within ACQAO and our collaborators and potential collaborators in the region. http://acqao.org/workshops.htm#kioloa2011 http://acqao.org/workshops.htm#kioloa2011 Scientists from The Australian National University have demonstrated for the first time that atoms can be guided in a laser beam and possess the same properties as light guided in an optical communications fibre.. http://www.acqao.org/news/atom_guiding_breakthrough.html http://www.acqao.org/news/atom_guiding_breakthrough.html The ACQAO 2010 annual report is available for download. Thanks to the many people in the Centre who have helped to complete this report, as always this is a team effort. http://www.acqao.org/research/ACQAO_ANNUAL_REPORT_2011.pdf http://www.acqao.org/research/ACQAO_ANNUAL_REPORT_2011.pdf