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III Adriatico Research Conference on QUANTUM INTERFEROMETRY (1 - 5 March 1999) PRELIMINARY PROGRAMME (All lectures will be held in the Main Building Lecture Hall) MONDAY, 1 MARCH 09:00 - 10:00 Registration (Main Building Lobby, Reception Area) 10:00 - 12:00 Administrative formalities 14:00 - 14:15 OPENING 14:15 - 14:55 H. RAUCH (Vienna University) Quantum features of neutron spin-echo experiments 14:55- 15:35 A. ZEILINGER (Vienna University) Multiphoton interference and the Foundations of Quantum Mechanics 15:35 - 16:15 W. SCHLEICH (Ulm University) Quantum State holography 16:15 - 16:55 M. BRUNE (ENS, Paris) Single photons and single atoms in a cavity: realization of a XOR gate and observation of 3-atom correlations 16:55 - 17:35 M. WEIDINGER (Max-Planck-Institut, Garching) Generation and detection of trapping states in the micromaser 17:35 - 19:00 ROUNDTABLE on New trends in Quantum Interferometry, and the Foundations of Modern Physics Panel: S. Haroche, C. Bennett, D. Greenberger, A. Zeilinger, L. Hardy, F. De Martini TUESDAY, 2 MARCH 09:00 - 09:40 C. H. BENNET (IBM, New York) Entanglement, Nonlocality and Irreversibility 09:40 - 10:20 A. EKERT (University of Oxford) Quantum Algorithms viewed as multiparticle Quantum Interferometry 10:20 - 11:00 C. MACCHIAVELLO (University of Pavia) Quantum cloning and state extimation 11:00 - 11:30 C o f f e e B r e a k 11:30 - 12:10 M. RASETTI (University of Torino) Beating decoherence: the role of dynamical algebras 12:10 - 12:50 S. BRAUNSTEIN (University of Wales, Bangor, UK) How versatile are down-convertors? 12:50 - 14:30 L u n c h B r e a k 14:30 - 15:10 F. DE MARTINI (Università "La Sapienza", Roma) Multiphoton quantum superposition: Nonlinear parametric Schroedinger-Cats with no decoherence 15:10 - 15:50 D. VITALI (University of Camerino) Schroedinger Cat within a parametric oscillator structure 15:50 - 16.30 G. C. GHIRARDI (University of Trieste) Quantum Interference and definite perceptions 16:30 - 17:00 C o f f e e B r e a k 17:00 - 17:40 T. ARECCHI (University of Firenze) Quantum interference between macroscopically distinct states 17:40 - 18:20 P. MATALONI (Università "La Sapienza", Roma) Quantum Superradiance in Microcavities 18:20 - 19:00 P. TOMBESI (University of Camerino) Quantum Logic with cavities and trapped electrons WEDNESDAY, 3 MARCH 09:00 - 09:40 S. STRINGARI (University of Trento) Quantized Vortices in Trapped Bose-Einstein condensed Gases 09:40 - 10:20 M. INGUSCIO (University of Firenze) Perspectives for quantum degeneracies in ultracold potassium atoms 10:20 - 11:00 E. ARIMONDO (University of Pisa) Quantum Interference in Laser Cooling and Spectroscopy 11:00 - 11:30 C o f f e e B r e a k 11:30 - 12:10 M. O. SCULLY (Texas A&M University) Bose-Einstein Condensation and the laser phase transition 12:10 - 12:50 Q. TURCHETTE (N.I.S.T., Boulder, USA) Quantum States of Trapped Ions 12:50 - 14:30 L u n c h B r e a k 14:30 - 15:10 D. KOKOROWSKI (M.I.T., Cambridge, USA) Longitudinal atom interferometry 15:10 - 15:50 G. REMPE (University of Konstanz) Complementarity in an atom interferometer 15:50 - 16:30 F. SCHMIDT-KALER (University of Innsbruck) Cooling and addressing of single ions in a linear Paul trap 16:30 - 17:00 C o f f e e B r e a k 17:00 - 17:40 M. D'ARIANO (University of Pavia) New experiments in Quantum Tomography 17:40 - 18:20 G. DIGIUSEPPE (Università "La Sapienza", Rome) Optical Homodyning of a Fock State 18:20 - 19:00 M. FREYBERGER (University of Ulm) Interferometric measurement of quantum states 20:30 - 22:00 POSTER SESSION THURSDAY, 4 MARCH 09:00 - 09:40 H. WEINFURTER (University of Innsbruck) Multiphoton Interferometry 09:40 - 10:20 Y. SHIH (UMBC, Baltimore) From Popper's experiment to the Quantum Eraser 10:20 - 11:00 A. V. SERGIENKO (Boston University) Nonstationary Quantum Interference in femtosecond optical spontaneous parametric down-conversion 11:00 - 11:30 C o f f e e B r e a k 11:30 - 12:10 M. RUBIN (UMBC, Baltimore) Entanglement and State preparation 12:10 - 12:50 J. FRANSON (J. Hopkins University, Baltimore) Quantum Logic and Control using Photon-Exchange interactions 12:50 - 14:30 L u n c h B r e a k 14:30 - 15:10 D. GREENBERGER (CUNY, New York) Keyless communication and cryptological Bell's Theorem 15:10 - 15:50 L. HARDY (University of Oxford) Manipulating pure 2-particle entangled states into maximally entangled states 15:50 - 16.30 A. PERES (Technion, Haifa, Israel) Bell Inequalities revisited 16:30 - 17:00 C o f f e e B r e a k 17:00 - 17:40 S. POPESCU (Cambridge, UK) Quantum Nonlocality 17:40 - 18:20 M. ZUKOWSKI (University of Innsbruck) Re-analysis of some quantum interferometric experiments. Are local-realistic models possible? FRIDAY, 5 MARCH 09:00 - 09:40 G. KURIZKI (Weizmann Institute of Science, Rehovot) Dephasing and Interfering evolution paths: can it be useful? 09:40 - 10:20 M. PARIS (University of Pavia) A quantum filter: Fock states from a coherent source 10:20 - 11:00 A. GARUCCIO (University of Bari) Coherent entangled states, quantum mechanics and relativity 11:00 - 11:40 M. PAVICIC (University of Zagreb) Quantum Optical Repeaters and Quantum Simulators 11:40 - 12:20 G. TINO (University of Napoli) Precision tests of the spin-statistics connection for spin-0 particles 12:20 - 13:00 N. CARTWRIGHT (LSE, London) Physics and Causation 13:00 - CONCLUSIONS (as of 25 February)