Workshop on Quantum Phenomena and Information: From Atomic to Mesoscopic Systems

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Monday, 5 May 2008
- 08:30 - 09:30 REGISTRATION AND ADMINISTRATIVE FORMALITIES
  
  Location: Leonardo da Vinci Building, Lobby
  - 08:30 REGISTRATION AND ADMINISTRATIVE FORMALITIES 1h0'
- 09:30 - 09:40 Welcome and Opening Session
  - 09:30 Welcome and Opening Session 10'
- 09:40 - 10:30 Entanglement, Quantum State Manipulation and Quantum Metrology with Trapped Ca+ ions
  - 09:40 Entanglement, Quantum State Manipulation and Quantum Metrology with Trapped Ca+ ions 50'
    
    Speaker: R. Blatt ((Innsbruck))
- 10:30 - 11:20 Quantum Phenomena with atoms and quantum dots
  - 10:30 Quantum Phenomena with atoms and quantum dots 50'
    
    Speaker: I. Cirac ((Garching))
- 11:20 - 11:45 Coffee break
  - 11:20 Coffee break 25'
- 11:45 - 12:30 Contributed talks
  - 11:45 Contributed talks 45'
- 12:45 - 14:30 Lunch
  - 12:45 Lunch 1h45'
- 14:30 - 15:30 REGISTRATION CONT'D - Afterwards, late Registrations at the Secretariat (room 231)
  - 14:30 REGISTRATION CONT'D - Afterwards, late Registrations at the Secretariat (room 231) 1h0'
- 15:30 - 16:20 Spins in a Bosonic Environment: From Noisy Qubits to Quantum Computation
  - 15:30 Spins in a Bosonic Environment: From Noisy Qubits to Quantum Computation 50'
    
    Speaker: K. Le Hur ((Yale))
- 16:30 - 17:00 Contributed talks
  - 16:30 Contributed talks 30'
Tuesday, 6 May 2008
- 09:30 - 10:20 Ultra-cold polar molecules
  - 09:30 Ultra-cold polar molecules 50'
    
    Speaker: H.P. Buchler ((Stuttgart))
- 10:30 - 11:20 Vibrationally-dependent interactions of cold polar molecules
  - 10:30 Vibrationally-dependent interactions of cold polar molecules 50'
    
    Speaker: S. Kotochigova ((Temple, Philadelphia))
- 11:30 - 11:50 Coffee break
  - 11:30 Coffee break 20'
- 11:50 - 12:35 Contributed talks
  - 11:50 Contributed talks 45'
- 12:45 - 15:30 Lunch
  - 12:45 Lunch 2h45'
- 15:30 - 16:20 A Mott insulating state of fermions in an optical lattice
  - 15:30 A Mott insulating state of fermions in an optical lattice 50'
    
    Speaker: T. Esslinger ((ETH Zurich))
- 16:30 - 17:20 Quantum phase transitions and the computational power of dissipative quantum systems
  - 16:30 Quantum phase transitions and the computational power of dissipative quantum systems 50'
    
    Speaker: F. Verstraete ((Wien))
- 19:30 - 21:00 Reception
  - 19:30 Reception 1h30'
Wednesday, 7 May 2008
- 09:30 - 10:20 A new route to Supersolid Phases via Spinor Condensates
  - 09:30 A new route to Supersolid Phases via Spinor Condensates 50'
    
    Speaker: E. Demler ((Harvard))
- 10:30 - 11:20 Decoherence beyond the Spin-Boson model
  - 10:30 Decoherence beyond the Spin-Boson model 50'
    
    Speaker: B. Altshuler ((Columbia))
- 11:20 - 11:40 Coffee break
  - 11:20 Coffee break 20'
- 11:50 - 12:40 Quantum Noise as an Entanglement Meter
  - 11:50 Quantum Noise as an Entanglement Meter 50'
    
    Speaker: L. Levitov ((MIT))
- 12:40 - 14:00 Lunch
  - 12:40 Lunch 1h20'
- 14:00 - 16:30 Poster Session
  - 14:00 Poster Session 2h30'
- 16:30 - 17:20 Quantum loop gases and topological order
  - 16:30 Quantum loop gases and topological order 50'
    
    Speaker: M. Troyer ((ETH Zurich))
Thursday, 8 May 2008
- 09:30 - 10:20 A new route for probing electron organization in low-dimensional semiconductor structures
  - 09:30 A new route for probing electron organization in low-dimensional semiconductor structures 50'
    
    Speaker: D. Goldhaber-Gordon ((Stanford))
- 10:30 - 11:20 Quantum coherence and entanglement with ultracold atoms in optical lattices
  - 10:30 Quantum coherence and entanglement with ultracold atoms in optical lattices 50'
    
    Speaker: I. Bloch ((Mainz))
- 11:20 - 11:40 Coffee break
  - 11:20 Coffee break 20'
- 11:50 - 12:40 Strong correlations and inhomogeneity in ultracold atoms
  - 11:50 Strong correlations and inhomogeneity in ultracold atoms 50'
    
    Speaker: W. Hofstetter ((Frankfurt))
- 12:45 - 15:30 Lunch
  - 12:45 Lunch 2h45'
- 15:30 - 16:20 Atomic Bose gases in reduced dimensionality
  - 15:30 Atomic Bose gases in reduced dimensionality 50'
    
    Speaker: J. Dalibard ((ENS Paris))
Friday, 9 May 2008
- 10:30 - 11:20 Measuring the momentum of a nanomechanical oscillator through the use of two tunnel junctions
  - 10:30 Measuring the momentum of a nanomechanical oscillator through the use of two tunnel junctions 50'
    
    Speaker: C. Bruder ((Basel))
- 11:30 - 11:50 Coffee break
  - 11:30 Coffee break 20'
- 11:50 - 12:20 Contributed talks
  - 11:50 Contributed talks 30'
Monday, 12 May 2008
- 08:30 - 09:30 REGISTRATION AND ADMINISTRATIVE FORMALITIES Afterwards, late Registrations at the Secretariat (room 231)
  - 08:30 REGISTRATION AND ADMINISTRATIVE FORMALITIES Afterwards, late Registrations at the Secretariat (room 231) 1h0'
- 09:30 - 10:20 Hyperfine Interaction in Quantum Dots
  - 09:30 Hyperfine Interaction in Quantum Dots 50'
    
    Speaker: D. Loss ((Basel))
- 10:30 - 11:20 The dynamic nuclear environment in GaAs spin qubits
  - 10:30 The dynamic nuclear environment in GaAs spin qubits 50'
    
    Speaker: C. Marcus ((Harvard))
- 11:30 - 11:50 Coffee break
  - 11:30 Coffee break 20'
- 11:50 - 12:40 Single Electron Charge and Spin Physics in GaAs Quantum Dots
  - 11:50 Single Electron Charge and Spin Physics in GaAs Quantum Dots 50'
    
    Speaker: D. Zumbuhl ((Basel))
- 12:50 - 14:30 Lunch
  - 12:50 Lunch 1h40'
- 14:30 - 15:20 -
  - 14:30 - 50'
    
    Speaker: P. Zoller ((Innsbruck))
- 15:30 - 16:20 Two particle Aharonov-Bohm effect and finite temperature entanglement
  - 15:30 Two particle Aharonov-Bohm effect and finite temperature entanglement 50'
    
    Speaker: M. Buttiker ((Geneva))
- 16:30 - 16:50 Coffee break
  - 16:30 Coffee break 20'
- 16:50 - 17:40 Dispersive optomechanics: a new approach to radiation pressure
  - 16:50 Dispersive optomechanics: a new approach to radiation pressure 50'
    
    Speaker: J. Harris ((Yale))
- 17:40 - 18:25 Kondo effect in Carbon Nanotubes
  - 17:40 Kondo effect in Carbon Nanotubes 45'
    
    Speaker: R. Lopez ((Balearic Islands))

Tuesday, 13 May 2008

09:30 - 10:20 Coherence and control of a single electron spin in a quantum dot
- 09:30 Coherence and control of a single electron spin in a quantum dot 50'
  
  Speaker: L. Vandersypen ((Delft))
10:30 - 11:20 Conditional interaction between two quantum dots
- 10:30 Conditional interaction between two quantum dots 50'
  
  Speaker: A. Imamoglu ((ETH Zurich))
11:30 - 11:50 Coffee break
- 11:30 Coffee break 20'

11:50 - 12:40 Single microwave photon detection with quantum dots

11:50 Single microwave photon detection with quantum dots 50'

Speaker:	K. Ensslin ((ETH Zurich))
Material:	Presentation

12:40 - 14:30 Lunch
- 12:40 Lunch 1h50'
14:30 - 15:20 Spin qubits in diamond: physics and applications
- 14:30 Spin qubits in diamond: physics and applications 50'
  
  Speaker: M. Lukin ((Harvard))
15:30 - 16:20 Tunable Single Quantum Dot Nanocavities for solid-state QED
- 15:30 Tunable Single Quantum Dot Nanocavities for solid-state QED 50'
  
  Speaker: J. Finley ((Munich))
16:30 - 16:50 Coffee break
- 16:30 Coffee break 20'

16:50 - 17:40 Adiabatic quenches in open quantum critical systems: Coherent vs incoherent defect production

16:50 Adiabatic quenches in open quantum critical systems: Coherent vs incoherent defect production 50'

Speaker:	A. Silva ((ICTP, Trieste))
Material:	Presentation

19:30 - 21:00 Reception
- 19:30 Reception 1h30'

Wednesday, 14 May 2008

09:30 - 10:20 Reconstructing the Wigner function of photonic Schrödinger cats in a cavity: a movie of decoherence
- 09:30 Reconstructing the Wigner function of photonic Schrödinger cats in a cavity: a movie of decoherence 50'
  
  Speaker: S. Haroche ((ENS Paris))
10:30 - 11:20 Quantum optics with superconducting circuits
- 10:30 Quantum optics with superconducting circuits 50'
  
  Speaker: D. Schuster ((Yale))
11:30 - 11:50 Coffee Break
- 11:30 Coffee Break 20'
11:50 - 12:40 Cavity QED with one atom and two photons
- 11:50 Cavity QED with one atom and two photons 50'
  
  Speaker: G. Rempe ((Munich))
12:50 - 14:00 Lunch
- 12:50 Lunch 1h10'
14:00 - 14:45 Contributed talks
- 14:00 Contributed talks 45'
14:45 - 15:00 Break
- 14:45 Break 15'
15:00 - 15:45 Contributed talks
- 15:00 Contributed talks 45'
16:10 - 16:30 Coffee break
- 16:10 Coffee break 20'

16:30 - 17:20 Many body entanglement of massive and massless particles

16:30 Many body entanglement of massive and massless particles 50'

Speaker:	V. Vedral ((Leeds))
Material:	Presentation

Thursday, 15 May 2008
- 09:30 - 10:20 Ultracold Polar Molecules: Production and Applications
  - 09:30 Ultracold Polar Molecules: Production and Applications 50'
    
    Speaker: D. DeMille ((Yale))
- 10:30 - 11:20 Dissipation in driven circuit QED systems
  - 10:30 Dissipation in driven circuit QED systems 50'
    
    Speaker: G. Schon ((Karlsruhe))
- 11:30 - 11:50 Coffee break
  - 11:30 Coffee break 20'
- 11:50 - 12:40 Entanglement engineering in optical superlattices
  - 11:50 Entanglement engineering in optical superlattices 50'
    
    Speaker: D. Jaksch ((Oxford))
- 12:50 - 14:15 Lunch
  - 12:50 Lunch 1h25'
- 14:15 - 15:15 Contributed talks
  - 14:15 Contributed talks 1h0'
- 15:15 - 15:30 Coffee break
  - 15:15 Coffee break 15'
- 15:30 - 16:20 The cavity grid: Quantum information processing in superconducting circuit QED
  - 15:30 The cavity grid: Quantum information processing in superconducting circuit QED 50'
    
    Speaker: F. Marquardt ((Munich))
- 16:30 - 17:20 Frequency-dependent counting statistics in interacting nanoscale conductors
  - 16:30 Frequency-dependent counting statistics in interacting nanoscale conductors 50'
    
    Speaker: R. Aguado ((CSIC, Madrid))
Friday, 16 May 2008
- 09:30 - 10:20 Spin qubits in graphene
  - 09:30 Spin qubits in graphene 50'
    
    Speaker: G. Burkard ((Konstanz))
- 10:30 - 11:20 Quantum phase transitions in arrays of coupled QED-cavities
  - 10:30 Quantum phase transitions in arrays of coupled QED-cavities 50'
    
    Speaker: R. Fazio ((SISSA, Trieste))
- 11:30 - 12:00 Coffee break
  - 11:30 Coffee break 30'
- 12:00 - 12:45 Closing session
  - 12:00 Closing session 45'