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IQST - Kick-off Meeting

Symposium on

Modern Trends in Quantum Science

on the occasion of the opening of the

Center for Integrated Quantum Science and Technology (IQST)

between Ulm University, the University of Stuttgart and the Max Planck Institute of Solid State Research



October 13 -14, 2011

Ulm University, Oberer Eselsberg, N27, Multimediaraum

(Directions)


Program: (pdf)

Thursday, October 13

13:30 informal gathering with drinks
14:00 greetings Prof. K.J. Ebeling (President Ulm University)
Prof. M. Berroth (Vice President University of Stuttgart)
15:00 Laudatio on Prof. W. Zurek
Decoherence
Prof. J.P. Paz (Buenos Aires)
Bestowal of the Einstein Professorship on Prof. Zurek
Quantum Theory of the Classical Prof. W. Zurek (Los Alamos)
16:30 reception
19:00 dinner at Drei Kannen

Friday, October 14

8:45 introduction of IQST T. Pfau (Stuttgart)
9:00 Experimental Quantum Error Correction R. Laflamme (Waterloo)
9:30 Testing the limits of molecular quantum mechanics:
The dissociation energy of molecular hydrogen
F. Merkt (Zürich)
10:00 Integrated Quantum Photonics J. O’Brien (Bristol)
10:30 coffee break
(the groups of IQST present their work by posters)
11:30 Quantum Effects - An Opportunity for Industry? K. Dieterich (Stuttgart)
12:00 Real-time quantum feedback experiments in Cavity QED S. Haroche (Paris)
12:30 lunch
14:00 Quantum experiments with massive mechanical objects:
pushing the frontiers of quantum optics
M. Aspelmeyer (Vienna)
14:30 Interacting Bosons in Random Potentials J. Yngvason (Vienna)
15:00 Coherent population trapping in coupled quantum dots A. Imamoglu (Zurich)
15:30 closing
16:30 lab tours:
Institute of Quantum Optics
Institute of Quantum Matter

F. Jeletzko
J. Hecker Denschlag
19:00 dinner at Zunfthaus