Quantum Coherence Effects

 

Quantum Coherence Effects

February 11 and 12, 2010

Ulm University, Albert-Einstein-Allee 11, 89081 Ulm, building/room O25/346

Agenda as pdf-file

Thursday, February 11, 2010

11:30Registration in O25/507
12:00Lunch in Mensa
13:20W.P. Schleich, Ulm University
Welcome
13:30M. Lukin, Harvard University
From quantum eraser to solid-state quantum networks: exploring new frontiers of quantum optical science
14:00Ch. Keitel, Max-Planck-Institute for Nuclear Physics, Heidelberg
Quantum optics at high fields
14:30W. Becker, Max-Born-Institute, Berlin
Interference in laser-induced ionization processes
15:00M. Kleber, Technical University, Munich
From Kepler orbits to Coulomb waves: New results for semiclassical propagation in a Coulomb field
15:30Coffee Break
16:00M. Plenio, Ulm University
Coherence and decoherence: Quantum effects in biology
16:30T. Pfau, University of Stuttgart
Long-range interacting quantum gases
17:00E. Rasel, University of Hannover
Matter waves in free fall
17:30T. Walther, University of Darmstadt
Trapping neutral mercury: Status and prospects
18:00F. Narducci, Naval Air Systems Command
Considerations in the development of a gradient magnetometer atom interferometerl

Friday, February 12, 2010

8:30G. Leuchs, MPI for the Science of Light and University of Erlangen-Nürnberg
The physical significance of the dielectric constant of vacuum
9:00S. Zubairy, Texas A&M University
Correlated emission laser: From noise quenching to macroscopic entanglement
9:30T. Siebert, Freie Universität Berlin
Faster and faster: How CARS was inspired to new performance
10:00S. Zhu, Hong Kong Baptist University
Dynamic evolution and modification of Lamb shift
10:30Coffee Break
11:00S. Stenholm, Royal Institute of Technology, Stockholm
Quantum amplifyers don't look back
11:30E. Fry, Texas A&M University
Do experimental violations of Bell inequalities require a non-local interpretation of quantum mechanics?
12:00H. Briegel, University of Innsbruck
Quantum control and entanglement in the avian chemical compass
12:30N. Kroo, Hungarian Academy of Siences, Budapest
The new world of plasmonics
13:00Lunch in Mensa
14:30Award Ceremony:
Honorary Degree for Prof. Dr. Marlan O. Scully
Building/room: N24/H13

K.-J. Ebeling, President of Ulm University
Welcome

H.J. Newton, Dean of Science, Texas A&M
Greetings

W.P. Schleich, Ulm University
Laudation

A. Groß, Dean of Natural Sciences, Ulm University
Award Ceremony

H. Rauch, Technical University Vienna
Test of quantum curiosities by neutron experiments

M.O. Scully, Texas A&M University
Personal remarks

Reception in front of the lecture hall