2007 Workshop

LANL Quantum Workshop

The LANL Quantum Institute sponsored a Laboratory-wide workshop on Quantum Information, Science, and Technology. Here are the details and more information:

• Date: Wednesday, Dec. 12, 2007
• Location: Research Park Bldg., Rm. 203 (4200 West Jemez Road, across from Otowi Building. Access from south-bound Diamond, to right just after crossing bridge)
• Program: See Workshop Program schedule, below.
• Posters: Click here to see a list of Workshop Posters; Also see Poster Panel Layout (pdf).
• Participant Info: Directions and info for visitors, poster presenters, and speakers, including poster panel layout.

The workshop's purpose is to update those interested in quantum research at the Laboratory on recent accomplishments, discuss future directions, and initiate new collaborations. We hope that all research relevant to quantum entanglement and quantum coherence conducted in and around the Lab will be represented.

The day-long program will consist of nine talks, along with a poster session which will run over an extended lunch break to provide ample time for discussion. Poster presenters will be able to present a two-minute "advertisement" for their poster in an oral session immediately before the posters. Talks will be a combination of invited presentations and topics drawn from the poster submissions.

Please register your intention to attend with an email to quantumworkshop07@lanl.gov by November 30. There is no registration fee.

Deadlines

• November 30: Register by email to quantumworkshop07@lanl.gov
• December 7: submit short abstract to quantumworkshop07@lanl.gov

Program

• 9:00 - 9:15 Welcome Malcolm Boshier (Quantum Institute/P-21)
• 9:15 - 9:45 "Quantum limited metrology" Carl Caves (UNM)
• 9:45 - 10:15 "Quantum computing and link invariants: the Jones polynomial and beyond" Jon Yard (CCS-3)
• 10:15 - 10:45 "Quantum origins of quantum jumps" Wojciech Zurek (T-DO)
• 10:45 - 11:45 "Two-minute" poster summary presentations
• 11:45 - 1:30 Lunch and posters
• 1:30 - 2:00 "Quantum information processing with trapped ions" John Chiaverini (P-21)
• 2:00 - 2:30 "Cold molecules and quantum optics" Michael Di Rosa (C-PCS)
• 2:30 - 3:00 "Dynamics of a quantum phase transition in a ferromagnetic Bose-Einstein condensate" Bogdan Damski (T-DO)
• 3:00 - 3:15 break
• 3:15 - 3:45 "A new record for quantum key distribution" Danna Rosenberg (P-21)
• 3:45 - 4:15 "An Overview of the Center for Integrated Nanotechnologies" Toni Taylor (MPA-CINT)
• 4:15 - 4:45 "Overview of Sandia device
  physics and engineering activities for Quantum Information Processing" Matt Blain (Sandia)

Table of Contents

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Quantum Lunch Seminars

• Current Schedule

Related Info

• A Quick Intro to Quantum Info
• ARDA QIST Roadmaps
• Conference and Workshop Proceedings

Opportunities

• Postdocs
• Students
• Los Alamos Summer School