2010 Workshop

LANL Quantum Workshop

The LANL Quantum Initiative and CNLS are sponsoring a Laboratory-wide workshop on Quantum Science and Technology. Here are the details and more information:

• Date: Wednesday, April 28, 2010
• 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 Schedule, below. Full Program (PDF).
• Posters: 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. Current research thrusts of the Quantum Initiative include quantum information theory, quantum communications, sensing with quantum systems, quantum control, and quantum many-body physics.

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 submit title and author list to quantumworkshop10@lanl.gov by April 9 at the latest.

Please register your intention to attend with an email to quantumworkshop10@lanl.gov by April 16. There is no registration fee.

Deadlines

• April 9: Submit title and author list to quantumworkshop10@lanl.gov
• April 16: Register attendance by email to quantumworkshop10@lanl.gov
• April 21: Submit short abstract to quantumworkshop10@lanl.gov

Program

• 9:00 - 9:10 Welcome, Malcolm Boshier (Quantum Initiative/P-21)
• 9:10 - 9:45 Quantum Noise in Slow and Fast Light, Peter Milonni (T-4)
• 9:45 - 10:20 New Directions in Quantum Communications, Richard Hughes (P-21)
• 10:20 - 10:55 Quantum Channel Capacities, Jon Yard (CCS-3)
• 10:55 - 11:15 Break
• 11:15 - 12:00 “Two-minute” poster summary presentations
• 12:00 - 1:30 Poster session and lunch
• 1:30 - 2:05 Quantized Circulation in a Bose-Einstein Condensate, Malcolm Boshier (P-21)
• 2:05 - 2:40 Coherent Quantum Noise Cancellation for Opto-mechanical Sensors, Mankei Tsang (UNM)
• 2:40 - 3:15 Micro-device technologies for atomic physics based quantum information experiments, Matthew Blain (SNL)
• 3:15 - 3:30 Break
• 3:30 - 4:05 Macroscopic quantum superposition and tunneling in cold atom systems, Dima Mozyrsky (T-4)
• 4:05 - 4:40 Observation of the surface state and fractional Landau quantization in a topological insulator, Ross MacDonald (MPA-CMMS)
• 4:40 - 5:15 Critical dynamics of decoherence, Bogdan Damski (T-4)

Table of Contents

Newsworthy

• Los Alamos quantum cryptography team is co-winner of prestigious European research prize

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