Preliminary programme - smr 1760

[College on Physics of Nano-Devices]

College on Physics of Nano-Devices
Cosponsor(s): I2CAM - International Institute for Complex Adaptive 
Matter and NEC Research Institute Inc.
Organizer(s): Directors: B.L. Altshuler, C.M. Marcus, V.I. Falko, P.B. 
Littlewood; Local organizer: V. Kravtsov
Trieste - Italy, 10 - 21 July 2006
AGH (Kastler LH)
Venue: Adriatico Guest House Kastler Lecture Hall
Preliminary programme

DAY 1 - MONDAY 10 JULY 2006 (Room:Adriatico Guest House Kastler Lecture 
Hall)

09:00 - 10:15 --- REGISTRATION ---
10:15 - 10:30 OPENING
10:30 - 11:30 Allan H. MACDONALD / The University of Texas at Austin, 
U.S.A.
Introduction to Spintronics I
11:30 - 12:30 Allan H. MACDONALD / The University of Texas at Austin, 
U.S.A.
Introduction to Spintronics II
12:30 - 14:00 --- LUNCH ---
14:00 - 16:30 --- REGISTRATION ---
16:30 - 17:00 --- COFFEE BREAK ---
17:00 - 18:00 Atac IMAMOGLU / Institut für Quantenelektronik, Zurich, 
Switzerland
Quantum optics with quantum dots: elementary properties, photon 
correlation measurements, single
photon sources
18:00 - 19:00 Atac IMAMOGLU / Institut für Quantenelektronik, Zurich, 
Switzerland
Cavity-QED with quantum dots in photonic crystal cavities

DAY 2 - TUESDAY 11 JULY 2006 (Room:Adriatico Guest House Kastler 
Lecture Hall)

09:00 - 10:00 Robert I. SHEKHTER / Chalmers University of Technology, 
Sweden
Theory of electromechanical shuttles I
10:00 - 11:00 Robert I. SHEKHTER / Chalmers University of Technology, 
Sweden
Theory of electromechanical shuttles II
11:00 - 11:30 --- COFFEE BREAK ---
11:30 - 12:30 Allan H. MACDONALD / The University of Texas at Austin, 
U.S.A.
Introduction to Spintronics III
12:30 - 14:00 --- LUNCH ---
14:00 - 16:30 Discussions
16:30 - 17:00 --- COFFEE BREAK ---
17:00 - 18:00 Arzhang ARDAVAN / University of Oxford, U.K.
An introduction to magnetic resonance in quantum information processing
18:00 - 19:00 Arzhang ARDAVAN / University of Oxford, U.K.
Endohedral fullerenes and electron spin resonance quantum information 
processing

DAY 3 - WEDNESDAY 12 JULY 2006 (Room:Adriatico Guest House Kastler 
Lecture Hall)

09:00 - 10:00 Alex IVANOV / Cardiff University, U.K.
Statistically-degenerate indirect excitons in coupled quantum 
wells:Thermalization and optical decay
10:00 - 11:00 Alex IVANOV / Cardiff University, U.K.
Statistically-degenerate indirect excitons in coupled quantum wells: 
Diffusion and photoluminescence
rings
11:00 - 11:30 --- COFFEE BREAK ---
11:30 - 12:30 Atac IMAMOGLU / Institut für Quantenelektronik, Zurich, 
Switzerland
Quantum dot spin manipulation
12:30 - 14:00 --- LUNCH ---
14:00 - 16:30 Discussions
16:30 - 17:00 COFFEE BREAK
17:00 - 18:00 Michael L. ROUKES / California Institute of Technology, 
U.S.A.
Physics, engineering & applications of nano-electro-mechanical systems 
and quantum electromechanical
systems I
DAY 2 - TUESDAY 11 JULY 2006 (Room:Adriatico Guest House Kastler 
Lecture Hall)
10 July 2006
DAY 3 - WEDNESDAY 12 JULY 2006 (Room:Adriatico Guest House Kastler 
Lecture Hall)
12 July 2006
18:00 - 19:00 Michael L. ROUKES / California Institute of Technology, 
U.S.A.
Physics, engineering & applications of nano-electro-mechanical systems 
and quantum electromechanical
systems II

DAY 4 - THURSDAY 13 JULY 2006 (Room:Adriatico Guest House Kastler 
Lecture Hall)

09:00 - 10:00 Vadim CHEIANOV / University of Lancaster, U.K.
Kondo effect, Luttinger liquid and bosonisation technique I
10:00 - 11:00 Vadim CHEIANOV / University of Lancaster, U.K.
Kondo effect, Luttinger liquid and bosonisation technique II
11:00 - 11:30 --- COFFEE BREAK ---
11:30 - 12:30 Robert I. SHEKHTER / Chalmers University of Technology, 
SwedeN
Theory of electromechanical shuttles III
12:30 - 14:00 --- LUNCH ---
14:00 - 17:00 POSTER TALKS
17:00 - 19:00 COFFEE BREAK / POSTER SESSION

DAY 5 - FRIDAY 14 JULY 2006 (Room:Adriatico Guest House Kastler Lecture 
Hall)

09:00 - 10:00 Alexei L. EFROS / University of Utah, U.S.A.
Optical properties of materials with negative refraction: Perfect 
lenses and cloaking I
10:00 - 11:00 Alexei L. EFROS / University of Utah, U.S.A.
Optical properties of materials with negative refraction: Perfect 
lenses and cloaking II
11:00 - 11:30 --- COFFEE BREAK ---
11:30 - 12:30 Alex IVANOV / Cardiff University, U.K.
Statistically-degenerate indirect excitons in coupled quantum wells: 
In-plane traps and extremely low temperatures
12:30 - 14:00 --- LUNCH ---
14:00 - 16:30 Discussions
16:30 - 17:00 --- COFFEE BREAK ---
17:00 - 17:45 Marc A. KASTNER / Massachussetts Institute of Technology, 
U.S.A.
Introduction to the physics of semiconductor quantum dots
18:00 - 19:00 Marc A. KASTNER / Massachussetts Institute of Technology, 
U.S.A.
Electron correlations in single-electron transistors
19:00 - 19:00 --- CONFERENCE DINNER ---

DAY 6 - MONDAY 17 JULY 2006 (Room:Adriatico Guest House Kastler Lecture 
Hall)

09:00 - 10:00 Igor V. LERNER / University of Brimingham, U.K.
Decoherence and relaxation in qubits: a challenge for experimentalists, 
a puzzle for theorists I
10:00 - 11:00 Igor V. LERNER / University of Brimingham, U.K.
Decoherence and relaxation in qubits: a challenge for experimentalists, 
a puzzle for theorists II
11:00 - 11:30 --- COFFEE BREAK ---
11:30 - 12:30 Vadim CHEIANOV /
University of Lancaster, U.K
Kondo effect, Luttinger liquid and bosonisation technique III
12:30 - 14:00 --- LUNCH ---
14:00 - 16:30 Discussions
16:30 - 17:00 COFFEE BREAK
17:00 - 18:00 Vladimir FALKO / University of Lancaster, U.K.
Quantum transport of chiral electrons in graphene I
18:00 - 19:00 Vladimir FALKO / University of Lancaster, U.K.
Quantum transport of chiral electrons in graphene II

DAY 7 - TUESDAY 18 JULY 2006 (Room:Adriatico Guest House Kastler 
Lecture Hall)

09:00 - 10:00 Daniel LOSS / University of Basel, Switzerland
Spin qubits and spin decoherence in single and double quantum dots I
10:00 - 11:00 Daniel LOSS / University of Basel, Switzerland
Spin qubits and spin decoherence in single and double quantum dots II
11:00 - 11:30 --- COFFEE BREAK ---
11:30 - 12:30 Vadim CHEIANOV / University of Lancaster, U.K
Friedel oscillations in graphene
12:30 - 14:00 --- LUNCH ---
14:00 - 16:30 Discussions
16:30 - 17:00 --- COFFEE BREAK ---
17:00 - 18:00 Andrew J. TURBERFIELD / University of Oxford, U.K.
Nanofabrication by biomolecular self-assembly
18:00 - 19:00 Andrew J. TURBERFIELD / University of Oxford, U.K.
Self-assembled nanomachines

DAY 8 - WEDNESDAY 19 JULY 2006 (Room:Adriatico Guest House Kastler 
Lecture Hall)

09:00 - 10:00 Peter B. LITTLEWOOD / Cambridge University, U.K.
Excitonic and polaritonic condensates I
10:00 - 11:00 Peter B. LITTLEWOOD / Cambridge University, U.K.
Excitonic and polaritonic condensates II
11:00 - 11:30 --- COFFEE BREAK ---
11:30 - 12:30 Ad LAGENDIJK / University of Twente, the Netherlands
Photonic crystals: without and with imperfections
12:30 - 14:00 --- LUNCH ---
14:00 - 16:30 Discussions
16:30 - 17:00 --- COFFEE BREAK ---
17:00 - 18:00 Andre GEIM / University of Manchester, U.K.
Physics of graphene I
18:00 - 19:00 Andre GEIM / University of Manchester, U.K.
Physics of graphene II

DAY 9 - THURSDAY 20 JULY 2006 (Room:Adriatico Guest House Kastler 
Lecture Hall)

09:00 - 10:00 Georgy SHLYAPNIKOV / Universite XI (Paris-Sud), France
Strongly interacting Fermi gases. From few-body to many-body physics
10:00 - 11:00 Georgy SHLYAPNIKOV / Universite XI (Paris-Sud), France
Strongly interacting mixtures of heavy and light fermions
11:00 - 11:30 --- COFFEE BREAK ---
11:30 - 12:30 Igor V. LERNER / University of Brimingham, U.K.
Decoherence and relaxation in qubits: a challenge for experimentalists, 
a puzzle for theorists III
12:30 - 14:00 --- LUNCH ---
14:00 - 16:30 Discussions
16:30 - 17:00 --- COFFEE BREAK ---
17:00 - 18:00 Ad LAGENDIJK / University of Twente, the Netherlands
Multiple light scattering in mesoscopic and nano-systems
18:00 - 19:00 Ad LAGENDIJK / University of Twente, the Netherlands
Quantum optics and multiple scattering

DAY 10 - FRIDAY 21 JULY 2006 (Room:Adriatico Guest House Kastler 
Lecture Hall)

09:00 - 10:00 Boris L. ALTSHULER / Columbia University, U.S.A.
Adiabatic and non-adiabatic dynamics of quantum condensates I
10:00 - 11:00 Boris L. ALTSHULER / Columbia University, U.S.A.
Adiabatic and non-adiabatic dynamics of quantum condensates II
11:00 - 11:30 --- COFFEE BREAK ---
11:30 - 12:30 Georgy SHLYAPNIKOV / Universite XI (Paris-Sud), France
Supersolid states in quantum gases
12:30 - 14:00 --- LUNCH ---
14:00 - 16:30 Discussions
16:30 - 17:00 --- COFFEE BREAK ---
17:00 - 18:00 Charles M. MARCUS / Harvard University, U.S.A.
Mesoscopic quantum dots and spin qubits I
18:00 - 19:00 Charles M. MARCUS / Harvard University, U.S.A.
Mesoscopic quantum dots and spin qubits II