The purpose of the workshop is mainly to provide a forum for discussion. The focus of QUEST 2002 will be quantum and atomic optics and condensed matter physics and the connections between them. The purpose of talks will be as take-off points for discussions as well as to provide updates on the present state of the art.
Monday and Tuesday (August 5 and 6) will be largely devoted to problems of measurement, control, and coherence in condensed matter systems. Quantum and atomic optical systems will be the focus of discussions on Wednesday and Thursday (August 7 and 8). The last day (Friday, August 10) will be reserved for discussions regarding the present state of the art and future prospects.
Except for Friday, the daily schedule will be as follows. The review talk will be from 9.30 - 10.45. After a 15 minute break, the first technical talk will go from 11.00 - 11.45 at which point we will break for lunch. The afternoons will begin with a technical talk from 1.30 - 2.15, followed by a 15 minute break, and end with the discussion session at 2.30.
| Date | Morning Review | Technical Talk 1 | Technical Talk 2 | Directed Discussion |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Monday, August 5 | Tony Leggett (Quantum Coherence in Superconducting Devices) | Miles Blencowe (Nanomechanics: Theory) | Keith Schwab (Nanomechanics: Experiment) | Quantum Coherence in Condensed Matter/Quantum Nanomechanics |
| Tuesday, August 6 | Mark Sherwin (Quantum Dots) | Hong-Wen Jiang (Single Spin Measurement) | Alexander Sergienko (Quantum Entanglement and Surface Characterization) | Ultrafast Lasers and Condensed Matter Devices |
| Wednesday, August 7 | Howard Wiseman (Continuous Quantum Measurement) | Alexander Korotkov (Measurement in Condensed Matter) | John Stockton (Adaptive Phase Measurement) | Quantum Measurement |
| Thursday, August 8 | Murray Holland (Cold Atoms/BECs) | Brian DeMarco (Ion Traps) | Florian Schreck (Solitonic BEC) | Cold Atom Physics |
| Friday, August 9 | Group Discussion (Future Research Directions) | |||
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| Salman Habib / T-8 / LANL / habib@shiva.lanl.gov / revised May 02 | |