September 2012 - ITP-quantumseminare

Group Meeting Tuesday Sep. 25
by Joe Renes 01 Oct '12

01 Oct '12

Hi all, tomorrow at the group meeting we'll hear from Omar Fawzi, who has just joined the group from McGill. Usual time and place: E41.1 at 4pm. Best, -joe

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QSIT Lunch Seminar, Thursday October 4, 2012
by QSIT Seminar 28 Sep '12

28 Sep '12

Dear QSIT members The next QSIT Lunch Seminar will take place on Thursday October 4, 2012, at 12:00 noon in the room HPF G6, ETH Hönggerberg, Zurich. There will be two talks of 30 minutes duration jointly presented by two collaborators from different research groups. At 13:00 pm free pizza is offered to the participants. Feedback cooling of cantilever motion using a quantum point contact transducer Michele Montinaro Spin, Quantum Electronics, Nanomechanics, University of Basel Origins of low quantum eciencies in quantum dot LED Deniz Bozyigit Laboratory for Nanoelectronics, ETH Zurich Abstracts: http://www.nccr-qsit.ethz.ch/news/lunchseminar/october2012 Please register for your free pizza at the following link by Tuesday Oct 2, 12:00 noon: https://ethz.doodle.com/sdzapg73r3gnfzw5?lt=2 If you have suggestions on topics or speakers, or would like to present recent results of your research, please send your information to Andreas Wallraff or Ilona Blatter. With best regards, Andreas Wallraff Ilona Blatter Professor for Solid State Physics QSIT Coordinator QSIT Seminar qsit-seminar(a)phys.ethz.ch ETH Zurich Sandra Künzel NCCR QSIT (Finances) HPF E 17 8093 Zurich www.nccr-qsit.ethz.ch

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QSIT/QC2 Seminar by Vladimir Stojanovic, Oct 1, 2012, in Basel
by QSIT Seminar 27 Sep '12

27 Sep '12

Dear all Please be informed about the following joint QC2/QSIT Seminar. With best regards, Sandra Künzel ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------ Date: Monday Oct 1, 2012 Place: Uni Basel, Klingelbergstr. 82, Lecture Hall 1 Time: 16:15 Host: Christoph Bruder Polarons: from Models to Materials to Quantum Simulation Vladimir Stojanovic Universität Basel Details at: http://www.physik.unibas.ch/dept/pages/de/events/cms.htm QSIT Seminar qsit-seminar(a)phys.ethz.ch ETH Zurich Sandra Künzel NCCR QSIT (Finances) HPF E 17 8093 Zurich www.nccr-qsit.ethz.ch

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Zurich Physics Colloquium , September 26th
by QSIT Seminar 25 Sep '12

25 Sep '12

>> Dear students, dear colleagues >> >> Please join us for tomorrow's colloquium by >> >> David DiVincenzo >> Forschungszentrum Juelich and RWTH Aachen, Germany >> >> who will talk about >> >> Prospects for Superconducting Qubits >> >> Please visit our web page http://www.colloquium.phys.ethz.ch for details. >> >> Best regards >> >> Tilman Esslinger >> Thomas Gehrmann >> Juerg Osterwalder >> Renato Renner >> >> >> Use https://webmail.phys.ethz.ch/mailman/listinfo/physik-kolloquium for subscription/unsubscription >> Consult the archive at https://webmail.phys.ethz.ch/pipermail/zurich-physics-colloquium/ QSIT Seminar qsit-seminar(a)phys.ethz.ch ETH Zurich Sandra Künzel NCCR QSIT (Finances) HPF E 17 8093 Zurich www.nccr-qsit.ethz.ch

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2 QSIT Seminar: Tue Sept 25, 2012 - Vijay B. Shenoy & Rémi Desbuquois
by QSIT Seminar 21 Sep '12

21 Sep '12

Dear all Please be informed about the following two QSIT Seminars. With best regards, Sandra Künzel ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------ Date: Tuesday Sept 25, 2012 Time : 11:00 Place: ETH Science City, HPF G 6 Host: Tilman Esslinger Fermions with spin-orbit coupling generated by synthetic non-Abelian gauge fields Vijay B. Shenoy Indian Institute of Science, Bangalore, India abstract: http://www.nccr-qsit.ethz.ch/news/talks/abstractShenoy -------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Date: Tuesday Sept 25, 2012 Time : 14:00 Place: ETH Science City, HPF G 6 Host: Tilman Esslinger Superfluid behaviour of a two-dimensional Bose gas Rémi Desbuquois Rémi Desbuquois abstract: http://www.nccr-qsit.ethz.ch/news/talks/abstractDesbuquois QSIT Seminar qsit-seminar(a)phys.ethz.ch ETH Zurich Sandra Künzel NCCR QSIT (Finances) HPF E 17 8093 Zurich www.nccr-qsit.ethz.ch

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Group Meeting Tues. Sept 18th
by Normand Beaudry 18 Sep '12

18 Sep '12

Dear all, This Tuesday's group meeting will be at 16:00 in HIT E 41.1. Michael and Lidia will be speaking. Cheers, Norm

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Group Meeting Sept. 11th: Canceled
by Normand Beaudry 08 Sep '12

08 Sep '12

Dear all, Due to many people being away at QCrypt, and the conflicting Paul Bernay lecture (info below), this week's meeting has been cancelled. We will resume as per normal on the 18th (probably with a talk from Christian). Cheers, Norm Paul Bernay Lecture Series “Three Problems for Mathematics : Consistency, the Continuum, and Categories” They will be held by Prof. Solomon Feferman from Stanford University (USA). All the lectures will take place at the ETHZ, Auditorium C 14, CHN building, Universitätsstr. 16, Zurich on September 11, 2012, at 16:30 h and September 12, 2012, at 14:15 h and 16:30 h. Opening address by Prof. Erwin Engeler, ETHZ. Further information can be found at http://www.gess.ethz.ch/news/pbl

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Lectures related to QSIT topics
by Ilona Blatter 05 Sep '12

05 Sep '12

Dear QSIT enthusiasts Soon the autumn semester is going to start. Are you looking for a special lecture to attend? Interested in a QSIT topic? Here you find a selection of lectures that are of interest to students working on QSIT projects. Links to the details of the lectures are found at: http://www.nccr-qsit.ethz.ch/education/lectures at the University of Basel: Patrick Maletinsky, Richard Warburton Nano-optics Christian Schönenberger, Dominik Zumbühl Einführung in die Nanowissenschaften at EPFL: Anna Fontcuberta i Morral Introduction for materials science and engineering Anna Fontcuberta i Morral Semiconductor materials and properties: from the bulk to the nanostructure Tobias Kippenberg Lasers and optics of nanostructures at ETHZ: Matthias Christandl Quantum Systems for Information Technology: Theory Jerome Faist Quantum Optics Thomas Ihn Mesoscopic Systems Renato Renner Quantum Information Theory Matthias Troyer Programmiertechniken für physikalische Simulationen Andreas Wallraff, Stefan Filipp Quantum Systems for Information Technology: Experiment Werner Wegscheider Semiconductor Materials: Fundamentals and Fabrication Vanessa Wood Solid State Electronics at the University of Geneva: Nicolas Gisin Optique et communications quantiques Alberto Morpurgo, Markus Büttiker Introduction à la Nano Electronique With best regards, Ilona Blatter --------------------------------------------------- ETH Zurich Dr. Ilona Blatter NCCR QSIT Coordinator Laboratory for Solid State Physics HPF E 17 Schafmattstrasse 16 8093 Zurich ilona.blatter(a)phys.ethz.ch www.nccr-qsit.ethz.ch Phone: +41 44 633 36 06

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Group Meeting Sept. 4th
by Normand Beaudry 03 Sep '12

03 Sep '12

Dear all, Tomorrow's group meeting will take place in HIT E 41.1 at 16:00. Lidia will be speaking. Cheers, Norm

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Reminder: QSIT Lunch Seminar and iPad tombola, Thursday September 6, 2012
by QSIT Seminar 03 Sep '12

03 Sep '12

Dear QSIT members The next QSIT Lunch Seminar will take place on Thursday September 6, 2012, at 12:00 noon in the room HPF G6, ETH Hönggerberg, Zurich. There will be two talks of 30 minutes duration jointly presented by two collaborators from different research groups. At 13:00 pm free pizza is offered to the participants. Furthermore at this occasion the winner of the iPad will be drawn! Magnetic states of individual ferromagnetic nanotube probed by anisotropic magnetoresistance Daniel Rüffer Laboratory of Semiconductor Materials, EPFL and Ultra-High Quality Factor Single-Crystal Diamond Nanoresonator Ye Tao Spin Physics and Imaging - Degen Lab, ETHZ Abstracts: http://www.nccr-qsit.ethz.ch/news/lunchseminar/september2012 Please register for your free pizza at the following link by Tuesday September 4, 12:00 noon: https://ethz.doodle.com/t8p4m4wf4zsw3dah If you have suggestions on topics or speakers, or would like to present recent results of your research, please send your information to Andreas Wallraff or Ilona Blatter. With best regards, Andreas Wallraff Ilona Blatter Professor for Solid State Physics QSIT Coordinator ------------------------------------------------------------------ ETH Zurich Dr. Ilona Blatter NCCR QSIT Coordinator Laboratory for Solid State Physics HPF E 17 Schafmattstrasse 16 8093 Zurich ilona.blatter(a)phys.ethz.ch www.nccr-qsit.ethz.ch Phone: +41 44 633 36 06

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