April 2013 - ITP-quantumseminare

NCCR QSIT Newsletter
by Ilona Blatter 29 Apr '13

29 Apr '13

Dear QSIT enthusiasts Please find attached the link to our latest Newsletter of the NCCR QSIT http://www.nccr-qsit.ethz.ch/news/newsletter/april2013 covering the following topics: - Scientific News - QSIT Tech Transfer - Awards and Grants - Recent Events - Mini-sabbaticals - Agenda - New Collaborators 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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Reminder: QSIT Lunch Seminar: Phani Peddibhotla and Lei Wang, Thursday Mai 2, 2013
by QSIT Seminar 29 Apr '13

29 Apr '13

Dear QSIT members The next QSIT Lunch Seminar will take place on Thursday Mai 2, 2013 at 12:00 noon in the room HPF G 6, 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. Harnessing nuclear spin polarization fluctuations in a semiconductor nanowire Phani Peddibhotla Department of Physics, University of Basel and Topological charge pumping of cold atoms Lei Wang Institute for Theoretical Physics, ETH Zurich Abstracts: http://www.nccr-qsit.ethz.ch/news/lunchseminar/may2013 Please register for your free pizza at the following link by Tuesday April 30, 12:00 noon https://ethz.doodle.com/b5byf44f69kwsufc 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, Professor for Solid State Physics Ilona Blatter QSIT Coordinator ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------ ETH Zurich Dr. Ilona Blatter NCCR QSIT Coordinator Laboratory for Solid State Physics HPF E 17 CH 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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QSIT/QC2 Seminar by Roman Schnabel, April 29, 2013 in Basel
by QSIT Seminar 26 Apr '13

26 Apr '13

Dear all Please be informed about the following joint QC2/QSIT Seminar. With best regards, Sandra Künzel ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------ Date: Monday April 29, 2013 Place: Uni Basel, Klingelbergstr. 82, Lecture Hall 1 Time: 16:15 Host: Philipp Treutlein Quantum Physics with Massive Objects Roman Schnabel MPI Hannover, Germany Details: http://www.physik.unibas.ch/dept/pages/de/events/colloquium.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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QSIT Lunch Seminar: Phani Peddibhotla and Lei Wang, Thursday Mai 2, 2013
by QSIT Seminar 26 Apr '13

26 Apr '13

Dear QSIT members The next QSIT Lunch Seminar will take place on Thursday Mai 2, 2013 at 12:00 noon in the room HPF G 6, 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. Harnessing nuclear spin polarization fluctuations in a semiconductor nanowire Phani Peddibhotla Department of Physics, University of Basel and Topological charge pumping of cold atoms Lei Wang Institute for Theoretical Physics, ETH Zurich Abstracts: http://www.nccr-qsit.ethz.ch/news/lunchseminar/may2013 Please register for your free pizza at the following link by Tuesday April 30, 12:00 noon https://ethz.doodle.com/b5byf44f69kwsufc 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, Professor for Solid State Physics Ilona Blatter QSIT Coordinator ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------ ETH Zurich Dr. Ilona Blatter NCCR QSIT Coordinator Laboratory for Solid State Physics HPF E 17 CH 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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QSIT/QC2 Colloquium by Augusto Smerzi, April 26, 2013 in Basel
by QSIT Seminar 25 Apr '13

25 Apr '13

Dear all Please be informed about the following joint QC2/QSIT Colloquium. With best regards, Sandra Künzel ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------ Date: Friday April 26, 2013 Place: Uni Basel, Klingelbergstr. 82, Lecture Hall 1 Time: 15:15 Host: Philipp Treutlein Entanglement and Distinguishability of Quantum States Augusto Smerzi QSTAR, INO-CNR and LENS, Firenze Details at: http://www.physik.unibas.ch/dept/pages/de/events/colloquium.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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QSIT Seminar: Francesco Manni, Thursday April 18, 2013
by QSIT Seminar 17 Apr '13

17 Apr '13

Dear all Please be informed about the following QSIT Seminar. With best regards, Ilona ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------ Date: Thursday April 18, 2013 Time: 10:30 Place: ETH Science City, HPF G 6 Host: Atac Imamoglu The Penrose-Onsager criterion and spinor topological defects in Exciton-Polariton condensates Francesco Manni Institute of Condensed Matter Physics, École Polytechnique Fédérale de Lausanne abstract: http://www.nccr-qsit.ethz.ch/news/talks/seminars2013/abstractManni ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------ ETH Zurich Dr. Ilona Blatter NCCR QSIT Coordinator Laboratory for Solid State Physics HPF E 17 CH 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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Reminder today's QSIT Colloquium: Peter Hore
by QSIT Seminar 16 Apr '13

16 Apr '13

Dear all You are cordially invited to join for the following QSIT Colloquium. With best regards, Ilona Blatter ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------ Date: Tuesday April 16, 2013 Place: ETH Science City, HPV G 5 Time: 16:45 Coffee and tea at 16:15 Host: Atac Imamoglu Do birds use entangled spins in their magnetic compass sensor? Peter Hore, Department of Chemistry, University of Oxford, UK abstract at: http://www.nccr-qsit.ethz.ch/news/talks/seminars2013/colloquiumHore ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------ ETH Zurich Dr. Ilona Blatter NCCR QSIT Coordinator Laboratory for Solid State Physics HPF E 17 CH 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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QSIT Colloquium: Peter Hore, Tuesday April 16, 2013
by QSIT Seminar 12 Apr '13

12 Apr '13

Dear all You are cordially invited to join for the following QSIT Colloquium. With best regards, Ilona Blatter ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------ Date: Tuesday April 16, 2013 Place: ETH Science City, HPV G 5 Time: 16:45 Coffee and tea at 16:15 Host: Atac Imamoglu Do birds use entangled spins in their magnetic compass sensor? Peter Hore, Department of Chemistry, University of Oxford, UK abstract at: http://www.nccr-qsit.ethz.ch/news/talks/seminars2013/colloquiumHore ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------ ETH Zurich Dr. Ilona Blatter NCCR QSIT Coordinator Laboratory for Solid State Physics HPF E 17 CH 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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QSIT/QC2 Seminar by Oleg Yazyev, April 15,2013 in Basel
by QSIT Seminar 11 Apr '13

11 Apr '13

Dear all Please be informed about the following joint QC2/QSIT Seminar. With best regards, Sandra Künzel ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------ Date: Monday April 15, 2013 Place: Uni Basel, Klingelbergstr. 82, Lecture Hall 1 Time: 16:15 Host: Dominik Zumbühl Edges and grain boundaries in graphene: a theorist's view Oleg Yazyev EPF Lausanne 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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QC2 / QSIT Colloquium in Basel: Bogdan A. Bernevig, Friday April 12, 2013
by QSIT Seminar 10 Apr '13

10 Apr '13

Dear all Please be informed about the following QC2 / QSIT Colloquium in Basel. With best regards, Sandra Künzel ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------ Date: Friday April 12, 2013 Time: 15:15 Place: Uni Basel, St. Johanns-Ring 25, Lecture Hall 1 Host: Dominik Zumbühl Topological order and topological states of matter Bogdan A. Bernevig Princeton University, USA Abstract: http://www.physik.unibas.ch/dept/pages/de/events/colloquium.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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