August 2013 - ITP-quantumseminare

QSIT Lunch Seminar: Tobias Kampschulte & Johannes Deiglmayr - Thursday Sept 5, 2013
by QSIT Seminar 02 Sep '13

02 Sep '13

Dear QSIT members The next QSIT Lunch Seminar will take place on Thursday Sept 5, 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. Sympathetic cooling of a micromechanical membrane by coupling to ultracold atoms Tobias Kampschulte Quantum atom optics lab, Uni Basel and Ultracold Rydberg atoms: from atomic hyperfine-structure to many-body interactions Johannes Deiglmayr Molecular Physics and Spectroscopy, ETH Zurich Abstracts at: http://www.nccr-qsit.ethz.ch/news/lunchseminar/September2013 Please register for your free pizza at the following link by Tuesday Sept 3, 12:00 noon https://ethz.doodle.com/tb965sk6ptbimbpr 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 Sandra Künzel QSIT Office ------------------------------------------------ ETH Zurich Sandra Künzel NCCR QSIT (Finances) HPF E 17 8093 Zurich www.nccr-qsit.ethz.ch

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2 QSIT Seminars: Maarten Hoogerland & Stefanie Barz, Wednesday August 28, 2013
by QSIT Seminar 26 Aug '13

26 Aug '13

Dear all Please be informed about the following QSIT Seminars. With best regards, Sandra Künzel ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------ Date: Wednesday August 28, 2013 Place: ETH Science City, HPF G 6 Time: 14:00 Host: Tobias Donner/Tilman Esslinger A Quantum Ratchet showing directional motion in absence of a directional force Maarten Hoogerland University of Auckland, New Zealand abstract at: http://www.nccr-qsit.ethz.ch/news/talks/seminars2013/abstractHoogerland ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------ Date: Wednesday August 28, 2013 Place: ETH Science City, HPF G 6 Time: 15:30 Host: Andreas Wallraff Photonic quantum computing Stefanie Barz University of Vienna, Austria abstract at: http://www.nccr-qsit.ethz.ch/news/talks/seminars2013/abstract_Barz ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------ 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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qstarter awards 2013: deadline 01. 10. 2013
by Johanna Rössler 14 Aug '13

14 Aug '13

Dear inventors of QSIT, The first *qstarter award lunch* will take place in November 2013 at the Villa Hatt in Zurich. All qstarter inventors will have the opportunity to discuss their projects wit QSIT's industry partners and win one of 3 qstarter awards (1000 CHF each). Hand in a short description of your invention till *01. 10. 2013* to participate. http://www.qstarter.ch/ Best regards, Johanna -- ETH Zurich Dr. Johanna Rössler NCCR QSIT Laboratory for Solid State Physics HPF E 17 Schafmattstrasse 16 8093 Zurich www.nccr-qsit.ethz.ch Phone: + 41 44 633 23 00

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today's group meeting
by Joe Renes 13 Aug '13

13 Aug '13

Hi all, Nicole Halpern will give a talk entitled "Simple thermo, general tools: The resource theory of nonuniformity" in today's group meeting. She also asked me to inform everyone that she will also bring dessert! See you there (E41.1 @ 4pm), -joe

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