************************************ * QUANTUM OPTICS AND ATOM OPTICS * * IN AUSTRALASIA * * * * * * * * MONTHLY NEWSLETTER * * VOL X, NO 2 * * * CONTENTS: * February 2002 * * * 0. EDITORIAL NOTE * ISSN 1325-6467 * Edited by: 1. ABSTRACTS * * Alexei Gilchrist 2. CONFERENCES * \ | / * Physics, University of Queensland, 3. WANTED TO BUY/SELL * \__|__/ * QLD 4072, Australia. 4. SITUATIONS VACANT * | * email: alexei@physics.uq.edu.au 5. MISC NEWS * | * phone: +61 7 3365 2422 * | * fax: +61 7 3365 1242 Available on WWW at: * * http://www.physics.uq.edu.au/qonews =============================================================================== 0. EDITORIAL NOTE =============================================================================== No abstracts this month. Please note that both advertised positions close in a few weeks! cheers, Alexei =============================================================================== 2. CONFERENCES / WORKSHOPS =============================================================================== Quantum Information: Quantum Entanglement 23 - 28 March 2002 Applications by 17 December 2001 San Feliu de Guixols, Spain http://www.esf.org/euresco This meeting aims at bringing together experts from various areas in the rapidly growing field of quantum information. This first conference will focus on the fundamental concept of quantum entanglement, which is at the heart of many tasks in quantum information processing. The main topics will include detection, characterization and quantification of entanglement, as well as its experimental creation and manipulation. The scope of this conference is to encourage and promote the interaction between leading figures in the field and young researchers in a friendly environment. ------------------------------------------------------------------- CLEO/QELS 2002: Conference on Lasers and Electro-Optics/Quantum Electronics and Laser Science Conference 19 - 24 May 2002 Long Beach, CA, USA http://www.osa.org/CLEO/ ------------------------------------------------------------------- 9th Central-European Workshop on Quantum Optics 3 - 6 May 2002 registration deadline: 25th March 2002. submission of abstracts by 4th March 2002 Szeged, Hungary http://www.u-szeged.hu/cewqo The workshop will be a forum of all aspects of quantum optics, including also matter waves, quantum informatics, and fundamentals of quantum mechanics. ------------------------------------------------------------------- NATO Advanced Study Institute on Quantum Information and Communication Technologies 3 - 14 June, 2002 Deadline for registration and payment: February 15, 2002 Ankara, Turkey http://www.fen.bilkent.edu.tr/~quantum The main objective of the meeting is to provide training and offer orientation to young scientists in the field of: * Quantum information technologies * Quantum communication systems, entanglement, encoding, cryptography * Generation and detection of non-classical light * Quantum measurements * Matter wave optics, Bose-Einstein condensation * Propagation of photons in fibers, heterostructures, photonic crystals, and mesoscopic systems ------------------------------------------------------------------- IQEC/LAT 2002: International Quantum Electronics Conference and International Conference on Lasers, Applications and Technologies 22-28 June 2002 Abstract and summary deadline 15 January 2002 Moscow, Russia http://www.ilc.msu.su/iqec2002/ The International Quantum Electronics Conference (IQEC) is the largest international conference featuring the fundamentals of quantum electronics, basic research in lasers, nonlinear and quantum optics, quantum information, and fundamental laser spectroscopy of atoms and condensed matter. IQEC 2002 is organized by the Russian Academy of Sciences and M. V. Lomonosov Moscow State University under the aegis of the International Council on Quantum Electronics (ICQE). The Conference on Lasers, Applications, and Technologies (LAT) provides a forum for an update and review of a wide range of laser technologies and applications including laser device development, processing of advanced materials, optical information technologies, biomedicine and ecology applications. The meeting serves to stimulate the use of more mature optical technologies in different fields. LAT 2002 is organized by the Russian Academy of Sciences, Ministry of Industry, Science and Technology of the Russian Federation, and SPIE/Russia. ------------------------------------------------------------------- International Conference on Quantum Information 13th-18th July 2002 Deadline for abstract of contributed papers: March 15, 2002 Oviedo, Spain http://www.uniovi.es/Congresos/2001/QI/Welcome.html The main topics of the Conference will include * Quantum Information * Recent Theoretical and Experimental Progress in Quantum Information Processing * Quantum Computation * Conceptual Issues on the Foundations of Quantum Theory ------------------------------------------------------------------- QCM&C'02: Sixth International Conference on Quantum Communication, Measurement and Computing July 22-26, 2002 Deadline for papers: March 15, 2002 Massachusetts Institute of Technology http://rleweb.mit.edu/QCMC/ The previous meetings in this series, drew together researchers from many countries and covered topics in quantum information theory, theoretical and experimental aspects of quantum computing, quantum communication systems, cryptography, new quantum effects and their experimental realizations, generation detection and applications of nonclassical light, quantum noise, stochastic processes and filtering, and quantum measurement theory. These same topics will be covered at QCM&C'02. ------------------------------------------------------------------- ICAP 2002: Eighteenth International Conference on Atomic Physics July 28 to August 2, 2002 Cambridge, Massachusetts, USA http://cua.mit.edu/icap2002/ The meeting will feature invited talks and posters on the latest developments in Atomic Physics. Topics include atomic tests of fundamental theories, laser spectroscopy, laser cooling and trapping, Bose-Einstein condensation, quantum optics and coherence, atom optics, precision measurements, atomic clocks, atoms in intense laser fields, quantum control, quantum information, atomic structure and atomic collisions. =============================================================================== 4. SITUATIONS VACANT =============================================================================== Research Position: Magnetic Qubits The Quantum Information Processing Group in Hewlett-Packard Laboratories, Bristol UK, are seeking applicants for a two-year fixed term appointment, working on the theory of magnetic quantum bits for quantum computing hardware. The project will include study of quantum gates with nanoscale magnetic clusters/molecules and the effects of decoherence. Background in quantum computing and/or relevant condensed matter theory is desirable. The work is supported through the European Commission project NANOMAGIQC (IST-2001-33186). Requests for further information or applications (CV plus other relevant material) should be sent to Tim Spiller. Proposed start of appointment: During second half of 2002 Closing date for applications: 8 March 2002 Timothy P. Spiller Quantum Information Processing Group, HP Labs Filton Road, Stoke Gifford, Bristol BS34 8QZ,UK E-mail: ts@hplb.hpl.hp.com Web: http://www-uk.hpl.hp.com/qip Tel: +44 (0)117 3129280 Fax: +44 (0)117 3129870 -------------------------------------------------------------------------- Postdoctoral Fellow - Ring Laser Project Leader : Professor Geoff Stedman Department of Physics and Astronomy University of Canterbury Christchurch, New Zealand A three-year postdoctoral position is available in research on large ring lasers to investigate geophysical phenomena and for the possible detection of gravitational waves. The first goal of this project is to exploit the incredible sensitivity of large ring laser gyroscopes to rotation in order to study various geophysical effects such as seismic waves, Earth tides and variations of the rotation rate of the Earth. A second goal is to explore the applicability of ring lasers to test predictions of general relativity. Salary: NZ$50,000 per annum plus some relocation expenses. Closing date 28 February 2002. For further information please contact: g.evans@phys.canterbury.ac.nz Ring Laser Website: http://www.physics.canterbury.ac.nz/research/ring_laser/ring_laser.html (A full research proposal relating to the project is online at http://www.phys.canterbury.ac.nz/adverts-press/RingLaserPostDocResearch.htm) For more information visit: http://www.canterbury.ac.nz/hr/vc/vcintro.htm Applications, quoting vacancy number PDF PH242, close 28 February 2002 with the Human Resources Manager, University of Canterbury, Private Bag 4800, Christchurch, New Zealand. You are required to have 3 referees submit reports directly to the Human Resources Department to arrive by the specified closing date.