************************************ * QUANTUM OPTICS AND ATOM OPTICS * * IN AUSTRALASIA * * * * * * * * MONTHLY NEWSLETTER * * VOL VI, NO 8 * * * * August 1998 * * * * ISSN 1325-6467 * * * Edited by: Bill Munro * \ | / * Physics, University of Queensland, * \__|__/ * QLD 4072, Australia. * | * email: munro@physics.uq.edu.au Available on WWW at: * | * phone: +61 7 3365 2422 http://www.anu.edu.au * | * fax: +61 7 3365 1242 /Physics/newsletter * * ------------------------------------------------------------------------------ CONTENTS 0. PROBLEMS 1. ABSTRACTS 2. CONFERENCE ANNOUNCEMENTS 3. WANTED TO BUY/SELL 4. SITUATIONS VACANT 5. MISC NEWS ______________________________________________________________________________ ******************************************************************************* 0. EDITORIAL NOTE Welcome to the eigth newsletter of the year. ******************************************************************************* 1. ABSTRACTS None unfornately submitted this month ******************************************************************************* 2. CONFERENCES / WORKSHOPS =================================================== % % % A C O L S 98 % % % % Australasian Conference on Optics, % % Lasers and Spectroscopy % % % % 14th - 17th December, 1998 % % % % University of Canterbury, % % Christchurch, New Zealand % % % % Web: http://www.physics.otago.ac.nz/~acols98/ % % Email: acols98@physics.otago.ac.nz % % % =================================================== The ACOLS conference series resumes this year after the suspension for IQEC in Sydney in 1996. It will be held for the first time in New Zealand, in the modern facilities of the University of Canterbury in Christchurch. Please visit the web site for up-to-date information about the conference. The Second Announcement, which includes a Registration Form, Call for Papers and information on accessing reduced airfares for the conference, has been mailed. The same information is available at the web site, along with a form to add your address and other details to our mailing list. The web site also has information for authors, and an electronic abstract submission system. We look forward to welcoming scientists from new Zealand, Australia and further afield to Christchurch in December. ****************************************************************************** 4. SITUATIONS VACANT POSTDOCTORAL RESEARCH SCIENTIST, National Physical Laboratory Laser Frequency Standards & Metrology with Laser Cooled Trapped Ions The Wavelength Standards Section at NPL has a long- standing experience in laser stabilisation techniques, and a world-class research capability in laser cooled trapped ions. Currently we have single cold ion experiments with strontium and ytterbium, which are under development as new optical frequency standards. We are also developing the high accuracy frequency metrology to link these trapped ion optical frequencies to the caesium atomic clock frequency. This link makes use of a range of leading edge research techniques including cw high power single-frequency solid-state laser pumping of a cw optical parametric oscillator, and other resonantly-enhanced non-linear mixing processes, diode laser optical frequency dividers and optical comb generation. A vacancy exists within the Wavelength Standards Section for a postdoctoral physicist with relevant research experience. Ideally, this would include single frequency high power solid-state and diode laser physics experience, optical frequency conversion using OPO, doubling and mixing techniques, high resolution spectroscopy and laser stabilisation. Experience with laser cooling and trapping techniques would also be significant. The position offers the opportunity to undertake leading-edge R&D across a range of atomic and laser physics, and opto-electronics, with direct application to high-accuracy optical frequency metrology. Applications from well qualified graduate physicists with relevant research of project experience will also be considered. Applicants should send their CV to the contact below by 21 August 1998. Please quote reference NPL/CLM/LCTI Contact details Reference Number:NPL/CLM/LCTI Contact Name: Mrs Min Horton Telephone: 0181 943 6404 Fax: 0181 943 2945 Address:Building 3,National Physical Laboratory,Queens Road,Teddington,Middlesex TW11 0LW ______________________________________________________________________________ FIXED TERM UNIVERSITY LECTURESHIP IN ATOMIC AND/OR LASER PHYSICS University of Oxford - Department of Physics, Oxford, UK (Academic) Applications are invited for a University Lectureship in Atomic and/or Laser Physics for a fixed term of 3 years from January 1 1999 or earlier by arrangement. The successful candidate will be expected to have an active research programme in an experimental area relevant to the interests of the Sub-department of Atomic and Laser Physics and to be an effective teacher and lecturer. The stipend will be according to age on a scale which with effect from 1 October will be #16,655 to #34,464 per annum. Applications should arrive by 30 October 1998. The application should include a curriculum vitae, list of publications, details of teaching experience, a statement of research interests and should be supported by letters from three referees (normally not more than two from the same institution). Letters from referees should be sent separately from the application and reach the contact below no later than 7 november 1998. Contact Name: Professor C E Webb, FRS Telephone:01865 272210 Fax: 01865 272375 Dept of Physics, Clarendon Laboratory, parks Road, Oxford, OX1 3PU ____________________________________________________________________________ Postgraduate Scholarships for Quantum Optical Device Research at ANU and the University of Canberra Applications are invited fromÊ BEÊ andÊ BSc graduates with good Honours degrees in Physics or Electrical EngineeringÊ for ScholarshipsÊ with APA level stipends plus "top-ups" of up to $10,000 paÊ to pursue PhDÊ MSc and ME studies at the ANU and the University of Canberra in the design,Ê fabrication, characterisation and use ofÊ advanced quantum optical devices and systems. For further information contact: Dr C Jagadish, Department of Electronic Materials Engineering, Research School of Physical Sciences and Engineering, ANUÊ (cxj109@rsphy1.anu.edu.au) ; Professor PaulÊ Edwards, Centre for Advanced Telecommunications and Quantum Electronics Research, Faculty of Information Sciences and Engineering University of Canberra (paule@ise.canberra.edu.au ); or either ofÊ the ANU or UC Scholarships Offices for applications forms before September 30. Ê Ê ****************************************************************************** 5. MISC NEWS ******************************************************************************