************************************ * QUANTUM OPTICS AND ATOM OPTICS * * IN AUSTRALASIA * * * * * * * * MONTHLY NEWSLETTER * * VOL VII, NO 12 * * * * December 1999 * * * * ISSN 1325-6467 * * * Edited by: Bill Munro * \ | / * Physics, University of Queensland, * \__|__/ * QLD 4072, Australia. * | * email: billm@physics.uq.edu.au * | * phone: +61 7 3365 2422 * | * fax: +61 7 3365 1242 Available on WWW at: http://www.physics.uq.edu.au/people/billm/qo.html ------------------------------------------------------------------------------ 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 last issue for the year. ******************************************************************************* 1. ABSTRACTS Sorry none this month!!! ******************************************************************************* 2. CONFERENCES / WORKSHOPS The Australian National University 13th Physics Summer School Bose-Einstein Condensation: atomic physics to quantum liquids January 17-28, 2000 Canberra, Australia Contributed papers The Summer School organisers invite papers from School participants. The objective of participant papers is to encourage active participation in the School. Therefore all participants are encouraged to submit a paper. Papers should address topics relevant to the Summer School. They may be either 20 minute oral talks or posters. Papers will be refereed by the School organisers. Participant papers may describe original research or be tutorial. Tutorial papers might, for example, describe a student research project which is in progress. Publication on the School web site is encouraged. Posters will be displayed during the School. Oral papers will be given on the last two days of the School: Thursday 27/1 and Friday 28/1. To submit papers or to register for the School, see the web site: http://rsphyse.anu.edu.au/~ss0105/ss2000.html Craig Savage, Dept. of Physics, Faculty of Science, Building 38a, Australian National University, Canberra, ACT 0200, AUSTRALIA mailto://craig.savage@anu.edu.au http://www.anu.edu.au/Physics/Savage Phone: +61 2 6249 4202, Fax: +61 2 6249 0741 BEC Summer School, Jan 17-28 2000 http://rsphyse.anu.edu.au/~ss0105/ss2000.html _______________________________________________________________________ ****************************************************************************** ***** ***** ***** Theoretical Physics Summer School ***** ***** ***** ***** 1 -- 6 February 2000 ***** ***** ***** ***** Heron Island ***** ***** ***** ****************************************************************************** Topics: Quantum Optics -- Howard Carmichael (University of Oregon) Decoherence and Chaos -- Wojciech Zurek (Los Alamos) Mesoscopic Systems -- Crispin Barnes (Cavendish Laboratory) The summer school is for PhD and Honours students who are interested in an introduction to the topics above. Postdocs and academics are also more than welcome to attend. Costs: Students: $ 480 including Brisbane--Heron transport and accommodation. Postdocs and academics: $ 100 fee, accommodation and transport not included, see web page for details. More information: http://www.physics.uq.edu.au/people/cochrane/school/ or contact the organisers: Paul Cochrane (cochrane@physics.uq.edu.au) Sara Schneider (schneider@physics.uq.edu.au) We gratefully acknowledge support from: Department of Physics (UQ) Centre for Laser Science (UQ) Deputy Vice Chancellor (Research) (UQ) Dean of the Faculty of EPSA (UQ) Australian Institute of Physics (Queensland Branch) Australian Optical Society _____________________________________________________________________ ***************************************************************************** 4. SITUATIONS VACANT LECTURER (LEVEL B): Theoretical Physics The University of Queensland - Department of Physics, Brisbane, Australia (Academic) A$48,327 - A$57,388 per annum, plus employer superannuation contributions of 17% The Department of Physics seeks to appoint a lecturer in theoretical physics. The successful applicant will be a dynamic and innovative person with the potential to become an internationally recognised research leader, and an inspired teacher of both undergraduate and postgraduate students. The successful applicant must possess postgraduate qualifications (PhD level or equivalent) in theoretical physics in one or more of the following areas: atom optics/BEC, laser physics, mesoscopic electronics, nonlinear optics, quantum chaos, quantum information/computing, quantum optics and condensed matter physics. This is a continuing appointment at Level B. Closing date for applications: 31 December 1999. Contact details Reference Number:54799 Web Page: http://www.uq.edu.au Further information, including selection criteria and duty statement Contact Name: Professor Gerard J Milburn, Department of Physics Email Address: milburn@physics.uq.edu.au Applications (an original plus eight (8) copies), quoting reference number, addressing the selection criteria and including a resume, the names and addresses of three (3) referees and a detailed statement of research goals for the next five years should be forwarded Contact Name:Personnel Officer Faculty of Engineering Physical Sciences and Architecture The University of Queensland Brisbane Qld 4072 Australia _________________________________________________________________ LECTURER (LEVEL B): Experimental Physics Soft Condensed Matter Physics/Biophysics The University of Queensland - Department of Physics, Brisbane, Australia (Academic) A$48,327 - A$57,388 per annum plus employer superannuation contributions of 17% The Department of Physics seeks to appoint a lecturer in experimental physics. This will be the first appointment in a new experimental physics program in the department. The successful applicant will be a dynamic and innovative person with the potential to become an internationally recognised research leader and an inspired teacher of both undergraduate and postgraduate students in physics. The successful applicant must possess postgraduate qualifications (PhD level or equivalent) in experimental physics and will have established a reputation for world class research in experimental condensed matter physics which might include one or more of the following areas: biomolecular polymer physics, self assembled structures, membrane biophysics, single cell and single molecule biophysics, molecular motors, organic and biological nanostructures, laser biophysics, liquid crystals, microreheology, colloids and interfaces and near field spectroscopy of nanostructures. This is a continuing appointment at Level B. Closing Date for applications: 31 December 1999. Contact details Reference Number: 54899 Web Page: http://www.uq.edu.au Further information, including selection criteria and duty statement Contact Name: Professor Gerard J Milburn, Department of Physics Email Address: milburn@physics.uq.edu.au Applications (an original plus eight (8) copies), quoting reference number, addressing the selection criteria and including a resume, the names and addresses of three (3) referees and a detailed statement of research goals for the next five years should be forwarded Contact Name:Personnel Officer Faculty of Engineering Physical Sciences and Architecture The University of Queensland Brisbane Qld 4072 Australia ______________________________________________________________________ AUSTRALIAN NATIONAL UNIVERSITY (Department of Electronic Materials Engineering) and the UNIVERSITY OF CANBERRA (Centre for Advanced Telecommunications and Quantum Electronics Research) have several short term Research Assistant/Research Associate positions in the following areas available January 3 2000: Semiconductor laser modelling; Semiconductor laser fabrication; Semiconductor laser characterisation; Free-space quantum key distribution. Expressions of interest to: Paul Edwards Professor of Electronic Engineering and Applied Physics Director, Centre for Advanced Telecommunications and Quantum Electronics Research, University of Canberra. c/- Department of Electronic Materials Engineering, Research School of Physical Sciences and Engineering, The Australian National University, Canberra ACT 0200. +61 (0) 26 249 4434(V) +61 (0) 26 201 5041 (F) pje109@rsphysse.anu.edu.au paule@ise.canberra.edu.au web: http://beth.canberra.edu.au/atrc/atrc.htm http://rsphysse.anu.edu.au/eme/ ****************************************************************************** 5. MISC NEWS