Upcoming Talks
April 2010
Thursday, April 1st, 2010
3:00pm
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4:00pm
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Applied Physics Seminar
Metamaterial Hyperlenses and Spin-wave Resonators Fabricated by Rolled-up Nanotech
Stefan Mendach,
professor of physics,
University of Hamburg,
4:00pm
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5:00pm
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Physics Research Conference
Quantum Information and Condensed Matter Physics with Quantum Optical Systems
Peter Zoller,
University of Innsbruck,
and Institute for Quantum Optics and Quantum Information of the Austrian Academy of Science,
Monday, April 5th, 2010
4:15pm
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5:00pm
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Condensed Matter Physics Seminar
Landau-Zener Problem in Many Body Systems: Applications to Cold Atoms, Cavity QED and Superconductivity
Victor Gurarie,
professor of physics,
University of Colorado, Boulder,
Tuesday, April 6th, 2010
4:15pm
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5:15pm
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Condensed Matter Physics Seminar
Mesoscopic Glassy Orders in a Manganite Thin Film Observed by Microwave Imaging
Keji Lai,
postdoctoral scholar in applied physics,
Stanford University,
Thursday, April 8th, 2010
4:00pm
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5:00pm
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Physics Research Conference
Simulations of Black Holes and Gravitational Waves
Saul Teukolsky,
professor of physics and astronomy,
Cornell University,
Friday, April 9th, 2010
12:00pm
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1:00pm
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Condensed Matter Physics Seminar
Two-dimensional Electron Liquid State at Oxide Interfaces
Jochen Mannhart,
professor of physics,
University of Augsburg, Germany ,
Tuesday, April 13th, 2010
3:00pm
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4:00pm
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Institute for Quantum Information Seminar
Topological Quantum Computers Work with a Quarter of Their Bits Missing
Tom Stace,
postdoctoral research fellow,
University of Queensland,
4:00pm
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5:00pm
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Applied Physics Seminar
Oxide Nanoelectronics on Demand
Jeremy Levy,
professor of physics,
University of Pittsburgh,
Thursday, April 15th, 2010
4:00pm
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5:00pm
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Physics Research Conference
Quantum Information Processing and Quantum Metrology with Atomic Ensembles
Eugene Polzik,
Niels Bohr Institute, Copenhagen,
Monday, April 19th, 2010
4:00pm
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5:00pm
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KNI Nanoscience Colloquium
A Two-Dimensional Photonic Crystal Nanocavity on Gold: Towards the Ultimate Nanolaser
Se-Heon Kim,
KNI Prize Postdoctoral Fellow in Electrical Engineering,
Caltech,
Tuesday, April 20th, 2010
3:00pm
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4:00pm
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Institute for Quantum Information Seminar
Cluster Expansions and the Stability of Topological Phases
Israel Klich,
assistant professor of physics,
University of Virginia,
Wednesday, April 21st, 2010
2:30pm
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3:30pm
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Applied Physics Seminar
Novel Electro-Magnetic Phenomena: One-way-waveguides and Wireless Power Transfer
Marin Soljacic,
professor of physics,
MIT,
Thursday, April 22nd, 2010
4:00pm
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5:00pm
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Physics Research Conference
Illuminating Strongly Coupled Field Theories with Black Holes
Shamit Kachru,
permanent member, Kavli Institute for Theoretical Physics, visiting professor, UC Santa Barbara,
and professor of physics (on leave), Stanford University,
Monday, April 26th, 2010
4:00pm
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5:00pm
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Condensed Matter Physics Seminar
Odd-parity Topological Superconductors: Theory and Application to Cu_xBi_2Se_3
Erez Berg,
postdoctoral scholar in condensed matter physics,
Harvard University,
Tuesday, April 27th, 2010
3:00pm
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4:00pm
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Institute for Quantum Information Seminar
Numerical Algorithms for Simulating Interacting Fermionic Lattice Systems
Christina Kraus,
Max Planck Institute for Quantum Optics,
Thursday, April 29th, 2010
4:00pm
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5:00pm
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Physics Research Conference
Reinterpreting the Genetic Code: Non-Canonical Amino Acids in Protein Design, Evolution and Analysis
David A. Tirrell,
Ross McCollum-William H. Corcoran Professor and professor of chemistry and chemical engineering,
Caltech,