Laboratory for Physical Sciences Seminar Announcement Wednesday, February 2, 2011; 3:30 p.m. Refreshments served at 3:00 p.m. Seminar Room, Lower Level, LPS 8050 Greenmead Dr., College Park, MD 20740 301-935-6400 Title: Atom Chips, Atomtronics and Quantum Signal Processing Dana Z. Anderson, Department of Physics and JILA, University of Colorado at Boulder The term “atomtronics” is meant […]
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LPS Seminar – Feb 2, 2011 – Dana Anderson
January 31st, 2011 | by admin | published in All, Upcoming Talks
LPS Seminar: January 26, 2011 – Andrew Houck
January 25th, 2011 | by admin | published in All, Upcoming Talks
Laboratory for Physical Sciences Seminar Announcement Wednesday, January 26, 2011; 3:30 p.m. Refreshments served at 3:00 p.m. Seminar Room, Lower Level, LPS 8050 Greenmead Dr., College Park, MD 20740 301-935-6400 Title: Condensed Matter without Matter: Simulating Condensed Matter Systems with Interacting Photons Andrew Houck Princeton University Photons do not interact strongly in nature, and have […]
BEC of light: 6th place physics breakthrough of 2010
December 26th, 2010 | by admin | published in All, Blog, News
In 2005 we predicted “quantum phase transitions of light.” It seemed crazy at the time. Check out number 6: Physics World reveals its top 10 breakthroughs for 2010.
@UMD: Condensed Matter Theory Center Fall 2010 Symposium
October 28th, 2010 | by admin | published in All, Conferences, Links
http://www.physics.umd.edu/cmtc/seminars/CMTC%20Symposium%20Fall%202010.pdf
Condensed Matter Theory Center
Fall 2010 Symposium
November 2-4, 2010 2205 Physics Building
Where Good Ideas Come From: The Natural History of Innovation
October 12th, 2010 | by admin | published in All, Books
Looks like a good one from Stephen Johnson: Where Good Ideas Come From: The Natural History of Innovation. Just ordered it. Johnson–writer, Web guru, and bestselling author of Everything Bad Is Good for You–delivers a sweeping look at innovation spanning nearly the whole of human history. What sparks our great ideas? Johnson breaks down the […]
LPS Seminar: October 21 – Rusko Ruskov
October 8th, 2010 | by admin | published in All, Upcoming Talks
Rusko Ruskov discusses “Single-spin state monitoring by measurement of three complementary observables” on 10/22/2010 at 11 am at LPS.
LPS Seminar: Oct 18 – Daniel Lidar
October 8th, 2010 | by admin | published in All, Upcoming Talks
Daniel Lidar discusses “Combining dynamical decoupling with fault-tolerant quantum computation” on 10/18/2010 at 10 am at LPS.
LPS Seminar: Oct 13 – Wayne Witzel
October 8th, 2010 | by admin | published in All, Upcoming Talks
Wayne Witzel discusses “Coherence of Donor Electron Spins in Isotopically Enriched Silicon” on 10/13/2010 at 3:30 pm at LPS.
What to read
October 7th, 2010 | by admin | published in All, Resources
the arxiv Virtual Journal of Quantum Info Virtual Journal of Nano Nature Science
@ JQI/NIST/UMD: From Quantum Information and Complexity to Post Quantum Information Security
October 5th, 2010 | by admin | published in All, Conferences
October 27-29, 2010, The workshop will be held at the University Inn and Conference Center on the campus of the University of Maryland. In addition, rooms are available at the Quality Inn and Suites hotel in College Park.