Spintronics (Conference)Coordinators: David Awschalom, Gerrit Bauer, Michael Flatté, Daniel Loss, Allan H. MacDonald, Dan RalphMarch 20, 2006 - March 24, 2006 |
Monday, March 20, 2006 |
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Materials and Quantum Computing
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Session Chair: Jeremy Levy |
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| 8:50am | Martin Einhorn (KITP Deputy Director) |
Welcome |
| 9:00am | Daniel Loss (Basel) |
Spin Qubits in Single and Double Quantum Dots and Decoherence Due to Nuclear Spins |
| 10:00am | MORNING BREAK | |
| 10:30am | Hideo Ohno (Tohoku) |
Interaction between Spin Polarized Current and Localized Spins in Ferromagnetic Semiconductors |
| 11:30am | Jason Petta (Harvard) |
Preparing, Manipulating and Measuring Quantum States On a Chip |
| 12:30pm | LUNCH BREAK | |
Session Chair: Chris Palmstrom |
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| 2:00pm | Stuart Parkin (IBM Almaden) |
The Magnetic Race Track - Current Driven Motion of Domain Walls |
| 3:00pm | AFTERNOON BREAK | |
| 3:30pm | Dan Ralph (Cornell) |
Magnetoresistance and Magnetic Dynamics on the Nanoscale |
| 5:00pm | SHUTTLE TO BWSCI | |
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Tuesday, March 21, 2006 |
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Spin Transport
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Session Chair: Carlo Beenakker |
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| 9:00am | Gerrit Bauer (Delft) |
Challenges in Magnetoelectronics |
| 10:00am | MORNING BREAK | |
| 10:30am | Paul Crowell (Minnesota) |
Electrical Spin Injection, Accumulation, and Detection in Ferromagnet-Semiconductor Heterostructures |
| 11:30am | Christian Schönenberger (Basel) |
Gate-Controlled Magnetoresistance |
| 12:30pm | LUNCH BREAK | |
Session Chair: Carlos Egues |
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| 2:00pm | William Rippard (NIST) |
Microwave Dynamics and Phase Locking in Spin Transfer Nanostructures |
| 3:00pm | AFTERNOON BREAK | |
| 3:30pm | Peter Schiffer (Penn State) |
Frustration by Design: Artificial Spin Ice |
| 5:00pm | SHUTTLE TO BWSCI | |
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Wednesday, March 22, 2006 |
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Optical Spin Manipulation
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Session Chair: Pawel Hawrylak |
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| 9:00am | Michael Flatté (Univ. Iowa) |
The Optical Properties of Spintronic Systems: Open Theoretical Issues |
| 10:00am | MORNING BREAK | |
| 10:30am | Gerhard Abstreiter (Walter Schottky Inst.) |
Spin Control and Dynamics in Single and Coupled InGaAs Self-Assembled Quantum Dots |
| 11:30am | Dimitri Basov (San Diego) |
An Infrared Probe of the Electronic Structure and Ferromagnetism in Ga1-xMnxAs |
| 12:30pm | LUNCH BREAK | |
Session Chair: Guido Burkard |
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| 2:00pm | John Sipe (Toronto) |
Coherent Optical Generation of Ballistic Spin Currents |
| 3:00pm | AFTERNOON BREAK | |
| 3:30pm | Tom Kennedy (Naval Research Lab) |
Limiting Lifetimes for Localized Spins in GaAs |
| 4:30pm | POSTER SESSION | |
| 5:00pm | WINE AND CHEESE RECEPTION | |
| 6:00pm | SPECIAL EVENTS DINNER | |
| 8:00pm | SHUTTLE TO BWSCI | Time may vary |
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Thursday, March 23, 2006 |
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Spin Physics and Advanced Instrumentation
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Session Chair: Ingrid Mertig |
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| 9:00am | Allan MacDonald (Texas) |
Some Theory Challenges for Spintronics |
| 10:00am | MORNING BREAK | |
| 10:30am | Bert Halperin (Harvard) |
Issues in the Spin Hall Effects |
| 11:30am | Vanessa Sih (UCSB) |
Imaging the Spin Hall Effect and Current-Induced Spin Polarization in a Two-Dimensional Electron Gas |
| 12:30pm | LUNCH BREAK | |
Session Chair: Chris Hammel |
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| 2:00pm | Dan Rugar (IBM Almaden) |
Magnetic Resonance Force Microscopy: The Quest for a Molecular Structure Microscope |
| 3:00pm | AFTERNOON BREAK | |
| 3:30pm | Jo Stöhr (Stanford) |
X-ray Imaging of Spin Current Driven Magnetization Dynamics |
| 5:00pm | SHUTTLE TO BWSCI | |
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Friday, March 24, 2006 |
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von Molnár Symposium: New Directions and Opportunities |
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Session Chair: Stuart Wolf |
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| 9:00am | David Awschalom (UCSB) |
Manipulating Spin Coherence in Semiconductor Structure |
| 10:00am | MORNING BREAK | |
| 10:30am | Michael Coey (Trinity College) |
Dilute Magnetic Oxides and d0 Ferromagnetism |
| 11:30am | Robert Buhrman (Cornell) |
Spin Torque and Magnetic Tunnel Junctions |
| 12:30pm | LUNCH BREAK | |
Session Chair: Art Gossard |
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| 2:00pm | Stephan von Molnár (Florida State) |
Submicron Magnetometers and their Applications to the Study of Nanomagnetism and Biosensing |
| 3:00pm | AFTERNOON BREAK | |
| 3:30pm | Emmanuel Rashba (Harvard) |
Spintronics of Spin-Orbit Coupled Systems: Achievements and Challenges |
| 4:00pm | Steven Watts (Groningen) |
Paramagnetic Spin-Pumping with Microwave Magnetic Fields |
| 4:30pm | Nitin Samarth (Penn State) |
Spin Transport in Magnetic Semiconductor Heterostructure |
| 5:00pm | Alan Heeger (Nobel Laureate, Santa Barbara) |
Alchemist's Gold: The Remarkable One-Dimensional Hg Chain Compound |
| 5:30pm | Closing Remarks | |
| 6:00pm | SHUTTLE TO BWSCI | |
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