Concepts and Methods in Quantum Control: Theory and Experiment (Conference)Coordinators: Gustav Gerber, Misha Ivanov, Navin KhanejaScientific Advisors: Steffen Glaser, Pascal Salieres, David TannorMay 18, 2009 - May 22, 2009 |
Monday, May 18, 2009 |
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Morning Session Chair: Paul Brumer (Univ. Toronto)
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| 8:50am | David Gross (KITP Director) |
Welcome |
| 9:00am | Yaron Silberberg (Weizmann Inst.) |
Complex Dissociation of Simple Molecules |
| 9:35am | Shaul Mukamel (UC Irvine) |
Multidimensional Spectroscopy with Classical Fields and Entangled Photons; Selecting Liouville Space Pathways |
| 10:10am | MORNING BREAK | |
| 10:45am | Beatrice Chatel (CNRS) |
Coherent Control in Small Systems: Spin Dynamics, Cold Molecules.... |
| 11:20am | Tobias Brixner (Univ. Wurzburg) |
Analytic Coherent Control in Theory and Experiment |
| 11:55am | Thomas Baumert (Univ. Kassel) |
Ultrafast Laser Control of Ionization - Fundamentals and Applications |
| 12:30pm | LUNCH BREAK | |
Afternoon Session Chair: Alejandro Saenz (Humboldt Univ.)
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| 2:30pm | Martin Plenio (Imperial College) |
The Physical Origin of Noise Assisted Transport with Applications to Photo-Synthetic Complexes |
| 3:05pm | Keith Nelson (MIT) |
Collective Quantum Control and Spectroscopy from THz to Optical Regimes |
| 3:40pm | Paul Brumer (Univ. Toronto) |
Coherent Control in the Classical Limit: Can the Interference Survive? |
| 4:15pm | AFTERNOON BREAK | |
Round Table Topic: Interface of Theory and Experiment in Coherent Control |
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| 5:00pm | Philip Bucksbaum (Stanford) (Panel Chair) |
Panelists: Thomas Baumert (Univ. Kassel), Paul Brumer (Univ. Toronto), Herschel Rabitz (Princeton) and Moshe Shapiro (Univ. British Columbia) |
| 6:15pm | SHUTTLE TO BWSCI | |
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Tuesday, May 19, 2009 |
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Morning Session Chair: Serguei Patchkovskii (SIMS NRC)
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| 9:00am | Paul Corkum (NRC SIMS) |
A Laser STM for Molecules |
| 9:35am | Ricardo Torres (Imperial College) |
Controlling Electrons for Ultrafast Molecular Imaging |
| 10:10am | MORNING BREAK | |
| 10:45am | Amelle Zair (Imperial College) |
Quantum Path Interferences in High-Order Harmonic Generation |
| 11:20am | Olga Smirnova (MBI Berlin) |
Time and Space Resolved High Harmonic Imaging of Electron Tunnelling from Molecules |
| 12:00pm | LUNCH BREAK | |
Afternoon Session Chair: Anthony Starace (Univ. Nebraska)
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| 2:30pm | Ken Schafer (LSU) |
Attosecond Pump-Probe Electron Interferometry |
| 3:05pm | Lorenz Cederbaum (Univ. Heidelberg) |
Ultrafast Migration of Holes Solely Driven by Electron Correlation and Relaxation |
| 3:40pm | Andrius Baltuska (TU WIEN) |
Can We Measure Attosecond Tunneling Dynamics in Bulk Solids? |
| 4:15pm | AFTERNOON BREAK | |
Round Table Topic: What Can We Learn From Attosecond Experiments? |
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| 5:00pm | Peter Knight (Imperial College) (Panel Chair) |
Panelists: Andrius Baltuska (TUWEIN), Andreas Becker (Univ. Colorado), Paul Corkum (NRC, SIMS) and Misha Ivanov (Imperial College) |
| 6:15pm | SPECIAL EVENTS DINNER | KITP Courtyard |
| 8:00pm | SHUTTLE TO BWSCI | |
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Wednesday, May 20, 2009 |
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Morning Session Chair: Andre Bandrauk (Univ. Sherbrooke)
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| 9:00am | Roger Brockett (Harvard) |
Noise Modeling and Noise Mitigation for Quantum Control |
| 9:35am | Anthony Bloch (Univ. Michigan) |
Finite Controllability of Infinite Quantum Systems |
| 10:10am | MORNING BREAK | |
| 10:45am | Domenico D'Alessandro (ISU) |
The Constructive Lie Algebra Rank Condition and its Application in Quantum Control |
| 11:20am | Howard Wiseman (Griffith Univ.) |
Adaptive Versus Non-Adaptive Measurements for Estimation and Discrimination: Recent Results in Theory and Experiment |
| 12:00pm | LUNCH BREAK | |
| 2:00pm | FREE AFTERNOON | Shuttle available to BWSCI |
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Thursday, May 21, 2009 |
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Morning Session Chair: Sonia Schirmer (Univ. Cambridge)
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| 9:00am | Navin Khaneja (Harvard) |
Control Problems in NMR Spectroscopy |
| 9:35am | Steffen Glaser (Tech. Univ. Muenchen) |
Optimal Control of Spin and Pseudo-Spin Systems |
| 10:10am | MORNING BREAK | |
| 10:45am | Warren Warren (Duke Univ.) |
Quantum Control of Molecular Imaging: Enhancing Magnetic Resonance and Deeper Tissue Optical Microscopy |
| 11:20am | Niels Nielsen (Univ. Aarhus) |
Optimum Control in Solid-State NMR Spectroscopy |
| 11:55am | Dieter Suter (Univ. Dortmund) |
Robust Control in RF-Optical Double Resonance Experiments |
| 12:30pm | LUNCH BREAK | |
Afternoon Session Chair: Evgeny Shapiro (Univ. British Columbia)
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| 2:30pm | Herschel Rabitz (Princeton) |
Hiking over Quantum Control Landscapes and Beyond [abstract] |
| 3:05pm | Gael De Paepe (INAC/SCIB/LRM) |
Third Spin Assisted Recoupling: Advanced Control for Structure Determination in Solid-State NMR |
| 3:40pm | Hideo Mabuchi (Stanford) |
Nonlinear Dynamics and Quantum Fluctuations in Single-Atom Cavity QED |
| 4:15pm | AFTERNOON BREAK | |
Round Table Topic: What Can Systems Control Theory Offer Femto, Atto and NMR Control Experiments? |
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| 5:00pm | Warren Warren (Duke Univ.) (Panel Chair) |
Panelists: Roger Brockett (Harvard), Misha Ivanov (Imperial College), Hideo Mabuchi (Stanford), Sonia Schirmer (Univ. Cambridge), Moshe Shapiro (Univ. British Columbia) and David Tannor (Weizmann Inst.) |
| 6:15pm | SPECIAL EVENTS DINNER | KITP Courtyard |
| 8:00pm | SHUTTLE TO BWSCI | |
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Friday, May 22, 2009 |
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Morning Session Chair: Thomas Baumert (Univ. Kassel)
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| 9:00am | Moshe Shapiro (Univ. British Columbia) |
Coherent Control Adiabatic Passage - Theory and Experiments |
| 9:35am | Regina de Vivie-Riedle (LMU) |
Quantum Control of Vibrational and Electronic Processes |
| 10:10am | MORNING BREAK | |
| 10:45am | Ilya Averbukh (Weizmann Inst.) |
Selective Control of Molecular Rotation |
| 11:20am | Sonia Schirmer (Univ. Cambridge) |
Hamiltonian and Markovian Reservoir Engineering for Quantum Systems [abstract] |
| 11:55am | Haidong Yuan (MIT) |
Majorization in Quantum Control |
| 12:30pm | LUNCH BREAK | |
Afternoon Session Chair: Michael Mundt (Weizmann Inst.)
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| 2:30pm | Dominique Sugny (Inst. Bourgogne) |
Time-Optimal Control of Dissipative Two-Level Quantum Systems |
| 3:05pm | Velimir Jurdjevic (Univ. Toronto) |
Optimal Control on SU_n and the Equations of Mathematical Physics |
| 3:45pm | CONFERENCE END | Shuttle available to BWSCI. Also available to SB Airport and SB Airbus. (See Jocelyn to sign up.) |
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