Conference Program
 
QUANTUM CONTROL OF LIGHT AND MATTER

August 12-17, 2007
Salve Regina University
Newport, RI

Chairs:
Philip H. Bucksbaum & David Tannor

Vice Chair:
Yaron Silberberg

Quantum control is the application of controlled coherent interactions to direct the dynamics of quantum systems. Usually this involves the use of coherent laser radiation to reach a desired target state of the system. The idea that coherence can be used as a tool for control on the quantum scale has origins in chemical dynamics, nonlinear optics, and laser spectroscopy, but the impact is now being felt in many areas of physics and chemistry.

The field demonstrates an excellent interplay of theory and experiment, bringing together principles of quantum mechanics such as interfering pathways, wave packet dynamics, entanglement and measurement, with methods of optimization drawn from applied mathematics and engineering, and new experimental technologies such as femtosecond pulse shaping and single atom manipulation. Areas of study include:

  • atomic, molecular and optical physics (including Bose-Einstein condensation, non-linear optics and microscopy, and ultrashort pulses)
  • gas and liquid phase chemical dynamics
  • solid state and semiconductor physics
  • surface science
  • quantum information

The conference program will emphasize the interdisciplinary nature of the field. However, the strongest emphasis will be on Atomic, Molecular and Optical systems, where new control concepts and methods can be tested most easily.

SUNDAY
2:00 pm - 11:00 pmArrival and Check-in
6:00 pmDinner
7:30 pm - 7:35 pmWelcome / Introductory Comments by GRC Site Staff
7:35 pm - 9:30 pm NEW TRENDS IN QUANTUM CONTROL
7:35 pm - 7:50 pmDiscussion Leader: Moshe Shapiro (University of British Columbia)
7:50 pm - 8:30 pm Paul Corkum (National Research Council of Canada)
"Measuring and Controlling Attosecond Optical and Electron Pulses"
8:30 pm - 8:40 pm Discussion
8:40 pm - 9:20 pmGraham Fleming (University of California at Berkeley)
"Quantum coherence in a photosynthetic protein: is the FMO complex a quantum computer?"
9:20 pm - 9:30 pm Discussion
MONDAY
7:30 am - 8:30 amBreakfast
9:00 am - 12:30 pm QUANTUM CONTROL AND QUANTUM INFORMATION
9:00 am - 9:15 amDiscussion Leader: Birgitta Whaley (University of California at Berkeley)
9:15 am - 9:55 amPeter Zoller (University of Innsbruck)
"Quantum control in quantum optical systems for quantum information and condensed matter physics"
9:55 am - 10:05 am Discussion
10:05 amCoffee Break / Group Photo
10:35 am - 11:15 amChris Monroe (University of Michigan)
"Ultrafast Control of Trapped Ion Qubits"
11:15 am - 11:30 am Discussion
11:30 am - 12:10 pmMikhail Lukin (Harvard University)
"Quantum control of solid-state qubits: new approaches from AMO physics"
12:10 pm - 12:25 pm Discussion
12:30 pmLunch
1:30 pm - 4:00 pmFree Time
4:00 pm - 6:00 pmPoster Session I
6:00 pmDinner
7:30 pm - 9:30 pm REAL-TIME FEEDBACK CONTROL OF QUANTUM SYSTEMS
7:30 pm - 7:45 pmDiscussion Leader: Hideo Mabuchi (Caltech)
7:45 pm - 8:25 pmSerge Haroche (ENS)
"From Quantum-nondemolition measurements of photons to the control of quantum states of light in a cavity"
8:25 pm - 8:35 pm Discussion
8:35 pm - 9:15 pmDan Steck (University of Oregon)
"Real time quantum control"
9:15 pm - 9:30 pm Discussion
TUESDAY
7:30 am - 8:30 amBreakfast
9:00 am - 12:30 pm LEARNING AND CHEMICAL CONTROL
9:00 am - 9:15 amDiscussion Leader: Herschel Rabitz (Princeton Universtiy)
9:15 am - 9:55 amMarcos Dantus (Michigan State University)
"Principles and Applications Using Laser Control"
9:55 am - 10:05 am Discussion
10:05 amCoffee Break
10:35 am - 11:15 amRoseanne Sension (University of Michigan)
"Optical control of dynamics in simple chemical reactions"
11:15 am - 11:30 am Discussion
11:30 am - 11:55 amMichael Spanner (University of Toronto)
"One-photon coherent control: An Emperor with clothes?"
11:55 am - 12:00 pmDiscussion
12:00 pm - 12:25 pm Deniz Yavuz (University of Wisconsin)
"Arbitrary Optical Waveform Generation Using Molecular Modulation"
12:25 pm - 12:30 pm Discussion
12:30 pmLunch
1:30 pm - 4:00 pmFree Time
4:00 pm - 6:00 pmPoster Session II
6:00 pmDinner
7:30 pm - 9:30 pm QUANTUM CONTROL IN CHEMISTRY AND BIOLOGY
7:30 pm - 7:45 pmDiscussion Leader: Gustav Gerber (University of Wuerzburg)
7:45 pm - 8:25 pmShaul Mukamel (University of California at Irvine)
"Disentangling multidimensional correlation spectra of excitons by coherent control"
8:25 pm - 8:35 pm Discussion
8:35 pm - 9:15 pmDwayne Miller (University of Toronto)
"Coherent Control of Complex Systems"
9:15 pm - 9:30 pm Discussion
WEDNESDAY
7:30 am - 8:30 amBreakfast
9:00 am - 12:30 pm ATTOPHYSICS
9:00 am - 9:15 amDiscussion Leader: Pierre Agostini (Ohio State Universtiy)
9:15 am - 9:55 amMarc Vrakking (AMOLF, Amsterdam)
"Controlling Electron Dynamics on Attosecond Timescales"
9:55 am - 10:05 am Discussion
10:05 am Coffee Break
10:35 am - 11:15 amKen Schafer (Louisiana State University)
"Control of Strong Field Processes with Attosecond Pulses"
11:15 am - 11:30 am Discussion
11:30 am - 12:10 pmJohan Mauritsson (University of Lund)
"Experimental realization of an attosecond quantum stroboscope"
12:10 pm - 12:25 pm Discussion
12:30 pmLunch
1:30 pm - 4:00 pmFree Time
4:00 pm - 6:00 pmPoster Session III
6:00 pmDinner
7:00 pm - 7:30 pmBusiness Meeting
(Nominations for the next Vice Chair; Fill out Conference Evaluation Forms; Discuss future Site & Scheduling preferences; Election of the next Vice Chair)
7:30 pm - 9:30 pm CONTROL IN SPECTROSCOPY
7:30 pm - 7:45 pmDiscussion Leader: Paul Brumer (University of Toronto)
7:45 pm - 8:25 pmTobias Brixner (University of Wuerzburg)
"Quantum control from nano- to macroscales"
8:25 pm - 8:35 pm Discussion
8:35 pm - 9:15 pm Kenji Ohmori (Institute for Molecular Science, Myodaiji, Okazaki, Japan)
9:15 pm - 9:30 pm Discussion
THURSDAY
7:30 am - 8:30 amBreakfast
9:00 am - 12:30 pm STRONG FIELD QUANTUM CONTROL
9:00 am - 9:15 amDiscussion Leader: Margaret Murnane (University of Colorado)
9:15 am - 9:55 amMatthias Wollenhaupt (Kassel University)
"Strong field control with shaped resonant femtosecond laser pulses: physical mechanisms of ultrafast switching"
9:55 am - 10:05 am Discussion
10:05 amCoffee Break
10:35 am - 11:15 amHardy Gross (Free University, Berlin)
"Towards the control of many-electron dynamics: A marriage of optimal control theory and time-dependent density functional theory"
11:15 am - 11:30 am Discussion
11:30 am - 11:55 amBenjamin Sussman (National Research Council of Canada)
"Quantum Control Using the Non-Resonant Dynamic Stark Effect"
11:55 am - 12:00 pm Discussion
12:00 pm - 12:25 pmChristoph Meier (Paul Sabatier University)
"Local control: theory and numerical applications"
12:25 pm - 12:30 pm Discussion
12:30 pmLunch
1:30 pm - 4:00 pmFree Time
4:00 pm - 6:00 pmPoster Session IV
6:00 pmDinner
7:30 pm - 9:30 pm QUANTUM CONTROL OF NEW PHYSICAL FRONTIERS
7:30 pm - 7:45 pmDiscussion Leader: Ronnie Kosloff (Hebrew University)
7:45 pm - 8:25 pmSteffen Glaser (Technical University of Munich)
"Optimal control of spin systems"
8:25 pm - 8:35 pm Discussion
8:35 pm - 9:15 pmSteven Cundiff (JILA)
"Quantum Interference Control in Semiconductors"
9:15 pm - 9:30 pm Discussion
FRIDAY
7:30 am - 8:30 amBreakfast
9:00 amDeparture
Last Updated: August 2, 2007