QST, Quantum Krispy Kreme, & Physics Seminars 

Spring 2007

When? Where? Who? Topic?
3:40PM
WED
07 FEB 07
Nicholson
435
Claude Fabre
(Ecole Normal)
Quantum Krispy Kreme Seminar:
Highly Multimode Quantum Optics
3:40PM THU
15 FEB 07
Nicholson 109
Malvin Teich
 (Boston U.)
Quantum Krispy Kreme Seminar:
Multi-Photon and Entangled-Photon Imaging and Lithography
ABSTRACT
3:40PM
FRI
23 FEB 07
Nicholson
435
Sean Huver
(LSU)
Journal Club:
Introduction to Shor's Algorithm
2:00PM
MON
26 FEB 07
Nicholson
262
Muxin Han
(LSU)
MS Thesis Defense:
Quantum Dynamics of Loop Quantum Gravity
3:40PM
TUE
27 FEB 07
Nicholson 435 Zhanghan Wu
 (LSU)
QST Group Meeting:
Genetic Algorithms and Quantum Optimization
3:40PM
WED
07MAR 07
Nicholson 435 Muxin Han
(LSU)
QST Group Meeting:
Entangled States Generated from the Vacuum by Accelerating Measurement
3:40PM
WED
14 MAR 07
Nicholson 435
Joseph Eberly
(U. Rochester)
Quantum Krispy Kreme Seminar:

Superluminal Pulses in Lambda Media
3:40PM THU
15 MAR 07
Nicholson 109 Joseph Eberly
(U. Rochester)
General Seminar:
Quantum Entanglement: A Vanishing Resource
3:40PM
MON
19 MAR 07
Nicholson
435
Aravind Chiruvelli
(LSU)
Journal Club:
Introduction to Quantum Error Correction
3:40PM
WED
21 MAR 07
Nicholson
435
Argenis DaSilva
(LSU)
PhD Thesis Committee Meeting
Clock Synchronization in Curved Spacetime
ABSTRACT
3:40PM
FRI
23 MAR 07
Nicholson
435
Tae-Woo Lee
(LSU-CCT)
Quantum Krispy Kreme Seminar:
Numerical Explorations of Subwavelength Scale Light Interactions in Metallic Nanosystems
ABSTRACT
2:40PM
MON
26  MAR
Nicholson 435
Jay Olsen
(LSU)
PhD Thesis Committee Meeting:
Relativistic Quantum Information Theory
3:40PM
WED
28 MAR 07
Nicholson
435
Barry Sanders
(U. Calgary)
Quantum Krispy Kreme Seminar:
Practical Secure Authentication and Relay for Quantum Key Distribution Networks
3:40PM THU
29 MAR 07
Nicholson 109 Barry Sanders
(U. Calgary)

General Seminar:
Efficient Quantum Algorithm for Simulating Hamiltonian Evolution
ABSTRACT
3:40-5:40PM WED
11 APR 07
Nicholson 435
John Sipe
(U. Toronto)

Two-Hour Quantum Krispy Kreme Seminar:
Introduction to the Foundations of Quantum Mechanics I
3:40PM THU
12 APR 07
Nicholson 109
John Sipe
(U. Toronto)
General Seminar:
Nonlinear and Quantum Optical Effects in Microrings and Things
ABSTRACT
3:40-5:40PM
FRI
13 APR 07
Nicholson 435
John Sipe
(U. Toronto)
Two-Hour Quantum Krispy Kreme Seminar:
Introduction to the Foundations of Quantum Mechanics II
3:40PM THU
19 APR 07
Nicholson 109
Julio Gea-Banacloche
(U. Arkansas)
General Seminar:
Minimum Energy Requirements for Quantum Computing
ABSTRACT
3:40PM FRI
20 APR 07
Nicholson 435 Julio Gea-Banacloche
(U. Arkansas)
Quantum Krispy Kreme Seminar:
Quantum Logic With Quantized Fields: Beyond the 1/n Limit?
ABSTRACT
9:30AM TUE
24 APR 07
EE 117
Georgis Veronis
(Stanford)
Joint ECE/CCT/HITP Lecture:
Modeling of Nanophotonic and Plasmonic Devices
ABSTRACT
3:40PM WED
25 APR 07
Nicholson 435 Ganesh Selvaraj
(LSU)
Quantum Journal Club:
Teleportation & Dense Coding
3:40PM THU
26 APR 07
Nicholson
109
Sankar Das Sarma
(U. Maryland)
General Seminar:
Tidbits About Qubits: Spin Computation in Nanostructures
ABSTRACT
9:00AM FRI
27 APR 07
CEBA
1120
Zhaoming Zhu
(Duke)
Joint ECE/CCT/HITP Lecture:
Slow Light in Optical Fibers
ABSTRACT
3:40PM WED
02 MAY 07
Nicholson 435
Patrick Leung
(U. Queensland)
Quantum Krispy Kreme Seminar:
Optical Zeno Gate and Bounds for Fault Tolerant Operations
ABSTRACT
10:00AM FRI
04 MAY 07
EE 117
Tae-Woo Lee
(LSU)
Joint ECE/CCT/HITP Lecture:
Numerical analysis of light interactions with metallic nanosystems for novel device applications
ABSTRACT
3:40PM FRI
04 MAY 07
Nicholson
435
Sai Vinjanampathy
(LSU)
Quantum Journal Club:
Entanglement Purification
6:00PM FRI
04 MAY 07
Rotolo's Pizzaria
Tigerland
Jonathan Dowling
(LSU)
Quantum Pizza & Beer Night!

MAP
3:40PM WED
09 MAY 07
Nicholson 435
Sue Thanvanthri
(LSU)
Quantum Krispy Kreme Seminar:
Sagnac Effect in Superpositions of Vortex States in Bose-Einstein Condensates
ABSTRACT
3:40PM WED
30 MAY 07

Nicholson 435
Ganesh Selvaraj
(LSU)
MS Defense:
Four-level and two qubit and unitary integration &  single photon source using chiral nematic liquid crystal
ABSTRACT
11:00AM WED
31 MAY 07
Nicholson 435
Zhanghan Wu
(LSU)
MS Defense:
Genetic Algorithm Quantum Circuit Design
12:30PM
TUE
26 JUN 07
Nicholson
 262
Rob Collyer
(LSU)
PhD General Exam:
Electronic Structure of Transition Metal Monosilicides and Monogermanides in the B20 Structure
9:30AM
WED
27 JUN 07

Nicholson
435
Rupal Amin
(LSU)
PhD General Exam:
Increasing Gravitational Wave Detector Sensitivity Through Optical Means
3:40PM
WED
27 JUN 07

Nicholson
435
Kurt Jacobs
(U. Mass.)
Quantum Seminar:
Generating Non-Classical States of Nano-Mechanical Resonators
ABSTRACT
3:40PM
THU
28 JUN 07
Nicholson
435
Mark Wilde
(USC)
Quantum Seminar:
Entanglement-Assisted Quantum Error Correction
ABSTRACT
3:40PM
WED
18 JUL 07
Nicholson
435
Christoph Wildfeuer
(LSU)
Quantum Seminar:
Nonlocal Properties of N00N States
3:40PM
WED
08 AUG 07
Nicholson
435
Milena D'Angelo
(U. Bari)
Quantum Krispy Kreme Seminar:
Quantum Imaging: From Fundamental Physics to Practical Applications
ABSTRACT
3:40PM
FRI
24 AUG 07
Nicholson
425
Pavel Lougovski
(U. Oregon)
Quantum Krispy Kreme Seminar:
Quantum Repeaters: How to be certain with an uncertainty?
ABSTRACT
3:40PM
MON
27 AUG 07
Nicholson
435
Argenis DaSilva
(LSU)
Quantum Seminar:
Cutting Through the Fog of Relativistic GPS