Sunday
2:00 pm - 9:00 pm
Arrival and Check-in
6:00 pm - 7:00 pm
Dinner
7:30 pm - 7:40 pm
Introductory Comments by GRC Staff / Welcome and Introduction from the Chairs
7:40 pm - 9:30 pm
Frontiers of AMO Physics: The Next 50 Years
Discussion Leader: Dmitry Budker (Helmholtz Institute JGU Mainz and UC Berkeley, Germany)
7:40 pm - 7:45 pm
Introduction by Discussion Leader
7:45 pm - 8:15 pm
John Doyle (Harvard University, United States)
"One Atom Too Many?"
8:15 pm - 8:20 pm
Discussion
8:20 pm - 8:50 pm
Eric Cornell (JILA, United States)
"EDM, Etc.: Prospects for New Particle Physics from Precision"
8:50 pm - 8:55 pm
Discussion
8:55 pm - 9:25 pm
Ana Maria Rey (JILA, NIST and University of Colorado Boulder, United States)
"Quantum Simulation with Long-Range Interactions"
9:25 pm - 9:30 pm
Discussion
Monday
7:30 am - 8:30 am
Breakfast
9:00 am - 12:30 pm
Quantum Control, Entanglement and Computing
Discussion Leader: Christopher Monroe (Duke University, United States)
9:00 am - 9:20 am
Introduction by Discussion Leader
9:20 am - 9:50 am
Dietrich Leibfried (National Institute of Standards and Technology, United States)
"Towards Scalable, Fault Tolerant Quantum Information Processing with Trapped Ions"
9:50 am - 9:55 am
Discussion
9:55 am - 10:25 am
Monika Schleier-Smith (Stanford University, United States)
"Graph States of Atomic Ensembles Entangled by Light"
10:25 am - 10:30 am
Discussion
10:30 am - 11:00 am
Coffee Break
11:00 am - 11:30 am
Crystal Senko (University of Waterloo, Canada)
"Quantum Information Processing with Barium Ions"
11:30 am - 11:35 am
Discussion
11:35 am - 12:05 pm
Ofer Firstenberg (Weizmann Institute of Science, Israel)
"Photon-Photon Interactions: From Controlled Phase to Quantum Vortices"
12:05 pm - 12:10 pm
Discussion
12:10 pm - 12:30 pm
General Discussion
12:30 pm - 1:30 pm
Lunch
1:30 pm - 4:00 pm
Free Time
3:00 pm - 4:00 pm
The GRC Power Hourâ„¢
The GRC Power Hourâ„¢ is designed to address diversity and inclusion in the scientific workplace by providing a safe environment for informal and meaningful conversations amongst colleagues of all career stages. The program supports the professional growth of all members of our communities, including ethnicity, race and/or gender identity by providing an open forum for discussion and mentoring.
Organizer: Heather Lewandowski (University of Colorado , United States)
4:00 pm - 6:00 pm
Poster Session
6:00 pm - 7:00 pm
Dinner
7:30 pm - 9:30 pm
Probes of Gravity
Discussion Leader: Hendrik Ulbricht (University of Southampton, United Kingdom)
7:30 pm - 7:45 pm
Introduction by Discussion Leader
7:45 pm - 8:15 pm
Jun Ye (JILA, NIST and University of Colorado Boulder, United States)
"Quantum Matter and Clock: From Emergent Phenomena to Fundamental Physics"
8:15 pm - 8:20 pm
Discussion
8:20 pm - 8:50 pm
Brian D'Urso (Montana State University, United States)
"Precision Measurements with Mesoscopic Particles in Magneto-Gravitational Traps"
8:50 pm - 8:55 pm
Discussion
8:55 pm - 9:25 pm
Markus Aspelmeyer (University of Vienna / Austrian Academy of Sciences, Austria)
"Levitated Solids in the Quantum Regime: From Ground State Cooling to Quantum Sources of Gravity"
9:25 pm - 9:30 pm
Discussion
Tuesday
7:30 am - 8:30 am
Breakfast
8:30 am - 9:00 am
Group Photo
9:00 am - 12:30 pm
Tests of Fundamental Physics
Discussion Leader: Tanya Zelevinsky (Columbia University, United States)
9:00 am - 9:20 am
Introduction by Discussion Leader
9:20 am - 9:50 am
Swati Singh (University of Delaware, United States)
"Searching for Dark Matter and Dark Energy with Optomechanical Systems"
9:50 am - 9:55 am
Discussion
9:55 am - 10:25 am
Alexander Sushkov (Boston University, United States)
"Testing Fundamental Physics with Precision Nuclear Magnetic Resonance"
10:25 am - 10:30 am
Discussion
10:30 am - 11:00 am
Coffee Break
11:00 am - 11:30 am
Ronald F Garcia Ruiz (MIT, United States)
"Radioactive Atoms and Molecules for Nuclear Science"
11:30 am - 11:35 am
Discussion
11:35 am - 12:05 pm
Andrew Jayich (UCSB, United States)
"Beyond a Curie-osity: Radioactive Molecules for Precision Measurement"
12:05 pm - 12:10 pm
Discussion
12:10 pm - 12:30 pm
General Discussion
12:30 pm - 1:30 pm
Lunch
1:30 pm - 4:00 pm
Free Time
4:00 pm - 6:00 pm
Poster Session
6:00 pm - 7:00 pm
Dinner
7:30 pm - 9:30 pm
Clocks and the Nature of Time
Discussion Leader: Marianna Safronova (University of Delaware, United States)
7:30 pm - 7:45 pm
Introduction by Discussion Leader
7:45 pm - 8:15 pm
Paul Erker (IQOQI Vienna (ÖAW) & Atominstitut (TU Wien) , Austria)
"Thermodynamic Limits of Timekeeping"
8:15 pm - 8:20 pm
Discussion
8:20 pm - 8:50 pm
Tara Fortier (NIST, Boulder, United States)
"Modelocked Lasers and the Measurement and Generation of Time, Frequency and Phase from Atomic Clocks"
8:50 pm - 8:55 pm
Discussion
8:55 pm - 9:25 pm
Shimon Kolkowitz (University of Wisconsin - Madison, United States)
"Testing Relativity in the Lab and other Applications of a Miniature Clock Network"
9:25 pm - 9:30 pm
Discussion
Wednesday
7:30 am - 8:30 am
Breakfast
9:00 am - 12:30 pm
Quantum Sensors and Metrology
Discussion Leader: Mikhail Lukin (Harvard University, United States)
9:00 am - 9:20 am
Introduction by Discussion Leader
9:20 am - 9:50 am
Thad Walker (University of Wisconsin-Madison, United States)
"NMR Gyros"
9:50 am - 9:55 am
Discussion
9:55 am - 10:25 am
Victor Acosta (University of New Mexico, United States)
"Precision Measurement and Spectroscopy with Diamond NV Centers"
10:25 am - 10:30 am
Discussion
10:30 am - 11:00 am
Coffee Break
11:00 am - 11:30 am
Danielle Braje (MITLL, United States)
"Application Driven Development of Quantum Sensors"
11:30 am - 11:35 am
Discussion
11:35 am - 12:05 pm
Manuel Endres (Caltech, United States)
"Quantum Science with Alkaline-Earth Tweezer Arrays"
12:05 pm - 12:10 pm
Discussion
12:10 pm - 12:30 pm
General Discussion
12:30 pm - 1:30 pm
Lunch
1:30 pm - 4:00 pm
Free Time
4:00 pm - 6:00 pm
Poster Session
6:00 pm - 7:00 pm
Dinner
7:30 pm - 9:30 pm
Cold Chemistry and Molecules
Discussion Leader: Brianna Heazlewood (University of Liverpool, United Kingdom)
7:30 pm - 7:45 pm
Introduction by Discussion Leader
7:45 pm - 8:15 pm
Kang-Kuen Ni (Harvard University, United States)
"Probing and Controlling Reaction Complexes in an Ultracold Molecular Gas"
8:15 pm - 8:20 pm
Discussion
8:20 pm - 8:50 pm
Wes Campbell (UCLA Physics & Astronomy Dept., United States)
"Customizable Qubits and Better Living Through Chemistry"
8:50 pm - 8:55 pm
Discussion
8:55 pm - 9:25 pm
Leah Dodson (University of Maryland, United States)
"Laboratory Astrochemistry Applications of Cold Chemistry"
9:25 pm - 9:30 pm
Discussion
Thursday
7:30 am - 8:30 am
Breakfast
8:30 am - 9:00 am
Business Meeting
Nominations for the Next Vice Chair(s); Complete the GRC Evaluation Forms; Discuss Future Dates and Venue; Election of the Next Vice Chair(s)
9:00 am - 12:30 pm
Novel Phases and Properties of Ultracold Matter
Discussion Leader: Silke Ospelkaus (Leibniz University Hannover, Germany, Germany)
9:00 am - 9:20 am
Introduction by Discussion Leader
9:20 am - 9:50 am
Caroline Champenois (CNRS-Aix-Marseille Université, France)
"Laser Spectroscopy of Large 3D Trapped Ion Clouds to Study Non-Neutral Plasma Physics Issues"
9:50 am - 9:55 am
Discussion
9:55 am - 10:25 am
Tim Langen (University of Stuttgart, Germany)
"Supersolidity in Dipolar Bose-Einstein Condensates"
10:25 am - 10:30 am
Discussion
10:30 am - 11:00 am
Coffee Break
11:00 am - 11:30 am
Charles Brown (Yale University, United States)
"Probing Singularities in Band Structure with a Lattice-Trapped Quantum Gas"
11:30 am - 11:35 am
Discussion
11:35 am - 12:05 pm
Leticia Tarruell (ICFO, Spain)
"Exploring Gauge Theories and Supersolid Phases with Raman-Coupled Bose-Einstein Condensates"
12:05 pm - 12:10 pm
Discussion
12:10 pm - 12:30 pm
General Discussion
12:30 pm - 1:30 pm
Lunch
1:30 pm - 4:00 pm
Free Time
4:00 pm - 6:00 pm
Poster Session
6:00 pm - 7:00 pm
Dinner
7:30 pm - 9:30 pm
Quantum and Nonlinear Optics
Discussion Leader: Christiane Koch (Freie Universität Berlin, Germany)
7:30 pm - 7:45 pm
Introduction by Discussion Leader
7:45 pm - 8:15 pm
Ana Asenjo-Garcia (Columbia University, United States)
"Many-Body Quantum Optics with Atomic Arrays"
8:15 pm - 8:20 pm
Discussion
8:20 pm - 8:50 pm
James K. Thompson (JILA & Univ. of Colorado, United States)
"Cavity-Mediated Interactions for Quantum Metrology and Simulation"
8:50 pm - 8:55 pm
Discussion
8:55 pm - 9:25 pm
Elizabeth Goldschmidt (University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign, United States)
"Quantum Memory with Solid-State Atomic Ensembles"
9:25 pm - 9:30 pm
Discussion
Friday
7:30 am - 8:30 am
Breakfast
9:00 am
Departure