SUNDAY |
4:00 pm - 9:00 pm | Arrival and Check-in |
6:00 pm | Dinner |
7:30 pm - 7:40 pm | Welcome / Introductory Comments by GRC Site Staff |
7:40 pm - 9:30 pm | The Standard Quantum Limit and Beyond, Part I |
7:40 pm - 8:10 pm | Discussion Leader: Steven Girvin (Yale University) |
8:10 pm - 8:45 pm | Keith Schwab (Cornell University)
"Experiments with quantum electromechanical devices" |
8:45 pm - 8:50 pm | Discussion |
8:50 pm - 9:25 pm | David McClelland (Australian National University)
"The standard quantum limit and gram scale opto-mechanical resonators" |
9:25 pm - 9:30 pm | Discussion |
MONDAY |
7:30 am - 8:30 am | Breakfast |
8:30 am | Group Photo |
9:00 am - 12:30 pm | Cooling and Control |
9:00 am - 9:30 am | Discussion Leader: Antoine Heidmann (Laboratoire Kastler Brossel) |
9:30 am - 10:10 am | Kenton Brown (NIST)
"A radio wave analog of laser cooling for macroscopic systems" |
10:10 am - 10:20 am | Discussion |
10:20 am | Coffee Break |
10:50 am - 11:30 am | Konrad Lehnert (JILA)
"Microwave optomechanics: detection and feedback control of a nanomechanical element with resonance microwave interferometry" |
11:30 am - 11:40 am | Discussion |
11:40 am - 12:20 pm | Simon Groeblacher (University of Vienna)
"Quantum optical control of micromechanical mirrors" |
12:20 pm - 12:30 pm | Discussion |
12:30 pm | Lunch |
1:30 pm - 4:00 pm | Free Time |
4:00 pm - 6:00 pm | Poster Session |
6:00 pm | Dinner |
7:30 pm - 9:30 pm | Advances in Materials and Fabrication |
7:30 pm - 8:00 pm | Discussion Leader: Michael Roukes (Caltech) |
8:00 pm - 8:35 pm | Melissa Hines (Cornell University)
"Improving the quality and functionality of micromechanical resonators with surface chemistry" |
8:35 pm - 8:45 pm | Discussion |
8:45 pm - 9:20 pm | Kerry Vahala (Caltech)
"Cavity optomechanics on a silicon chip" |
9:20 pm - 9:30 pm | Discussion |
TUESDAY |
7:30 am - 8:30 am | Breakfast |
9:00 am - 12:30 pm | Entanglement & Quantum Information in Mechanical Systems |
9:00 am - 9:30 am | Discussion Leader: Miles Blencowe (Dartmouth College) |
9:30 am - 10:10 am | Paolo Tombesi (Università di Camerino)
"Entanglement and teleportation with micro optomechanical systems" |
10:10 am - 10:20 am | Discussion |
10:20 am | Coffee Break |
10:50 am - 11:30 am | Dirk Bouwmeester (UCSB / Leiden University)
"Towards quantum superpositions of a micron-size optical element" |
11:30 am - 11:40 am | Discussion |
11:40 am - 12:20 pm | Lin Tian (Stanford University)
"Nanomechanical systems in their quantum limit - the quantum optics approach" |
12:20 pm - 12:30 pm | Discussion |
12:30 pm | Lunch |
1:30 pm - 4:00 pm | Free Time |
4:00 pm - 6:00 pm | Poster Session |
6:00 pm | Dinner |
7:30 pm - 9:30 pm | Mechanics of the Quantum Vacuum |
7:30 pm - 8:00 pm | Discussion Leader: Federico Capasso (Harvard University) |
8:00 pm - 8:35 pm | Joel Chevrier (Universite Joseph Fourier) |
8:35 pm - 8:45 pm | Discussion |
8:45 pm - 9:20 pm | Steven Johnson (MIT)
"Unusual Casimir interactions in non-planar geometries: Opportunities and challenges" |
9:20 pm - 9:30 pm | Discussion |
WEDNESDAY |
7:30 am - 8:30 am | Breakfast |
9:00 am - 12:30 pm | The Standard Quantum Limit and Beyond, Part II |
9:00 am - 9:30 am | Discussion Leader: Gerard Milburn (University of Queensland) |
9:30 am - 10:05 am | Yanbei Chen (Caltech)
"Probing macroscopic quantum mechanics with gravitational-wave detectors" |
10:05 am - 10:10 am | Discussion |
10:10 am - 10:45 am | Marlan Scully (Texas A&M / Princeton University)
"Single photon superradiance: a new type of quantum optics" |
10:45 am - 10:50 am | Discussion |
10:50 am | Coffee Break |
11:10 am - 11:45 am | Roman Schnabel (AEI)
"The standard quantum limit and test mass entanglement via squeezed light" |
11:45 am - 11:50 am | Discussion |
11:50 am - 12:25 pm | Roberto Onofrio (Dartmouth College)
"Physics near the standard quantum limit: past and future" |
12:25 pm - 12:30 pm | Discussion |
12:30 pm | Lunch |
1:30 pm - 4:00 pm | Free Time |
4:00 pm - 6:00 pm | Poster Session |
6:00 pm | Dinner |
7:30 pm - 9:30 pm | Mechanical Approaches to Nonclassical States |
7:30 pm - 8:00 pm | Discussion Leader: Ping Koy Lam (Australian National University) |
8:00 pm - 8:35 pm | Andrew Armour (Nottingham)
"Non-classical states in nanomechanical resonators via couplings to superconducting two-level systems" |
8:35 pm - 8:45 pm | Discussion |
8:45 pm - 9:20 pm | Thomas Corbitt (MIT)
"Cooling of gram-scale objects" |
9:20 pm - 9:30 pm | Discussion |
THURSDAY |
7:30 am - 8:30 am | Breakfast |
9:00 am - 12:30 pm | Mechanical Coupling to Quantum Systems |
9:00 am - 9:30 am | Discussion Leader: John Sidles (University of Washington) |
9:30 am - 10:10 am | Daniel Rugar (IBM)
"Mechanical detection of small ensembles of nuclear spins" |
10:10 am - 10:20 am | Discussion |
10:20 am | Coffee Break |
10:50 am - 11:30 am | Tobias Kippenberg (LMU)
"Resolved Sideband Cooling and Displacement Sensing of on Chip Micro-resonators" |
11:30 am - 11:40 am | Discussion |
11:40 am - 12:20 pm | Dan Stamper-Kurn (UC Berkeley)
"Quantum micro-mechanics with ultracold atoms" |
12:20 pm - 12:30 pm | Discussion |
12:30 pm | Lunch |
1:30 pm - 4:00 pm | Free Time |
4:00 pm - 6:00 pm | Poster Session |
6:00 pm | Dinner |
7:00 pm - 7:30 pm | Business 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 | Frontiers of Mechanical Quantum Systems |
7:30 pm - 8:00 pm | Discussion Leader: Anthony Leggett (UIUC) |
8:00 pm - 8:35 pm | Ron Lifshitz (Tel Aviv University)
"Using nonlinearity to observe the quantum dynamics of a nanomechanical resonator" |
8:35 pm - 8:45 pm | Discussion |
8:45 pm - 9:20 pm | Alex Zettl (UC Berkeley)
"Exploiting the mechanical properties of nanotubes for quantum systems" |
9:20 pm - 9:30 pm | Discussion |
FRIDAY |
7:30 am - 8:30 am | Breakfast |
9:00 am | Depart |