CONFERENCE BOOK

BOOK OF ABSTRACTS

BOSE-EINSTEIN CONDENSATION OF EXCITONS AND COLD ATOMS

 

KEYNOTE SPEAKER

Prof. Leonid Butov
Spontaneous coherence and spin current in a cold exciton gas  [ ABSTRACT ]
Department of Physics University of California at San Diego, USA

 

 

INVITED SPEAKER

Prof. Mackillo Kira :: Philipps Universität Marburg

Prof. Mackillo Kira
Quantum optics beyond quantum-degenerate excitons  [ ABSTRACT ]
Philipps Universität Marburg, Germany

 

 

EXCITONS FROM FIRST PRINCIPLES

 

KEYNOTE SPEAKER

Prof. Lucia Reining
Coupling of excitations in electronic spectra: fingerprints of correlation  [ ABSTRACT ]
Ecole Polytechnique, Palaiseau, France

 

 

INVITED SPEAKER

Prof. Kikuo Cho :: Institute of Laser Engineering - Osaka University

Prof. Kikuo Cho
Development of general EM response theories stimulated by a collaboration with Rodolfo Del Sole  [ ABSTRACT ]
Institute of Laser Engineering, Osaka University, Japan

 

 

EXCITONS IN EMERGING MATERIALS

 

KEYNOTE SPEAKER

Elisa Molinari :: Istituto Nanoscienze, Consiglio Nazionale delle Ricerche

Prof. Elisa Molinari
Excitations in graphene nanostructures  [ ABSTRACT ]
Istituto Nanoscienze, Consiglio Nazionale delle Ricerche, Modena, Italy

 

 

INVITED SPEAKER

Maxime Richard :: NanoPhysics and SemiConductor lab - Institut Néel, CNRS

Dr. Maxime Richard
Properties of a quasi-excitonic one dimensional polariton condensate in ZnO microwires  [ ABSTRACT ]
NanoPhysics and SemiConductor lab - Institut Néel, CNRS, Grenoble, France

 

EXCITONS IN PHOTONIC STRUCTURES

 

KEYNOTE SPEAKER

Prof. Jean Michel Gerard :: CEA-INAC

Prof. Jean Michel Gerard
Quantum optics in photonic nanowires  [ ABSTRACT ]
Research Director CEA-INAC, France

 

 

INVITED SPEAKER

Dr. Dario Gerace :: Università degli Studi di Pavia

Dr. Dario Gerace
Exciton-photon coupling in confined photonic structures: from strongly correlated photons to novel quantum devices  [ ABSTRACT ]
Dipartimento di Fisica "A. Volta", Università degli Studi di Pavia, Italy

 

OPTICS OF EXCITONS IN QUANTUM WIRES AND DOTS

 

KEYNOTE SPEAKER

Wolfgang Langbein :: Cardiff University

Prof. Wolfgang Langbein
Ultrafast coherent exciton nonlinearities and dynamics in individual quantum
dots - phonons, coherent coupling, and cavity quantum electrodynamics  [ ABSTRACT ]
School of Physics and Astronomy, Cardiff University, United Kingdom

 

 

INVITED SPEAKER

Davide Rossini :: Scuola Normale Superiore

Dr. Davide Rossini
Strongly correlated polaritons in coupled cavities  [ ABSTRACT ]
Scuola Normale Superiore, Pisa, Italy

 

ORGANIC MICROCAVITIES

 

KEYNOTE SPEAKER

David Lidzey :: University of Sheffield

Prof. David Lidzey
Strong coupling in organic semiconductor microcavities  [ ABSTRACT ]
University of Sheffield, United Kingdom

 

 

INVITED SPEAKER

Karl Leo :: Technische Universitaet Dresden - Fraunhofer Research Institution for Organics, Materials and Electronic Devices COMEDD

Prof. Karl Leo
Lasing in Organic Microcavities  [ ABSTRACT ]
Institut fuer Angewandte Photophysik, Technische Universitaet Dresden,
Fraunhofer Research Institution for Organics, Materials and Electronic Devices COMEDD, Dresden, Germany

 

POLARITON CONDENSATES

 

KEYNOTE SPEAKER

Prof. Iacopo Carusotto :: University of Trento BEC Center

Prof. Iacopo Carusotto
Theory and experiments with quantum fluids of polaritons: from superfluid hydrodynamics to quantum Hall liquids of light  [ ABSTRACT ]
University of Trento BEC Center, Italy

 

 

INVITED SPEAKER

Dr. Daniele Sanvitto
Manipulating Quantum Fluids of Polariton Condensates  [ ABSTRACT ]
NNL, Istituto Nanoscienze - CNR Lecce, Italy

 

QUANTUM OPTICS, SINGLE SPIN AND COHERENT CONTROL

 

KEYNOTE SPEAKER

Prof. Atac Imamoglu
Spin-photon quantum interface in quantum dots  [ ABSTRACT ]
Institute of Quantum Electronics, ETH Zurich, Switzerland

 

 

INVITED SPEAKER

Dr. Alexander Tartakovskii
Hole hyperfine interaction: valence band orbital composition and its effect on hole spin dephasing  [ ABSTRACT ]
Department of Physics & Astronomy, University of Sheffield, United Kingdom

 

QUANTUM OPTOMECHANICS

 

KEYNOTE SPEAKER

Prof. Tobias Kippenberg
Cavity Optomechanics: Exploring the coupling of light and micro- and nanomechanical oscillators  [ ABSTRACT ]
Ecole Polytechnique Federale de Lausanne (EPFL), Switzerland

 

 

INVITED SPEAKER

Simon Gröblacher :: Institute for Quantum Information and Matter - California Institute of Technology

Dr. Simon Gröblacher
Quantum optomechanics and squeezed light  [ ABSTRACT ]
Institute for Quantum Information and Matter, California Institute of Technology, Pasadena, USA