U. of T. Modern Optics Mini-Workshop '99
(last updated 23 November 99)
This workshop is composed of half-hour talks on topics of current research
interest in quantum optics and related areas, given as part of the course
requirements for students in Physics 485F / 1485F.
Other interested parties are welcome to attend.
On Saturday, December 18th
the workshop will run from 10:00 am to
5:00 pm, with a one-hour lunch break. It will take place
in the 11th floor seminar room (1115) of McLennan Physical Labs.
There will be 11 presentations. The talks will be 30 minutes long, including
5 minutes for questions.
The students will be graded on the basis
of 50% for their oral presentation, 30% for their handling of questions,
and 20% for their participation in the discussion of the other
students' presentations.
The tentative workshop program follows, with links to abstracts
(still being revised). It is recommended that the presenters look
over these abstracts in view both of the fact that the talks should
complement one another wherever possible and of the fact that all
students should be prepared to participate in discussion of the
other presentations.
| 10 am: Nikolai Mak | Noise in heterodyne detection |
|---|---|
| 10h30: Jeff Lundeen | Implementations and Applications of Squeezed Light |
| 11h: Mirco Siercke | Quantum Entanglement and its Applications |
| 11h30: BREAK | |
| 11h40: Eric Appiah-Odame | Experimental Fibre-Based Quantum Cryptography |
| 12h10: Amir Purmusa | Electromagnetically induced transparency |
| 12h40: LUNCH BREAK | |
| 13h40: David Gerbasi | Coherent Control and Permanent Dipole Moments |
| 14h10: Kevin Lee | Manipulating Matter with Lasers |
| 14h40: Lauren Segal | The Atom Laser |
| 15h10: BREAK | |
| 15h20: Yaser Kerachian | Photonic Bandgap Materials |
| 15h50: Demetra Psiachos | Self-induced Transparency |
| 16h20: Noëlle Ibrahim | Applications of Lasers in Surgery |
| 16h50: FINAL DISCUSSION |