colloquien_WS_2015_2016

(Un-)decidable problems in quantum theory (Prof. M. Wolf)

Date: Oct 20, 2015
Time: 02:30 PM - 04:00 PM (Local Time Germany)
Speaker: Prof. Dr. Michael Wolf, Zentrum Mathematik, M5, Technische Universität München
Room: Herbert Walther Lecture Hall
Host: MPQ

In the talk I will review recent results on the (un-)decidability of problems in quantum many-body physics and quantum information theory. [more]

Novel ultra-fast and nanoscale opto-electronic phenomena in 2d material heterostructures (Prof. F. Koppens)

Date: Oct 27, 2015
Time: 02:00 PM - 04:00 PM (Local Time Germany)
Speaker: Prof. Dr. Frank Koppens, ICFO, The Institute of Photonic Sciences (Barcelona)
Room: Herbert Walther Lecture Hall
Host: MPQ

The optoelectronic response of two-dimensional (2D) crystals, such as graphene and transition metal dichalcogenides (TMDs), is currently subject to intensive investigations. [more]

Physics beyond the standard model from molecules (Prof. W. Ubachs)

Date: Nov 3, 2015
Time: 02:30 PM - 04:00 PM (Local Time Germany)
Speaker: Prof. Dr. Wim Ubachs, Department of Physics and Astronomy, VU University, Amsterdam, Netherlands
Room: Herbert Walther Lecture Hall
Host: MPQ

The spectrum of molecular hydrogen H2 can be measured in the laboratory to very high precision using advanced laser and molecular beam techniques, as well as frequency-comb based calibration. [more]

Sub-Cycle Quantum Physics (Prof. A. Leitenstorfer)

Date: Nov 6, 2015
Time: 02:30 PM - 04:00 PM (Local Time Germany)
Speaker: Prof. Dr. Alfred Leitenstorfer, Universität Konstanz, Fachbereich Physik
Room: Herbert Walther Lecture Hall
Host: MPQ

Recent progress in establishing an extreme time-domain approach to condensed-matter physics and quantum optics is presented. [more]

Simplex sigillum veri: Single atoms may settle quantum queries (Prof. P. Toschek)

Date: Nov 10, 2015
Time: 02:30 PM - 04:00 PM (Local Time Germany)
Speaker: Prof. Dr. Peter E. Toschek, Institut für Laser-Physik, Universität Hamburg
Room: Herbert Walther Lecture Hall
Host: MPQ

Modern atomism evolved on the basis of observations of matter’s macroscopic features. [more]

Quantum-information processing with solid-state single-photon sources (Prof. P. Lodahl)

Date: Nov 17, 2015
Time: 02:30 PM - 04:00 PM (Local Time Germany)
Speaker: Prof. Dr. Peter Lodahl, Niels Bohr Institute, University of Copenhagen, Denmark
Room: Herbert Walther Lecture Hall
Host: MPQ

We review the recent experimental progress on the use of quantum dots coupled to photonic-crystal waveguides [1]. [more]

A microscope for Fermi gases (A. Omran) / Methods to observe topological properties in a fermionic ladder model (Dr. M. Burrello)

Double Feature!
Date: Nov 24, 2015
Time: 02:30 PM - 04:00 PM (Local Time Germany)
Speaker: M.Sc. Ahmed Omran, Abt. Quanten-Vielteilchensysteme / Dr. Michele Burrello, Abt. Theorie
Room: Herbert Walther Lecture Hall
Host: MPQ

abstracts... [more]

New Perspectives on Quantum Simulation with Alkaline-Earth Atoms (Prof. A. Rey)

Date: Dec 1, 2015
Time: 02:30 PM - 04:00 PM (Local Time Germany)
Speaker: Prof. Dr. Ana Maria Rey, JILA, NIST and University of Colorado, Boulder, CO 80309-0440, USA
Room: Herbert Walther Lecture Hall
Host: MPQ

Understanding the behavior of interacting electrons in solids or liquids is at the heart of modern quantum science and necessary for technological advances. [more]

Quantum mechanics at macroscopic scales (Prof. M. Kasevich)

Date: Dec 7, 2015
Time: 02:30 PM - 04:00 PM (Local Time Germany)
Speaker: Prof. Dr. Mark Kasevich, Department of Physics, Stanford University, USA
Room: Herbert Walther Lecture Hall
Host: MPQ

Quantum mechanics is a foundation of physics, chemistry and materials science. Still, there is an ongoing debate about the emergence of the classical, macroscopic world from the well-understood microscopic world of quantum mechanics. [more]

Nuclear structure from light muonic atoms (Dr. B. Franke) / LWFA-driven hard X-ray sources at LEX and CALA (K. Khrennikov)

Double Feature!
Date: Dec 15, 2015
Time: 02:30 PM - 04:00 PM (Local Time Germany)
Speaker: Dr. Beatrice Franke, MPQ, Laser Spectroscopy Division / M.Sc. Konstantin Khrennikov, MPQ, Attosecond Physics Division
Room: Herbert Walther Lecture Hall
Host: MPQ

abstracts... [more]

Hundred years after general relativity: Was Einstein right? (Prof. M. Kramer)

Date: Jan 12, 2016
Time: 02:30 PM - 04:00 PM (Local Time Germany)
Speaker: Prof. Dr. Michael Kramer, MPI für Radioastronomie, Bonn
Room: Herbert Walther Lecture Hall
Host: MPQ

Hundred years after General Relativity: Was Einstein right? [more]

Highly efficient organic devices (Prof. K. Leo)

Date: Jan 19, 2016
Time: 02:30 PM - 04:00 PM (Local Time Germany)
Speaker: Prof. Dr. Karl Leo, Institut für Angewandt Photophysik and Center for Advancing Electronic Devices (cfaed)
Technische Universität Dresden, 01062 Dresden, Germany
Room: Herbert Walther Lecture Hall
Host: MPQ

Organic semiconductors with conjugated electron system are currently intensively investigated for (opto-) electronics. [more]

It’s All About Water (Prof. P. Hamm)

Date: Jan 26, 2016
Time: 02:30 PM - 04:00 PM (Local Time Germany)
Speaker: Prof. Dr. Peter Hamm, University of Zürich, Schweiz
Room: Herbert Walther Lecture Hall
Host: MPQ

Ultrafast time-resolved spectroscopy, and in particular its extension to multidimensional techniques, can tell us a lot about solvation dynamics, structural dynamics and energy transfer processes of solution phase molecular systems. [more]

Topological photonics with twisted resonators and braided circuits (Prof. J. Simon)

Date: Feb 2, 2016
Time: 02:30 PM - 04:00 PM (Local Time Germany)
Speaker: Prof. Dr. Jonathan Simon, University of Chicago, USA
Room: Herbert Walther Lecture Hall
Host: MPQ

I will present recent work realizing topological phases of photons. [more]

Microscopy 2.0 (Prof. S. Chu)

Date: Feb 10, 2016
Time: 02:30 PM - 04:00 PM (Local Time Germany)
Speaker: Prof. Dr. Steven Chu, Stanford University, USA
Room: Herbert Walther Lecture Hall
Host: MPQ

There has been an explosion of new imaging technologies in biology that include photo-activation localization microscopy (PALM), stochastic optical reconstruction microscopy (STORM), and stimulated emission depletion (STED), structured illumination, and adaptive optics are revolutionizing optical microscopy. [more]