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Mesoscopic physics between photonic and electronic systems

Organizers:

Tobias Brandes
I. Institut f. Theoretische Physik
Jungiusstr. 9 
D-20355 Hamburg, Germany
WWW		 Stefan Kettemann
I. Institut f. Theoretische Physik
Jungiusstr. 9
D-20355 Hamburg, Germany
WWW		 Jens U. Nöckel
MPI f. Physik komplexer Systeme
Nöthnitzer Str. 38
01187 Dresden, Germany
WWW

Announcement

Mesoscopic physics has in recent years turned out to be a field situated not only at the junction between large and small size scales, but moreover at the interface between two largely independent disciplines: modern optics and electronic transport. Future developments will require bridges to be built between these fields, and this summer school is intended as a catalyst for this. The Wilhelm and Else Heraeus Foundation is sponsoring and supporting the event, which will take place in Wittenberg, Germany, from July 17 until July 27, 2000 and targets an international, young audience of PhD students and young researchers of approximately 40 - 50 persons.

Lectures will be given both on experiment and theory of physics at the interface between the traditional fields of (quantum) optics, laser physics, electronic transport, and mesoscopic quantum physics. One of our aims is to motivate young people to work in those new areas of physics where, e.g., concepts originating in condensed-matter physics are transfered to optics, or quantum optical effects meet their analogues in electronic transport. 

Invited lecturers are asked to give a lecture-style introduction to their field of research (4 lectures of one hour each).

Venue, registration

Wittenberg is known as the city of the reformers Martin Luther, Philipp Melanchthon, and Johannes Bugenhagen. As an old medieval town (photo), it has a long cultural, humanistic and academic tradition with such famous names as Lucas Cranach the Elder, Giordano Bruno or Wilhelm Weber, to name a few. This tradition is continued by the Leucorea Foundation, the venue of the summer school. 
The registration fee is 200 DM. Accomodation (single and double rooms) and meals at the Leucorea Foundation are free for an international audience of 50 advanced students and young researchers (the registration deadline was April 30, registration is no longer possible).
City map(note that the main station is outside the map (on the right hand side). The venue of the summer school is point 18 (Leucorea Foundation) on the map. 
Address: LEUCOREA, Collegienstrasse 62, 06886 Lutherstadt Wittenberg.
Telephone/ Fax: +49 3491 466 -0 / 466-222.

List of Participants

As we have not enough rooms for all participants in the Leucorea, some of the students (indicated in the list) will be accomodated in the Paul-Gerhardt-Stift (arrival on Monday morning in Leucorea as already indicated by email). We apologize again for this inconvenience. 
Please note that the conference fee (200 DM) has to be paid on Monday in cash (German marks, we cannot accepts cheques, credit cards etc.)

Poster contributions

Travel Information

 

Invited Speakers + Tentative Lecture Titles

Theory

 Y. Blanter , Geneva, Switzerland
 "Shot Noise in Mesoscopic Conductors"
 F. Haake, Essen University, Germany
"Random Matrices, Chaos, and Billiards"
 D. Khmelnitzkii, Cambridge,  UK 
 To be announced
 S. Koch, Marburg, Germany
"Microscopic Theory of the Optical Properties of Mesoscopic Semiconductor Systems"
 V. Kravtsov, Trieste, ICTP, Italy
 "Energy Level Statistics"
 M. E. Raikh, University of Utah, USA
"Cooperative Emission, Kondo Effect in Non-linear Absorption, AB - Effect for an Exciton, Quantum Cotton-Mouton Effect"
K. Richter, Dresden
"Semiclassical Quantum Transport: Chaos, Coherence, and Correlations"
 A. Shimizu, University of Tokyo, Japan 
"Condensed matter physics stimulated by quantum optics"
 A. Stern, Weizmann Institute, Israel
"Transport phenomena in the fractional quantized Hall effect - some examples"
 A. D. Stone, Yale University, USA
 "Dielectric Resonators and Quantum Chaos"

Experiment

 C. Gmachl, Bell Laboratories, USA
"Quantum Cascade Lasers"
 F. Laeri, TU Darmstadt, Germany
 "Microcavity Electrodynamics"
 H.-J. Stöckmann, Marburg University, Germany
"Microwave Experiments on Mesoscopic 
Systems and Chaotic Billiards"
 W. Wegscheider, Regensburg, Germany
"Molecular beam epitaxy of ultrapure III/V semiconductors: Cleaved edge overgrowth with applications in optics and transport"
 A. Wixforth, Munich University, Germany
"Dynamic and Static Lateral Superlattices in Semiconductor Layered Systems"
 J. P. Woerdman, Leiden University, Netherlands
"Mesoscopic Aspects of Laser Physics"

 Tentative Schedule
9.00-10.30 11.00-12.30
lunch
 15.00-16.30 17.00-18.30
20.00-
16. Sun  Arrival
17. Mon 10.30 opening  Haake Wixforth Woerdman Welcome 
Party
18. Tue Laeri Kravtsov Stone -
19. Wed Stoeckmann Haake Excursion Excursion tutorials
20. Thu Shimizu Laeri Stern Wixforth
21. Fri  Woerdman Kravtsov Stone Stern tutorials
22. Sat Shimizu Stoeckmann - -
23. Sun Excursion - - - Excursion
24. Mon Gmachl Raikh Blanter Richter
25. Tues Koch Gmachl Wegscheider Khmelnitzkii
26. Wed Wegscheider Khmelnitzkii Koch - tutorials
27. Thu Raikh short talks Departure

 08.00-09.00 breakfast;  12.30-15.00 lunch;  16.30-17.00 coffee break; 18.45-19.30 dinner.
 

© Jens Uwe Nöckel, 12/99, Tobias Brandes 5/2000
last change July 7