Max-Planck-Institut für Physik komplexer Systeme Dresden, Germany

International Workshop and Seminar on

COHERENT EVOLUTION IN NOISY ENVIRONMENTS

Workshop: May 21 - 25, 2001 $\bullet$ Seminar: April 2 - May 30, 2001


Scientific coordinators:
Andreas Buchleitner Reinhard Werner Anton Zeilinger
MPIPKS Dresden Technische Universität Braunschweig Universität Wien
Dresden, Germany Braunschweig, Germany Wien, Austria


Scientific Context: The seminar brings together experts from quantum information, photonic band gap materials, and noise induced stabilization phenomena (such as Stochastic Resonance), sharing a common interest in decoherence, and has an interdisciplinary scope from mathematics to experimental physics. Special emphasis is directed towards the training of promising PhD students and young PostDocs, and this will be ensured by a series of advanced lectures on selected topics of the seminar program. In addition to the lectures already confirmed, there will be plenty of time for individual discussions and seminars on the most recent developments.

Lecturers: Theory of quantum information: H.-J. Briegel (München) - Decoherence in quantum physics: R. Graham (Essen) - Dissipation and path integrals: G. Ingold (Augsburg) - Quantum Markov processes: mathematical theory and applications: B. Kümmerer (Stuttgart) - Quantum optics in structured reservoirs: P. Lambropoulos (Heraklion) - Experiments on coherence and decoherence in atomic systems: M. Raizen (Austin) - Quantum communication with cavity QED: S. van Enk (Murray Hill) - Experiments on quantum communication and teleportation: H. Weinfurter (München) - Noise induced stabilization phenomena: K. Wiesenfeld (Atlanta)


Preliminary list of invited speakers: (*to be confirmed)
E. Akkermans* (Haifa) G. Alber (Ulm) M. Arndt (Wien)
U. Becker (Berlin) H. J. Carmichael (Eugene) L. Davidovich (Rio de Janeiro)
E. N. Economou* (Heraklion) B.-G. Englert (Ulm) A. Ekert (Oxford)
S. Fishman (Haifa) L. Gammaitoni* (Perugia) S. Haroche (Paris)
Y. Imry (Rehovot) S. John* (Toronto) M. Kus (Warszawa)
A. Lagendijk (Amsterdam) G. Leuchs (Erlangen) H. Lichte (Dresden)
H. Maassen* (Nijmegen) R. N. Mantegna (Palermo) C. Miniatura (Nice)
J.-P. Paz (Buenos Aires) H. Schmidt-Boecking (Frankfurt) D. Shepelyansky (Toulouse)
B. A. van Tiggelen (Grenoble) A. Vulpiani (Roma) H. Walther (Garching)
M. Wilkens (Potsdam) Y. Yamamoto (Stanford) P. Zoller* (Innsbruck)


Scientific Advisors: G. S. Agarwal (Ahmedabad), P. Hänggi (Augsburg), A. S. Holevo (Moscow), A. Leggett (Illinois), G. Lindblad (Stockholm), L. Lugiato (Milano), H. Spohn (München), J. Zakrzewski (Kraków)

The workshop registration fee is DM 150. Costs for accommodation and meals will be covered by the Max Planck Institute. In exceptional cases, limited funding is available to partly cover travel expenses.


Deadline for applications is November 30, 2000.




Further information and application forms at:
Visitors Program
Max-Planck-Institut für Physik komplexer Systeme
Nöthnitzer Str. 38, D-01187 Dresden, Germany
Tel. +49-351-871-2105 / Fax: +49-351-871-2199
cohevol@mpipks-dresden.mpg.de
http://www.mpipks-dresden.mpg.de/~cohevol/



Coherent Evolution in Noisy Environments
7/26/2000