The Distinguished Quantum Lectures

In recognition of the important contributions of Los Alamos Scientists to many aspects of quantum information science, the CNLS established in 2009 the Distinguished Quantum Lecture.

2015 Deborah Jin, University of Colorado

• Ultracold Gasses
  Monday, December 8, 2015, 1:30pm Physics Auditorium
• Ultracold Polar Molecules
  Tuesday, December 9, 2015, 1:30pm CNLS Conference Room

2014 William Phillips, National Institute of Standards and Technology

• Almost Absolute Zero: the story of laser cooling and trapping
  Tuesday, February 18, 2014, 10:30-11:30 AM, Physics Auditorium (TA-3, Bldg 215)
• Why condensed matter physicists should pay attention to atomic physics
  Tuesday, February 18, 2014, 2:00-3:00 PM, CNLS Conference Room (TA-3, Bldg. 1690)
• Spinning atoms with light: a new twist on atom optics
  Wednesday, February 19, 2014, 2:00-3:00 PM, CNLS Conference Room (TA-3, Bldg 1690)

2012/2013 Tony Leggett, University of Illinois

• Testing the Limits of Quantum Mechanics: Motivation, State of Place, Prospects
  Wednesday, February 13, 2013, Physics Auditorium (TA-3, Bldg 215)
• Superfluidity, Phase Coherence, and the New Bose-Condensed Alkalai
  Thursday, February 14, 2013, CNLS Conference Room (TA-3, Bldg 1690)

2011 David Wineland, National Institute of Standards and Technology

• Quantum Information Processing and Quantum-Limited Metrology with Trapped Ions
  Tuesday, December 6, 2011, Physics Auditorium

2010 Alexander L. Fetter, Stanford University

• Introduction to Bose-Einstein Condensation
  Monday, November 15, 2010, CNLS Conference Room (TA-3, Bldg 1690)
• Exotic Condensates: Dipolar Interactions, Mistures, and Spinor Condensates
  Tuesday, November 16, 2010, CNLS Conference Room (TA-3, Bldg 1690)
• Rotating CondensatesL Synthetic (artificial) Gauge Potentials, Vortex Creation Without Rotation
  Wednesday, November 17, 2010, CNLS Conference Room (TA-3, Bldg 1690)

2009 Charles H. Bennett, IBM Research Yorktown

• Entanglement, Quantum Darwinism, and the Fate of Jimmy Hoffa
  Wednesday, May 13, 2009, Physics Auditorium