sunday, october 4, 2009

CANADA-POLAND-JAPAN INTERNATIONAL
SYMPOSIUM ON SEMICONDUCTOR, MAGNETIC
AND PHOTONIC NANOSTRUCTURES
Wrocław, October 4-7 2009
SUNDAY, OCTOBER 4, 2009
19:00 – 21:00
Registration and Reception – Sofitel Hotel
7:30 – 8:30
8:30
9:00 – 9:30
BREAKFAST/DISCUSSIONS
Starts a bus from Hotel to Wroclaw University of Technology
Opening Session:
Prof. T. Więckowski, JM Rector, Wrocław University of Technology
Dr. T. Jackman, Director, Institute for Microstructural Sciences
Prof. Y. Arakawa, Director, IQUNE, Tokyo
Prof. J. Kossut, Director, IF PAN, Warsaw
Mr. R. Bellanger, Counselor, Embassy of Canada to Poland
HYBRID MAGNETIC SEMICONDUCTOR NANOSTRUCTURES
Chair: Jacek Kossut
Tomasz Dietl
Nanocomposite semiconductor ferromagnetic systems
Hong Guo
First principles modeling of magnetic tunnel junctions
COFFEE BREAK
Yoshiro Hirayama
Nuclear magnetic resonance in semiconductor quantum structures
Sebastian Maćkowski
Optically controlled quantum dot nanomagnets
GRAPHENE NANOSTRUCTURES
Chair: Thomas Jackman
Tsuneya Ando
Physics of graphene and its multilayers: From zero-mode anomalies
to band-gap opening
LUNCH AND DISCUSSIONS
Marek Potemski
Dirac-like electrons and phonons in graphene-based systems
Andrzej Wysmołek
Optical and TEM Investigations of Epitaxial Graphene on SiC
Devrim Guclu
Magnetism and Correlations of Fractionally Filled Zero-energy
States in Graphene Quantum Dots
BREAK
MONDAY, OCTOBER 5, 2009
9:30 – 10:00
10:00 – 10:30
10:30 – 10:50
10:50 – 11:20
11:20 – 11:40
11:40 – 12:10
12:10 – 13:20
13:20 – 13:50
13:50 – 14:10
14:10 – 14:30
14:30 – 14:40
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SEMICONDUCTOR NANOSTRUCTURES
Chair: Jean-Michel Gerard
14:40 – 15:10
15:10 – 15:30
15:30 – 16:00
16:00 – 16:30
16:30 – 17:00
17:00 – 17:15
17:15 – 17:45
17:45 – 18:15
18:15 – 18:30
19:30 – 21:30
Dan Dalacu
Directed Self-Assembly of Single Quantum Dot Optical Devices
Adam Babiński
Multiexcitonic emission from quantum dots grown by indium-flush
method
COFFEE BREAK
NANOPHOTONICS (PUBLIC SESSION)
Chairs: Jan Misiewicz and Paweł Hawrylak
Sajeev John
Photonic Band Gap Materials: Light Trapping Crystals
Jan Gaj
Growth and spectroscopy of semiconductor quantum dots
BREAK
Yasuhiko Arakawa
A Quarter-Century of Quantum Dots: From Science to Practical
Implementation
Gerhard Abstreiter
Nanoscience: From semiconductor quantum dots and wires to
biosensors
Transportation Wroclaw University of Technology to Hotel
Symposium Dinner, Restauracja Lwowska, Rynek
TUESDAY, OCTOBER 6, 2009
8:00 – 9:00
9:00
9:30 – 10:00
10:00 – 10:30
10:30 – 11:00
11:00 – 11:20
11:20 – 11:50
11:50 – 12:10
BREAKFAST/DISCUSSIONS
Starts a bus from Hotel to Wroclaw University of Technology
DEVICES FOR QUANTUM INFORMATION PROCESSING
Chair: Yoshiro Hirayama
Seigo Tarucha
Electron spin qubits and spin-photon interface using quantum dots
Andrew Sachrajda
Triple quantum dots
Robert Wolkow
Controlled Coupling and Occupation of Silicon Atomic Quantum
Dots at Room Temperature
COFFEE BREAK
DECOHERENCE IN DEVICES FOR QUANTUM
INFORMATION PROCESSING
Chair: Tomasz Dietl
Frank Wilhelm
Transient shot noise and electron counting in double quantum dots
Paweł Machnikowski
Phonon-induced pure dephasing of singlet-triplet superpositions in
double quantum dots
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12:10 – 12:30
12:30 – 13:40
13:40 – 14:00
14:00 – 14:20
14:20 – 14:40
14:40 – 15:10
15:10 – 15:40
15:40 – 15:50
15:50 – 16:10
16:10 – 16:30
16:30 – 17:00
17:00 – 17:15
18:00 – 20:00
Arkadiusz Wójs
Toward topological quantum computing: Skyrmions in a half-filled
second Landau level
LUNCH AND DISCUSSIONS
CARBON NANOTUBES
Chair: Hong Guo
Jacek Majewski
Stability of functionalized carbon nanotubes
Włodek Jaskólski
Interface states in carbon nanotube junctions
COFFEE BREAK
SEMICONDUCTOR NANOSTRUCTURES FOR BIO SENSING
Chair: Andrew Sachrajda
Danek Elbaum
ZnO Biosensing
Christophe Py
Patch-clamp array chips for advanced neurodegenerative disease
models and faster pharmacological development
BREAK
SEMICONDUCTOR AND METALLIC NANOSTRUCTURES FOR
ENERGY APPLICATIONS
Chair: Witold Bardyszewski
Lucjan Jacak
Plasmons in metallic nanoparticles: towards enhancement of metalnano-modified solar cell efficiency
Marek Korkusiński
Multi-exciton generation in CdSe nanocrystals
POSTERS/DISCUSSIONS
Transportation to hotel
DINNER DISCUSSIONS SELF-ORGANIZED
WEDNESDAY, OCTOBER 7, 2009
8:00 – 9:00
9:00
9:30 – 10:00
10:00 – 10:30
10:30 – 10:50
BREAKFAST/DISCUSSIONS
Starts a bus from Hotel to Wroclaw University of Technology
SEMICONDUCTOR PHOTONIC NANOSTRUCTURES FOR
QUANTUM CRYPTOGRAPHY
Chair: Jan Gaj
Jean-Michel Gerard
High brightness single photon sources based on photonic wires
Jeff Young
Light emission from site-selectivley tethered PbS(x) nanocrystals on
SOI-based photonic crystal microcavities
COFFEE BREAK
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10:50 – 11:10
11:10 – 11:30
11:30 – 11:50
11:50 – 13:20
13:20 – 13:40
13:40 – 14:00
14:00 – 14:30
14:30 – 15:00
15:00 – 15:15
OPTICAL PROPERTIES OF SEMICONDUCTOR
NANOSTRUCTURES - THEORY
Chair: Frank Wilhelm
Michał Zieliński
Atomistic modeling of multimillion atom nanostructures
Witold Bardyszewski
Theory of excitons in ZnO/ZnMgO quantum wells
Łukasz Cywiński
Pure dephasing of the spin of the electron confined in a quantum dot:
the role of the hyperfine-mediated interactions
LUNCH, DISCUSSIONS AND POSTERS
SEMICONDUCTOR NANO-DEVICES
Chair: Jeff Young
Łukasz Kłopotowski
Coulomb interactions and charge storage in self-assembled CdTe
quantum dots
Grzegorz Sęk
Quantum dashes: optical properties and application prospects
Sylvain Raymond
Quantum Dot Broadband Materials for Telecommunication
Applications
Summary, discussion of future collaborations and closing
Transportation to hotel
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