Talks & Seminars 2015-2018

Recordings of QSIT seminars can be found here and of QSIT Colloquia here

Past talks:

Thu, Dec 20, 2018 - 15:00
ETH Zurich, Hönggerberg, HIT F 31.2
Valley hall effect for MoS2/WSe2 heterostructures
Weibo Gao - Nanyang Technological University, Singapore
QSIT Seminar, abstract
Host: Ataç İmamoğlu

Thu, Dec 20, 2018 - 13:00
ETH Zurich, Hönggerberg, HIT E 41.1
Cooperative Ultrastrong Coupling in Condensed Matter
Junichiro Kono - Rice University, USA
QSIT Seminar, abstract
Host: Jérôme Faist

Tue, Dec 18, 2018 - 14:00
ETH Zurich, Hönggerberg, HCI D 8
Nonlinear optics with collective modes: phonons, excitons, and the Higgs excitation in a superconductor
Eugene Demler - Harvard University, USA
QSIT Colloquium, abstract
Host: Atac Imamoglu

Mon, Dec 17, 2018 - 16:15
University of Basel, St. Johanns-Ring 25 - Lecture Hall 1
Quantum metrology
Luca Pezze - University of Florence, Italy
Nano- & Quantum Physics Seminar, external pagelink
Host: Philipp Treutlein

Thu, Dec 6, 2018 - 14:00
ETH Zurich, Hönggerberg, HPF G 6
Rotational Optomechanics
James Millen - King's College London, England
QSIT Seminar, abstract
Host: Lukas Novotny

Tue, Dec 4,  2018 - 12:15
University of Basel, St. Johanns-Ring 25  - New Lecture Room 1
Lifetime of Majorana qubits in Rashba nanowires with nonuniform chemical potential

Pavel Aseev - Klinovaja group, University of Basel
On-and-Off Chip Cooling of a Coulomb Blockade Thermometer down to 1.8 mK
Yemliha Bilal - Zumbühl group, University of Basel
QCQT Research Seminar external pagelink

Mon, Dec 3, 2018 - 16:15
University of Basel, St. Johanns-Ring 25 - Lecture Hall 1
Two very different aspects of order by RKKY-type interactions: modified tunnelling spectroscopy in helical double quantum wires, and nuclear order in spin liquid systems
Bernd Braunecker - University of St. Andrews, Scotland
Nano- & Quantum Physics Seminar, external pagelink
Host: Dominik Zumbühl

Mon, Dec 3, 2018 - 14:00
ETH Zurich, Hönggerberg, HIT J 52
Vibrational dynamics in the quantum regime: non-classical state preparation and measurement backaction
Christophe Galland - EPF Lausanne, Switzerland
QSIT Seminar
Host: Jérôme Faist

Tue, Nov 27,  2018 - 12:15
University of Basel, St. Johanns-Ring 25  - New Lecture Room 1
Universal quantum computation in the surface code using non-Abelian islands
Katharina Lauscher - Klinovaja/Loss groups, University of Basel
Characterization of Hydrogen Plasma Defined Graphene Edges

Mirko Rehmann - Zumbühl group, University of Basel
QCQT Research Seminar external pagelink

Mon, Nov 26, 2018 - 16:15
University of Basel, St. Johanns-Ring 25 - Lecture Hall 1
New frontiers for light storage at room temperature
Ofer Firstenberg - Weizmann Institute of Science, Israel
Nano- & Quantum Physics Seminar, external pagelink
Host: Philipp Treutlein

Mon, Nov 26, 2018 - 11:00
ETH Zurich, Hönggerberg, HPF G 6
Testing CPT Symmetry with Antihydrogen at ALPHA
Celeste Carruth - University of California, Berkeley, USA
QSIT Seminar, abstract
Host: Jonathan Home

Tue, Nov 20,  2018 - 12:15
University of Basel, St. Johanns-Ring 25  - New Lecture Room 1
Towards valley Hall physics by engineering strain in graphene

Lujun Wang - Schönenberger group, University of Basel
Strong coupling in the solid state with a charge-tunable emitter atoptical frequencies
Daniel Najer - Warburton group, University of Basel
QCQT Research Seminar external pagelink

Mon, Nov 19, 2018 - 16:15
University of Basel, St. Johanns-Ring 25 - Lecture Hall 1
Generation of quantum light in a coherent superposition of Fock states
Carlos Anton-Solanas - CNRS Saclay, France
Nano- & Quantum Physics Seminar, external pagelink
Host: Richard Warburton

Fri, Nov 16, 2018 - 15:15
University of Basel, St. Johanns-Ring 25 - Lecture Hall 1
Long-range transport in ac driven quantum dot arrays
Gloria Platero -
Instituto de Ciencia de Materiales de Madrid, CSIC, Spain
QC2/QSIT Colloquium, external pagelink 
Hosts: Jelena Klinovaja, Daniel Loss

Mon, Nov 12, 2018 - 16:15
University of Basel, St. Johanns-Ring 25 - Lecture Hall 1
Transport in crystal phase nanowire quantum dots
Claes Thelander - Lund University, Sweden
Nano- & Quantum Physics Seminar, external pagelink
Host: Christian Schönenberger

Fri, Nov 9, 2018 - 15:15
University of Basel, St. Johanns-Ring 25 - Lecture Hall 1
Probing a single molecule
Piet O. Schmidt -
PTB Braunschweig und Leibniz Universität
Hannover, Germany

QC2/QSIT Colloquium, external pagelink 
Hosts: Philipp Treutlein, Stefan Willitsch

Fri, Nov 9, 2018 - 11:00
ETH Zurich, Hönggerberg, HPZ E 35
Electronic phase transition in charge neutral graphene
multilayers: Does graphene ever become graphite upon
increasing thickness?

Alberto Morpurgo - University of Geneva, Switzerland
QSIT Seminar, abstract
Host: Lukas Novotny

Wed, Nov 7, 2018 - 11:15
ETH Zurich, Hönggerberg, HPF G 6
Ambipolar QDs in undoped Si CMOS fin field-effect-transistors
Andreas V. Kuhlmann - University of Basel, Switzerland
QSIT Seminar, abstract
Host: Andreas Wallraff

Tue, Nov 6,  2018 - 12:15
University of Basel, St. Johanns-Ring 25  - New Lecture Room 1
Superconductivity in encapsulated graphene with
superlattice

David Indolese - Schönenberger group, University of Basel
Rashba Sandwiches with Topological Superconducting Phases
Yanick Volpez - Loss group, University of Basel
QCQT Research Seminar external pagelink

Mon, Nov 5, 2018 - 16:15
University of Basel, St. Johanns-Ring 25 - Lecture Hall 1
Electronic cavities as mediator of coherent coupling between distant quantum dots
Oded Zilberberg -
ETH Zürich, Switzerland
Nano- & Quantum Physics Seminar, external pagelink
Host: Christoph Bruder

Fri, Nov 2, 2018 - 15:15
University of Basel, St. Johanns-Ring 25 - Lecture Hall 1
Spotting the elusive Majorana under the microscope
Ali Yazdani -
Princeton Center for Complex Materials (PCCM), USA
QC2/QSIT Colloquium, external pagelink 
Host: Daniel Loss

Tue, Oct 30,  2018 - 12:15
University of Basel, St. Johanns-Ring 25  - New Lecture Room 1
Zero-energy Andreev bound states from quantum dots
inproximitized Rashba nanowires

Christopher Reeg - Loss group, University of Basel
Renormalization of quantum dot g-factor in
superconductingRashba nanowires

Olesia Dmytruk - Klinovaja group, University of Basel
QCQT Research Seminar external pagelink

Mon, Oct 29, 2018 - 16:15
University of Basel, St. Johanns-Ring 25 - Lecture Hall 1
Vibrational dynamics in the quantum regime
Christophe Galland - EPFL, Switzerland
Nano- & Quantum Physics Seminar, external pagelink
Host: Patrick Maletinsky

Fri, Oct 26, 2018 - 15:15
University of Basel, St. Johanns-Ring 25 - Lecture Hall 1
Semiconductor quantum dots for quantum photonics
Armando Rastelli -
Johannes Kepler Universität Linz, Austria
QC2/QSIT Colloquium, external pagelink 
Host: Ilaria Zardo

Mon, Oct 22, 2018 - 16:15
University of Basel, St. Johanns-Ring 25 - Lecture Hall 1
New magnetic phase of the chiral skyrmion material Cu2OSeO3
Catherine Pappas -
Delft University of Technology,
The Netherlands

Nano- & Quantum Physics Seminar, external pagelink
Host: Martino Poggio

Thu, Oct 18, 2018 - 16:45
ETH Zurich, Hönggerberg - HPV G 5
Quantum computation with noisy, intermediate scale quantum (NISQ) processors
Jay Gambetta -
IBM Fellow & CTO for Quantum Computing
QSIT Seminar, abstract
Host: Lidia del Rio

18:00 Alumni Lounge - IBM Informal Careers session

Fri, Oct 5, 2018 - 15:15
University of Basel, St. Johanns-Ring 25 - Lecture Hall 1
Topological Insulators and Superconductors
Yoichi Ando -
Universität Köln, Germany
QC2/QSIT Colloquium, external pagelink 
Host: Christian Schönenberger

Fri, Oct 5, 2018 - 11:20
ETH Zurich, Hönggerberg, HPF E 6
Depolarization of Electronic Spin Qubits Confined in Semiconductor Quantum Dots
David Gershoni - Technion, Haifa, Israel
QSIT Seminar
Host: Klaus Ensslin

Mon, Oct 1, 2018 - 16:15
University of Basel, St. Johanns-Ring 25 - Lecture Hall 1
Exactly solvable models for light-matter interaction
Daniel Braak -
MPI Festkörperforschung Stuttgart, Germany
Nano- & Quantum Physics Seminar, external pagelink
Host: Christoph Bruder

Tue, Sep 25, 2018 - 11:00
ETH Zurich, Hönggerberg, HPF G 6
Semiconductor-Superconductor Hybrid Devices
Alex Hayat - Technion - Israel Institute of Technology
QSIT Seminar, abstract
Hosts: Clemens Todt / Werner Wegscheider

Fri, Sep 21, 2018 - 14:00
ETH Zurich, Hönggerberg, HPF E 6
Berryogenesis: Spontaneous non-equilibrium magnetism in driven graphene and beyond
Mark Rudner - University of Copenhagen, Denmark
QSIT Seminar, abstract
Host: Klaus Ensslin

Fri, Sep 14, 2018 – 11:00
ETH Zurich, Hönggerberg, HPF G 6
Gate-based single-shot readout of spins in silicon
Bas Hensen - The University of New South Wales, Sydney, Australia

QSIT Seminar, abstract
Hosts: David van Woerkom / Andreas Wallraff

Wed, Sep 12, 2018 – 14:00
ETH Zurich, Hönggerberg, HPF G 6
Optical trapping of ion Coulomb crystals
Julian Schmidt - Albert-Ludwigs-Universität Freiburg, Germany

QSIT Seminar, abstract
Host: Jonathan Home / Matt Grau

Tue, Sep 11, 2018 – 11:00
ETH Zurich, Hönggerberg, HPF G 6
Beating resolution limits with quantum sensing
Alex Retzker - The Hebrew University of Jerusalem, Israel
QSIT Seminar, abstract
Hosts: Jonathan Home / Matt Grau

Mon, Sep 10, 2018 – 16:00
École Polytechnique Fédérale de Lausanne – PH H3 31
Probing Local Correlations in a Unitary Fermi Gas
Tarik Yefsah - École Normale Supérieure, Paris, France
QSIT Seminar, abstract
Host: Jean-Philippe Brantut

Thu, Sep 6, 2018 – 14:00
ETH Zurich, Hönggerberg, HIT K 52
How many qubits are there, in my n-qubit quantum computer?
Tal Mor - Technion, Israel Institute of Technology

QSIT Seminar, abstract
Hosts: Renato Renner / Joe Renes

Tue, Sep 4, 2018 – 11:00
ETH Zurich, Hönggerberg - HPF E 6
Coherence of triple-dot spin qubits: Resonant exchange, AEON, and QUEX
Guido BurkardUniversity of Konstanz,
Germany
QSIT Seminar, abstract
Host: Klaus Ensslin

Mon, Sep 3, 2018 – 14:00
ETH Zurich, Hönggerberg - HPF G 6
Interaction between magnons and photons
Koji Usami - University of Tokyo, Japan
QSIT Seminar, abstract
Host: Atac Imamoglu

Mon, Sep 3, 2018 – 11:00
ETH Zurich, Hönggerberg - HPF G 6
Nonreciprocal Interactions and Devices via Reservoir Engineering
Anja Metelmann - Freie Universität Berlin, Germany
QSIT Seminar,
abstract
Hosts: Clemens Müller / Johann Blatter

Tue, Aug 28, 2018 – 14:00
ETH Zurich, Hönggerberg - HPF E 6
Viscous electron flow in graphene
Marco Polini - Istituto Italiano di Tecnologia, Genoa and University of Manchester
QSIT seminar, abstract
Host: Klaus Ensslin

Fri, Aug 24, 2018 – 10:00
ETH Zurich, Hönggerberg - HPF G 6
Second sound in a 2D Bose gas
Raphaël Saint-Jalm –Laboratoire Kastler Brossel, Collège de France, Paris
QSIT Seminar, abstract
Hosts: Laura Corman / Tilman Esslinger

Thu, Aug 2, 2018 – 11:00
ETH Zurich, Hönggerberg - HPF G 6
Spin-resolved microscopy of doped Hubbard systems
Timon Hilker - University of Cambridge, UK
QSIT Seminar, abstract
Hosts: Michael Messer / Tilman Esslinger

Tue, July 10, 2018 – 13:30
ETH Zurich, Hönggerberg - HPF G 6
Dissipative stabilization and manipulation of Schrödinger cat states for quantum error correction
Alexander Grimm - Yale University, New Haven, USA
QSIT Seminar, abstract
Host: Andreas Wallraff

Wed, July 4, 2018 – 10:30
ETH Zurich, Hönggerberg - HIT F 11.1
A quasicrystalline optical lattice for ultracold atoms
Konrad Viebahn - University of Cambridge, U.K.
QSIT Seminar, abstract
Host: Tilman Esslinger

Thu, June 28, 2018 – 15:00
ETH Zurich, Hönggerberg - HPF G 6
A programmable quantum computer based on trapped ions
Norbert Linke - Joint Quantum Institute, University of Maryland, USA
QSIT Seminar, abstract
Hosts: Matt Grau / Jonathan Home

Wed, June 20, 2018 – 11:45
ETH Zurich, Hönggerberg - HPL D 34
Quantum liquid droplets in a Bose-Bose mixture of ultracold atoms
Giulia Semeghini - LENS, University of Florence, Italy
QSIT Seminar, abstract
Host: Tilman Esslinger

Thu, June 14, 2018 – 10:30
ETH Zurich, Hönggerberg - HPF G 6
Nonreciprocity realized with quantum nonlinearity
Andrés Rosario Hamann - University of Queensland, Australia
QSIT Seminar, abstract
Host: Andreas Wallraff

Tue, June 12, 2018
10:45-12:30 h / lunchbreak / 13:30-15:00 h
ETH Zurich, Hönggerberg, HPH G2
QSIT Special Lecture for students
Topology in Physics - from geometry to condensed matter systems

Thomas Ihn
Lab. for Solid State Physics, ETH Zurich
flyer (PDF, 968 KB)

Fri, May 25, 2018 - 15:15
University of Basel, St. Johanns-Ring 25 - Lecture Hall 1
Electrons Surfing on Sound Waves
C. Bäuerle -
Université Grenoble Alpes, Grenoble, France
QC2/QSIT Colloquium, external pagelink 
Host: Christian Schönenberger

Tue, May 22, 2018 - 13:00
ETH Zurich, Hönggerberg - HPF G 6
Towards a 1D array of single atoms in a fiber cavity for generation of multiparticle entanglement
Francesco Ferri - Laboratoire Kastler Brossel, Paris, France
QSIT Seminar, abstract
Hosts: Tobias Donner/Tilman Esslinger

Tue, May 22,  2018 - 12:15
University of Basel, St. Johanns-Ring 25  - New Lecture Room 1
Template-assisted nanowire networks for scalable topological quantum computing schemes

Kris Cerveny - Zumbuhl group, University of Basel
TBA

Manisha Thakurathi
- Klinovaja group, University of Basel
QCQT Research Seminar external pagelink

Fri, May 18, 2018 - 15:15
University of Basel, St. Johanns-Ring 25 - Lecture Hall 1
Many-body physics with arrays of individual Rydberg atoms
Antoine Browaeys -
Laboratoire Charles Fabry, Institut d'Optique, Paris, France
QC2/QSIT Colloquium, external pagelink 
Hosts: Philipp Treutlein, Nicolas Sangouard

Wed, May 16, 2018 - 11:00
ETH Zurich, Hönggerberg - HIT K 52
Singular loops and their non-Abelian geometric phases in ultracold spin-1 atoms
Hebbe Madhusudhana Bharath - Georgia Institute of Technology,
Atlanta, USA
QSIT Seminar, abstract
Hosts: Rémi Desbuquois/Tilman Esslinger

Tue, May 15, 2018 - 15:00
ETH Zurich, Hönggerberg - HPF E 6
Josephson junctions in two-dimensional systems
Srijit Goswami -
TU Delft, The Netherlands
QSIT Seminar
Host: Klaus Ensslin

Tue, May 8,  2018 - 12:15
University of Basel, St. Johanns-Ring 25  - New Lecture Room 1
Proximity induced spin-orbit interaction in graphene by the TMDC WSe2

Simon Zihlmann - Schönenberger group, University of Basel
Spin-polarized electrons in gated MoS2
Jonas Roch –
Warburton group, University of Basel
QCQT Research Seminar external pagelink

Mon, May 7, 2018 - 16:15
University of Basel, St. Johanns-Ring 25 - Lecture Hall 1
Laser threshold magnetometry
Jan Jeske -
Fraunhofer IAF, Freiburg, Germany
Nano- & Quantum Physics Seminar lexternal pageink
Host: Patrick Maletinsky

Fri, May 4, 2018 - 11:30
ETH Zurich, Hönggerberg - HPF G 6
Towards fiber-based quantum interfaces with linear ion traps
Klemens Schüppert - Universität Innsbruck, Austria
QSIT Seminar, abstract
Hosts: Jonathan Home/Thomas Lutz

Thu, May 3, 2018 - 14:30
ETH Zurich, Hönggerberg - HPF G 6
Atom transport in dissipative environments
Herwig Ott -  Technische Universität Kaiserslautern, Germany
QSIT Seminar, abstract
Hosts: Tilman Esslinger/Laura Corman

Fri, Apr 27, 2018 - 15:15
University of Basel, St. Johanns-Ring 25 - Lecture Hall 1
Majoranas in Condensed Matter: topology and non-locality
Elsa Prada -
Universidad Autonoma de Madrid, Spain
QC2/QSIT Colloquium, external pagelink 
Hosts: Jelena Klinovaja, Daniel Loss

Tue, Apr 24,  2018 - 12:15
University of Basel, St. Johanns-Ring 25  - New Lecture Room 1
Cooper-pair splitting in a double InAs nanowire

Christian Jünger – Schönenberger group, University of Basel
Detection of Majorana fermions in cavity QED

Olesia Dmytruk –
Klinovaja group, University of Basel
QCQT Research Seminar external pagelink

Mon, Apr 23, 2018 - 16:15
University of Basel, St. Johanns-Ring 25 - Lecture Hall 1
Quantum dots and superconductivity in silicon systems
Floris Zwanenburg -
University of Twente, The Netherlands
Nano- & Quantum Physics Seminar lexternal pageink
Host: Dominik Zumbühl

Tue, Apr 17,  2018 - 12:15
University of Basel, St. Johanns-Ring 25  - New Lecture Room 1
Einstein-Podolsky-Rosen steering in Bose-Einstein condensates

Matteo Fadel - Treutlein group, University of Basel
Certifying the building blocks of quantum computers from Bell’s theorem

Pavel Sekatski
- Sangouard group, University of Basel
QCQT Research Seminar external pagelink

Fri, Apr 13, 2018 - 14:00
ETH Zurich, Hönggerberg - HPF G 6
The materials science of Josephson junctions: modelling transport through them and probing the defects within

Jared Cole - RMIT University Melbourne, Australia
QSIT Seminar, abstract
Hosts: Clemens Müller/Gianni Blatter

Wed, Apr 11, 2018 - 14:00
ETH Zurich, Hönggerberg - HPF G 6
Phonon engineering and manipulation with nanowires
Ilaria Zardo - Department of Physics, University of Basel
QSIT Seminar, abstract
Host: Giacomo Scalari

Tue, Apr 10,  2018 - 12:15
University of Basel, St. Johanns-Ring 25  - New Lecture room 1
Synchronizing the smallest possible system

Alexandre Roulet - Bruder group, University of Basel
InGaAs quantum dots without wetting layer states for electrons

Matthias Löbl
- Warburton group, University of Basel
QCQT Research Seminar external pagelink

Mon, Apr 9, 2018 - 16:15
University of Basel, St. Johanns-Ring 25 - Lecture Hall 1
On-chip microwave spectroscopy of the Josephson effect in proximitized semiconductor channels: Enabling novel superconducting and topological qubits
Attila Geresdi -
Delft University, The Netherlands
Nano- & Quantum Physics Seminar lexternal pageink
Host: Christian Schönenberger

Thu, Apr 5, 2018 – 14:00
ETH Zurich, Hönggerberg - HPF G 6
Quantum Simulation with Quantum Optical Lattice
Santiago Francisco Caballero Benitez - Universidad Nacional Autónoma de México, Mexico
QSIT Seminar, abstract
Hosts: Tobias Donner/ Tilman Esslinger

Tue, Mar 27, 2018 - 12:15
University of Basel, St. Johanns-Ring 25  - Lecture Hall 1 
Direct Rashba spin-orbit interaction in Si and Ge nanowires with different growth directions 

Christoph Kloffel - Loss group, University of Basel
QCQT Research Seminar external pagelink
Host: Jelena Klinovaja

Mon, Mar 26, 2018 - 16:15
University of Basel, St. Johanns-Ring 25 - Lecture Hall 1
Quantum transport in molecular junctions
Michael Thoss -
Uni Freiburg, Germany
Nano- & Quantum Physics Seminar lexternal pageink
Host: Christoph Bruder

Mon, Mar 26, 2018 - 11:00
ETH Zurich, Hönggerberg - HPF G 6
Extreme nanophotonics from ultrathin metallic junctions

Maiken H. Mikkelsen - Duke University, Durham NC, USA
QSIT Seminar, abstract
Host: Antac Imamoglu

Mon, Mar 19, 2018 - 16:15
University of Basel, St. Johanns-Ring 25 - Lecture Hall 1
Bell's inequality: from loophole-free tests to device-independent scenarios
W. Rosenfeld -
LMU Munich, Germany
Nano- & Quantum Physics Seminar lexternal pageink
Host: Nicolas Sangouard

Mon, Mar 19, 2018 - 14:15
University of Basel, Klingelbergstrasse 82 - Room 4.1
Holes in Semiconductor Nanostructures

Alex Hamilton -
University of New South Wales, Sydney, Australia
Special QC2 / QSIT Seminar, external pagelink 
Host: Dominik Zumbühl

Fri, Mar 16, 2018 - 15:15
University of Basel, St. Johanns-Ring 25 - Lecture Hall 1
Holes in Semiconductor Nanostructures
Alex Hamilton -
University of New South Wales, Sydney, Australia
QC2/QSIT Colloquium, external pagelink 
Host: Dominik Zumbühl

Fri, Mar 16, 2018 - 11:00
EPF Lausanne, CH C3 30 (external pagemap)
Interacting Rydberg Atoms : from Dense Clouds of Rydberg Atoms to Quantum Simulation with Circular Atoms
Tigrane Cantat-Moltrecht 
- Laboratoire Kastler-Brossel, College de France, Paris, France
QSIT Seminar, Downloadabstract (PDF, 258 KB)
Host: Jean-Philippe Brantut

Thu, Mar 15, 2018 - 14:00
ETH Zurich, Hönggerberg - HPF G 6
Superfluidity and pairing in a two-dimensional Fermi gas
Puneet Murthy -
University of Heidelberg, Germany
QSIT Seminar abstract
Host:  Tilman Esslinger

Mon, Mar 12, 2018 - 16:15
University of Basel, St. Johanns-Ring 25 - Lecture Hall 1
Synthesis and applications of quasi 1D metal-semiconductor nanowire heterostructures

Alois Lugstein –
TU Wien, Austria
Nano- & Quantum Physics Seminar lexternal pageink
Host: Ilaria Zardo

Mon, Mar 5, 2018 - 16:15
University of Basel, St. Johanns-Ring 25 - Lecture Hall 1
The usefulness of PPT states in quantum nonlocality and metrology

Tamas Vertesi–
Hungarian Academy of Sciences
Nano- & Quantum Physics Seminar lexternal pageink
Host: Nicolas Sangouard

Thu, Feb 22, 2018 – 14:00
ETH Zurich, Hönggerberg – HPF G 6
Seeing dark excitons in atomically thin semiconductors

Alexander Hoegele – Ludwig-Maximilians-Universität, Munich, Germany
QSIT Seminar, abstract
Host: Atac Imamoglu

Thu, Feb 1, 2018 – 11:00
ETH Zurich, Hönggerberg – HPF G 6
A deterministic, elementary quantum network in circuit QED

Christopher Axline – Dept. of Applied Physics, Yale University, New Haven, USA
QSIT Seminar, abstract
Host: Jonathan Home

Wed, Jan 31, 2018 – 11:00
ETH Zurich, Hönggerberg – HPF G 6
Quantum microwaves with a DC-biased Josephson junction

Denis VionSEA Saclay, Gif-sur-Yvette Cedex, France
QSIT Seminar, abstract
Host: Andreas Wallraff

Thu, Jan 25, 2018 – 15:45
ETH Zurich, Hönggerberg – HPV G 5
Diving Deep into a Quantum-Information-Processing Problem:
Quantum Limits on the Performance of Linear Amplifiers

Carlton M. Caves – Center for Quantum Information and Control,
University of New Mexico, USA
QSIT Colloquium, abstract
Hosts: Renato Renner / Joe Renes

A video of this talk is published here

Tue, Jan 23, 2018 – 11:00
ETH Zurich, Hönnggerberg – HIT E 41.1
Small Quantum Computers and Big Classical Data
Aram Harrow – MIT, Cambridge, USA
QSIT Seminar, abstract
Host: Renato Renner

Tue, Dec 19, 2017 - 11:00
ETH Zurich, Hönnggerberg – HPF G 6
Engineered impurity-doped materials for Quantum Information Processing applications -nano-structures and disordered materials

Thomas Lutz – University of Calgary, Canada
QSIT Seminar, abstract
Host: Jonathan Home

Mon, Dec 18, 2017 - 16:15
University of Basel, St. Johanns-Ring 25 - Lecture Hall 1
Generation of a coherent electronic spin cluster in diamond

Helena Knowles –
University of Cambridge, UK
Nano- & Quantum Physics Seminar lexternal pageink
Host: Patrick Maletinsky

Fri, Dec 15, 2017 - 11:00
ETH Zurich, Hönnggerberg – HPF G 6
Self-Oscillators in the Quantum Regime

Niels Lörch - Department of Physics, University of Basel
QSIT Seminar, abstract
Hosts: Jonathan Home / Thanh Long Nguyen

Tue, Dec 12, 2017 - 12:15
University of Basel, St. Johanns-Ring 25  - Lecture Hall 1 
Twin Superlattice Nanowires
 
Zakaria Azdad – Zardo group, University of Basel
Superadiabatic quantum state preparation in a hybrid spin-mechanical system
Johannes Kölbl
– Maletinsky group, University of Basel
QCQT Research Seminar external pagelink

Mon, Dec 11, 2017 - 16:15
University of Basel, St. Johanns-Ring 25 - Lecture Hall 1
Superconducting proximity effect to probe the topological protection of edge states in Bismuth nanowires

Sophie Gueron –
Université Paris Sud, France
Nano- & Quantum Physics Seminar external pagelink, Downloadabstract (PDF, 138 KB)
Host: Christian Schönenberger

Fri, Dec 8, 2017 - 15:15
University of Basel, St. Johanns-Ring 25 - Lecture Hall 1
Nanowires - the magic wands of superconducting quantum devices
Jesper Nygård - Niels Bohr Institute, Universität Copenhagen
QC2/QSIT Colloquium, external pagelink 
Host: Christian Schönenberger

Tue, Dec 5, 2017 - 12:15
University of Basel, St. Johanns-Ring 25  - Lecture Hall 1  
Edge state profiles and tunneling orthogonality at sharp edges
Christian Scheller – Zumbühl group, University of Basel
Taras Patlatiuk – Zumbühl group, University of Basel
QCQT Research Seminar external pagelink

Fri, Dec 1, 2017 - 15:15
University of Basel, St. Johanns-Ring 25 - Lecture Hall 1
Operating quantum states in single magnetic molecules

Wolfgang Wernsdorfer -
KIT (Karlsruher Institut für Technology), Germany
QC2/QSIT Colloquium, external pagelink 
Host: Martino Poggio

Tue, Nov 28, 2017 - 12:15
University of Basel, St. Johanns-Ring 25  - Lecture Hall 1  
Dynamics of a ground-state cooled ion colliding with ultra-cold atoms
Ziv Meir
– Willitsch group, University of Basel
QCQT Research Seminar external pagelink

Mon, Nov 27, 2017 - 16:15
University of Basel, St. Johanns-Ring 25 - Lecture Hall 1
Gravitational wave detection with optical lattice atomic clocks

Igor Pikovski –
Harvard University, Cambridge, USA
Nano- & Quantum Physics Seminar lexternal pageink
Host: Christoph Bruder

Mon, Nov 27, 2017 - 15:00
ETH Zurich, Hönnggerberg – HPF G 6
Exploring Novel Many-Body States via Cavity QED

Farokh Mivehvar - University of Innsbruck, Austria
QSIT Seminar, abstract
Hosts: Tobias Donner/Tilman Esslinger

Wed, Nov 22, 2017 - 16:15
ETH Zurich, Hönggerberg – HPV G 4
Measuring Entanglement
Matthias Christandl  – University of Copenhagen, Denmark
Zurich Physics Colloquium link

Tue, Nov 21, 2017 - 12:15
University of Basel, St. Johanns-Ring 25  - Lecture Hall 1  
CNT Research
Gulibusitan Abuliz
– Schönenberger group, University of Basel
Majorana Fermions and orbital magnetic effects in nanowires
Olesia Dmytruk
– Klinovaja group, University of Basel
QCQT Research Seminar external pagelink

Mon, Nov 20, 2017 - 16:15
University of Basel, St. Johanns-Ring 25 - Lecture Hall 1
Combining cold atoms and nanoscale waveguides: generation, storage and reflection of single photons

Julien Laurat –
ENS École normale supérieure, Paris
Nano- & Quantum Physics Seminar lexternal pageink
Host: Philipp Treutlein

Fri, Nov 17, 2017 - 15:15
University of Basel, St. Johanns-Ring 25 - Lecture Hall 1
20 years of CQED with quantum dots: where do we stand, where do we go

Jean-Michel Gerard -
CEA / Université Grenoble Alpes, France
QC2/QSIT Colloquium, external pagelink 
Host: Richard Warburton

Thu, Nov 16, 2017 - 19:30
ETH Zurich, Hauptgebäude, Rämistrasse 101 -  Hörsaal HG G5
Diamonds Are a Physicist’s Best Friend
Christian Degen –
ETH Zurich
Physikalische Gesellschaft Zürich, external pagelink

Tue, Nov 14, 2017 – 14:15
ETH Zurich, Hönnggerberg – HPF G 6
Many-body physics with quantum impurities in cold atoms and beyond

Richard Schmidt  –  Harvard University, Cambridge, USA
QSIT Seminar, abstract
Host: Atac Imamoglu

Mon, Nov 13, 2017 - 16:15
University of Basel, St. Johanns-Ring 25 - Lecture Hall 1
Shortcuts to Adiabaticity and Applications to Quantum Information Processing

Hugo Ribero –
Max-Planck Institute for the science of light, Erlangen, Germany
Nano- & Quantum Physics Seminar external pagelink
Host: Patrick Maletinsky

Wed, Nov 8, 2017 – 10:00
ETH Zurich, Hönnggerberg – HPF G 6
Quantum microwave photonics

Juan Jose Garcia Ripoll  –  Instituto de Física Fundamental, Madrid, Spain
QSIT Seminar, abstract
Host: Christopher Eichler

Tue, Nov 7, 2017 - 12:15
University of Basel, St. Johanns-Ring 25  - Lecture Hall 1  
Noise in quantum dots
Cezar Harabula
  – Schönenberger group, University of Basel
Gate defined Ge/Si nanowire quantum dots
Florian Froning, Floris Braakman 
– Zumbühl group, University of Basel
QCQT Research Seminar external pagelink

Mon, Nov 6, 2017 - 16:15
University of Basel, St. Johanns-Ring 25 - Lecture Hall 1
Proximity induced topological superconductivity in bismuth based topological insulators and Dirac semimetals

Alexander Brinkmann –
University of Twente, Netherlands
Nano- & Quantum Physics Seminar lexternal pageink
Host: Christian Schönenberger

Thu, Nov 2, 2017 – 16:45
ETH Zurich, Hönggerberg – HPV G 5
Many-body physics with arrays of Rydberg atoms
Antoine Browaeys – Laboratoire Charles Fabry, Institut d’Optique, CNRS, Palaiseau, France
QSIT Colloquium, abstract
Host: Atac Imamoglu

Mon, Oct 30, 2017  – 14:00
ETH Zurich, Hönggerberg – HPZ E 35
Quantum Nanomechanics - from levitation to many-body spin-spin interactions
Jan Gieseler – Harvard University, Cambridge, USA
Photonics/QSIT Seminar, abstract
Host: Lukas Novotny

Fri, Oct 27, 2017 - 15:15
University of Basel, St. Johanns-Ring 25 - Lecture Hall 1
Quantum correlations from ions to atomic ensembles
Roman Schmied -
Universität Basel
QC2/QSIT Colloquium, external pagelink 
Host: Philipp Treutlein

Mon, Oct 23, 2017 – 15:00
ETH Zurich, Hönnggerberg – HPF G 6
Out-of-equilibrium phenomena in interacting spin chains

Guido Pagano – University of Maryland and NIST, USA
QSIT Seminar, abstract
Host: Manuele Landini, Tilman Esslinger

Mon, Oct 16, 2017 - 16:15
University of Basel, St. Johanns-Ring 25 - Lecture Hall 1
Novel materials for van der Waals heterostructures
Roman Gorbachev – University of Manchester
Nano- & Quantum Seminar lexternal pageink
Host: Christian Schönenberger

Fri, Oct 13, 2017 - 15:15
University of Basel, St. Johanns-Ring 25 - Lecture Hall 1
Topological Physics in HgTe based Quantum Devices

Laurens Molenkamp -
Universität Würzburg, Germany
QC2/QSIT Colloquium, external pagelink 
Hosts: Daniel Loss / Ilaria Zardo

Tue, Oct 10, 2017 - 12:15
University of Basel, St. Johanns-Ring 25  - Lecture Hall 1  
Proximity-induced superconductivity in single and double Majorana nanowires
Chris Reeg
- Loss Group, University of Basel
Quantum Computing & Quantum Technology Research Seminar external pagelink

Mon, Oct 9, 2017 - 16:15
University of Basel, St. Johanns-Ring 25 - Lecture Hall 1
TBA
Adrian Ionescu – EPF Lausanne
Nano- & Quantum Physics Seminar external pagelink
Host: Richard Warburton

Fri, Oct 6, 2017 - 15:15
University of Basel, St. Johanns-Ring 25 - Lecture Hall 1
Fundamental problems and new techniques in physics at the extreme of low temperatures

Rich Haley -
Lancaster University, U.K.
QC2/QSIT Colloquium, external pagelink 
Host: Dominik Zumbühl

Thu, Sep 21, 2017 - 16:00
ETH Zurich, Hönggerberg - HIT F 32
Levitated Nanomagnets: Magnons, Rotons, and Phonons
Oriol Romero-Isart
- University of Innsbruck, Austria
QSIT Seminar, abstract
Host: Lukas Novotny

Thu, Sep 21, 2017 - 11:00
ETH Zurich, Hönggerberg - HPF G 6
Cavity QED engineering of spin dynamics and squeezing in a spinor gas
Scott Parkins -
Dodd-Walls Centre for Photonic & Quantum Technologies, Department of Physics, University of Auckland, New Zealand
QSIT Seminar, abstract
Host: Atac Imamoglu

Tue, Sep 19, 2017 - 13:00
ETH Zurich, Hönggerberg - HPF G 6
Many body localization without quenched disorder?
Markus Müller -
PSI
QSIT Seminar, abstract
Host: Atac Imamoglu

Mon, Sep 18, 2017 - 14:00
ETH Zurich, Hönggerberg - HPV G 5
Quantum Neural Network for Cloud Service
Yoshihisa Yamamoto -
Japan Science and Technology Agency, Tokyo, Japan
QSIT Colloquium, Downloadflyer (PDF, 639 KB)
Host: Atac Imamoglu

Fri, Sept. 15, 2017 - 15:00
University of Basel, St. Johanns-Ring 25 - Room 4.1
Studies of topological phases of matter: presence of boundary modes and their role inelectrical transport
Oindrila Deb - Department of Physics, University Basel
Theoretical Condensed Matter Seminar, QC2/QSIT
Host: Jelena Klinovaja

Tue, Aug 29, 2017 - 11:00
ETH Zurich, Hönggerberg - HPF E 6
Spin transport studies in graphene and black phosphorus
Barbaros Özyilmaz
- National University of Singapore
QSIT Seminar
Host: Klaus Ensslin

Fri, Aug 25, 2017 - 14:00
ETH Zurich, Hönggerberg - HPF G 6
Optical nanofibers: a platform for quantum optics
Luis Orozco
 - Joint Quantum Institute, University of Maryland & NIST, USA
QSIT Seminar, abstract
Host: Atac Imamoglu

Thu, Aug 10, 2017 - 13:00
ETH Zurich, Hönggerberg - HPF G 6
Time-periodically driven quantum gases: From dynamic localization to quantum Hall physics and the coherent control of interactions
André Eckardt
 - Max-Planck-Institut fuer Physik komplexer Systeme, Dresden, Germany
QSIT Seminar, abstract
Hosts: Tilman Esslinger / Michael Messer

Thu, Aug 3, 2017 - 16:45
ETH Zurich, Hönggerberg - HPF G 6
Parameter and State Estimation in Open Quantum Systems: Applications in Quantum Dots and Cavity QED
Eliska Greplova
 - Aarhus University, Denmark
QSIT Seminar, abstract
Hosts: Andreas Wallraff / Christian Andersen

Thu, July 27, 2017 - 11:00
ETH Zurich, Hönggerberg - HPF G 6
Dynamics in a Fermi lattice gas
Wenchao Xu
- University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign, USA
QSIT Seminar, abstract
Host: Tilman Esslinger / Rémi Desbuquois

Wed, July 26, 2017 - 11:00
ETH Zurich, Hönggerberg - HPF G 6
A Tale of (Engineered) Dissipation: From Entanglement Generation to Quantum Error Correction for Metrology
Florentin Reiter
- Harvard University, Cambridge, USA
QSIT Seminar, abstract
Host: Jonathan Home

Wed, July 12, 2017 - 11:00
ETH Zurich, Hönggerberg - HPF G 6
Unconventional Computing in a Scaled CMOS Platform
Rajeev Ram
- Department of Engineering, MIT
QSIT Seminar, abstract
Host: Jonathan Home

Wed, June 28, 2017 - 09:00
ETH Zurich, Hönggerberg - HPF E 6
Multi-component fractional quantum Hall states
Mansour Shayegan - Princeton University
QSIT Seminar
Host: Klaus Ensslin

Fri, June 23, 2017 - 10:00
ETH Zurich, Hönggerberg - HPF D 12
On-chip microwave circulators - Breaking time-reversal symmetry with quantum phase slips
Clemens Mueller - ARC Centre for Engineered Quantum Systems, The University of Queensland, Australia
QSIT Seminar, abstract
Host: Andreas Wallraff

Tue, June 20, 2017 - 11:00
ETH Zurich, Hönggerberg - HPF G 6
Spontaneous avalanche dephasing in large Rydberg ensembles
Thomas Boulier
- Joint Quantum Institute, National Institute of Standards and Technology and the University of Maryland, USA
QSIT Seminar, abstract
Host: Tilman Esslinger / Michael Messer

Thu, June 15, 2017 - 11:00
ETH Zurich, Hönggerberg - HPF E 6
Probing Exotic Phases of Interacting 2D Electron Systems
Mansour Shayegan
- Princeton University
QSIT Seminar
Host: Klaus Ensslin

Wed, June 14, 2017 - 11:00
ETH Zurich, Hönggerberg - HPZ E 35
Characterization of single proteins in nanopores
Michael Mayer -
University of Fribourg, Switzerland
Photonics Seminar abstract
Host: Lukas Novotny

Tue, May 30, 2017 - 11:00
EPF Lausanne, PH H 3 31 (external pagemap)
Quantum Crystals of Matter and Light
Tobias Donner
- Department of Physics, ETH Zurich
QSIT Seminar, abstract
Host: Jean-Philippe Brantut

Mon, May 29, 2017 - 17:15
ETH Zurich, main campus - HG F 30 
Electronic and photonic quantum engineered systems
Oded Zilberberg - ETH Zurich
Inaugural lecture

Wed, May 24, 2017 - 15:00
ETH Zurich, Hönggerberg - HPF G 6
Quantum Fluctuation Relations and the shortcut to adiabaticity with the trapped ion
Shuoming An 
- Tsinghua University, Beijing, China
QSIT Seminar, abstract
Host: Jonathan Home

Tue, May 23, 2017 - 12:10 
University of Basel, St. Johanns-Ring 25  - Lecture Hall 1  
Three-Dimensional Fractional Topological Insulators in Coupled Rashba Layers
Yanick Volpez
- Klinovaja/Loss Group, University of Basel
Quantum Computing & Quantum Technology Research Seminar external pagelink

Mon, May 22, 2017 - 16:15
University of Basel, St. Johanns-Ring 25 - Lecture Hall 1
Josephson junctions in two-dimensional systems

Srijit Goswami -
QuTEc Delft, The Netherlands
Nano- & Quantum Physics / QC2/QSIT Seminar, external pagelink 
Hosts: Christian Schönenberger / Peter Makk

Tue, May 16, 2017 - 12:10 
University of Basel, Klingelbergstr. 82  - Lecture Hall 1  
Quantum Synchronization Blockade
Niels Lörch -
Bruder Group, University of Basel
Certifying the proper functioning of quantum technologies through device-independent self-testing
J.-D. Bancal
- Sangouard Group, University of Basel
Research Seminar Quantum Science &Technology external pagelink

Fri, May 12, 2017 - 15:15
University of Basel, St. Johanns-Ring 25 - Lecture Hall 1
Elementary phenomena in hybrid graphene nanoribbons on metal surfaces

Nacho Pascual
, nanoGUNE Donostia-San Sebastian, Spain
QC2/QSIT Colloquium, external pagelink 
Host: Ernst Meyer

Tue, May 9, 2017 - 12:10 
University of Basel, Klingelbergstr. 82  - Lecture Hall 1  
Charge Density Wave in TiSe2
Ilaria Zardo
, University of Basel
Spin and Charge Signatures of Topological Superconductivity in Rashba Nanowires
Denis Chevallier
- Klinovaja Group, University of Basel
Research Seminar Quantum Science &Technology external pagelink

Tue, May 2, 2017 - 12:10 
University of Basel, Klingelbergstr. 82  - Lecture Hall 1  
Destructive interference of direct and crossed Andreev pairing in a system of two nanowires coupled via an s-wave superconductor
Chris Reeg 
- Loss Group, University of Basel
Sub-gap bound-states in Normal metal-Insulator-Superconductor junctions
Mario Palma -
Zumbühl Group, University of Basel
Research Seminar Quantum Science &Technology external pagelink

Tue, April 25, 2017 - 12:10 
University of Basel, Klingelbergstr. 82  - Lecture Hall 1  
Coupling of single diamond spins to optical micro cavities
Daniel Riedel - Warburton/Maletinsky Group, University of Basel
Energy dissipation on nanoscale measured by ultra-sensitive AFM in pendulum geometry

Marcin Kisiel
- Meyer Group, University of Basel
Research Seminar Quantum Science &Technology external pagelink

Fri, Apr 21, 2017- 15:15
University of Basel, St. Johanns-Ring 25 - Lecture Hall 1
Ergodicity and its breakdown in quantum many-body systems: insights from entanglement
Dima Abanin
, University of Geneva
QC2/QSIT Colloquium, external pagelink 
Host: Jelena Klinovaja

Tue, April 18, 2017 - 12:10 
University of Basel, Klingelbergstr. 82  - Lecture Hall 1  
Fateful Encounter of Magnon with Wiedemann-Franz Law at Basel
Kouki Nakata
- Loss Group, University of Basel
Research Seminar Quantum Science &Technology external pagelink

Tue, Apr 18, 2017 - 11:30
ETH Zurich, Hönggerberg - HPF G 6
Strongly coupled multi-qubit systems using superconducting quantum circuits
Rajamani Vijayaraghavan
- Tata Institute of Fundamental Res., Mumbai, India
QSIT Seminar, abstract
Host: Andreas Wallraff

Wed, Apr 12, 2017 - 13:30
ETH Zurich, Hönggerberg - HPF E 6
Spontaneous Breakdown of Topological Protection in Two Dimensions
Yigal Meir -
Ben Gurion University, Israel
QSIT Seminar
Host: Klaus Ensslin

Tue, Apr 11, 2017 - 13:00
ETH Zurich, Hönggerberg - DownloadHIT J 43.1 (PDF, 772 KB)
Topological Quantum Computation: From Concepts to Experiments
Markus Müller and Mauricio Gutierrez
- Department of Physics, Swansea University, UK
QSIT Seminar, abstract
Host: Jonathan Home

Tue, April 11, 2017 - 12:10 
University of Basel, Klingelbergstr. 82  - Lecture Hall 1  
Valleyphysics in graphene p-n junctions
Peter Makk - Schönenberger Group, University of Basel
Research Seminar Quantum Science &Technology external pagelink

Mon, Apr 10, 2017 - 16:15
University of Basel, Klingelbergstr. 82 - Lecture Hall 1
A CMOS silicon hole spin qubit

Romain Maurand -
CEA Grenoble, France
QC2/QSIT Seminar, external pagelink 
Hosts: Christian Schönenberger / Peter Makk

Tue, April 4, 2017 - 12:10 
University of Basel, Klingelbergstr. 82  - Lecture Hall 1  
Atomic quantum memory for quantum dot photons
Janik Wolters - Treutlein Group, University of Basel
Pulse shaping of quantum dot single photons
Jan-Philipp Jahn
- Warburton Group, University of Basel
Research Seminar Quantum Science &Technology external pagelink

Fri, March 31, 2017- 15:15 (coffee at 15:00)
University of Basel, St. Johanns-Ring 25 - Lecture Hall 1
Van der Waals Heterostructures: There IS Plenty of Room at the Bottom
Artem Mishchenko - Manchester University, UK
QC2/QSIT Colloquium, external pagelink 
Host: Dominik Zumbühl

Tue, March 28, 2017 - 12:10 
University of Basel, Klingelbergstr. 82  - Lecture Hall 1 
Optical nanoscopy via quantum control

Timo Kaldewey
- Warburton Group, University of Basel
Admittance and noise detection in mesoscopic systems via GHz impedance matching
Vishal Ranjan -
Schönenberger Group, University of Basel
Research Seminar Quantum Science &Technology external pagelink

Mon, Mar 27, 2017 - 11:15
ETH Zurich, Hönggerberg - HPF G 6
Quantum optomechanics with superfluid helium density waves
Alexey Shkarin -
Yale University, New Haven, USA
QSIT Seminar, abstract
Host: Jonathan Home

Tue, March 21, 2017 - 16:30
ETH Zurich, Hönggerberg - HIT E 41.1
Quantum Absorption Refrigerator with Trapped Ions
Alexandre Roulet - NUS, Singapore
QSIT Seminar, abstract
Host: Renato Renner

Tue, March 21, 2017 - 12:10 
University of Basel, Klingelbergstr. 82  - Lecture Hall 1  
Stretchable persistent spin helices – experiments and theory
Pirmin Weigele - Zumbuhl Group, University of Basel
Research Seminar Quantum Science &Technology external pagelink

Wed, March 15, 2017 - 13:30
ETH Zurich, Hönggerberg - HPF G 6
Colour centres as fluorescent markers and their spectral diversity ruled by symmetry
Jeronimo Maze – Pontificia Universidad Catolica, Santiago de Chile
joint LFKP and QSIT Seminar, abstract
Host: Christian Degen

Tue, March 14, 2017 - 12:10 
University of Basel, Klingelbergstr. 82  - Lecture Hall 1  
Zeeman splitting in wurtzite GaAs nanowires
Marta De Luca - Zardo Group, University of Basel
Research Seminar Quantum Science &Technology external pagelink

Mon, Mar 13, 2017 - 16:15
University of Basel, Klingelbergstr. 82 - Lecture Hall 1
From III-V integration towards ballistic nanowire quantum networks

Johannes Gooth -
IBM Zurich
QC2/QSIT Seminar, external pagelink 
Host: Dominik Zumbühl

Mon, Mar 6, 2017 - 11:00
ETH Zurich, Hönggerberg - HPF G 6
Rare-earth-ion-doped crystals for future quantum technology
Neil Sinclair -
University of Calgary, Canada
QSIT Seminar, abstract
Host: Atac Imamoglu, Christian Degen

Fri, Feb 24, 2017 - 11:00
ETH Zurich, Hönggerberg - HPF G 6
Superconductive InAs/Al heterostructures
Fabrizio Nichele -
University Copenhagen, Denmark
QSIT Seminar
Host: Klaus Ensslin

Mon, Feb 20, 2017 - 16:15
University of Basel, Klingelbergstr. 82 - Lecture Hall 1
Mesoscopic transport experiments with cold atoms

Jean-Philippe Brantut -
École polytechnique fédérale de Lausanne (EPFL)
QC2/QSIT Seminar, external pagelink 
Host: Christoph Bruder

Wed, Feb 15, 2017 - 13:00
ETH Zurich, Hönggerberg - HPF G 6
Microwave-driven quantum logic with trapped ions
Thomas Harty -
University of Oxford, UK
QSIT Seminar, abstract
Host: Jonathan Home

Thursday, February 9, 2017 - 11:00
ETH Zurich, Hönggerberg - HIT J 51
Quantum Galilean Cannon as a Schrodinger Cat
Maxim Olshanii - University of Massachusetts Boston, USA
QSIT Seminar, abstract
Host: Tilman Esslinger

Tuesday, February 7, 2017 - 11:00
ETH Zurich, Hönggerberg - HIT H 42
Three-dimensional Gross-Pitaevskii solitary waves in optical lattices: stabilization using the artificial quartic kinetic energy induced by lattice shaking
Maxim Olshanii -
University of Massachusetts Boston, USA
QSIT Seminar, abstract
Host: Tilman Esslinger

Mon, Jan 23, 2017 - 11:00
ETH Zurich, Hönggerberg - HPZ E 35
Atomic and molecular contacts: Spins, Photons, Noise
Richard Berndt -
Institute of Experimental and Applied Physics, CAU Kiel, Germany
QSIT Seminar, abstract
Host: Lukas Novotny

Fri, Jan 20, 2017 - 11:00
ETH Zurich, Hönggerberg - HPF G 6
Viscosity in Quantum Fluids 
Wilhelm Zwerger -
TU Munich, Germany
QSIT Seminar
Host: Klaus Ensslin

Tue, Jan 17, 2017 - 11:00
ETH Zurich, Hönggerberg - HPF G 6
Towards Coherent Internal State Manipulation of a Quantum State Prepared Single Molecular Ion
Michael Drewsen -
Department of Physics and Astronomy, Aarhus University, Denmark
QSIT Seminar, abstract
Host: Jonathan Home

Tue, Jan 17, 2017 - 11:00
Ecole Polytechnique Fédérale de Lausanne - Room CH C3 30
Experimental observation of the Coherent Forward Scattering: quantum interferences in the strong localization regime
Clément Hainaut - Université de Lille, CNRS, France
QSIT Seminar, abstract
Host: Jean-Philippe Brantut

Thu, Dec 15, 2016 - 16:00
ETH Zurich, Hönggerberg - HPV G 5
Topological order in finite-temperature and driven dissipative systems
Michael Fleischhauer -
Universität Kaiserslautern, Germany
QSIT Colloquium, abstract Downloadflyer (PDF, 72 KB)
Host: Atac Imamoglu

Wed, Dec 14, 2016 - 11:00
ETH Zurich, Hönggerberg - HPF G 6
Quantum Ising machines with parametrically modulated nonlinear oscillators
Alexandre Blais -
Institut Quantique, Université de Sherbrooke, Canada
QSIT Seminar, abstract
Host: Andreas Wallraff

Tue, Dec 13, 2016 - 12:10 
University of Basel, Klingelbergstr. 82  - Lecture Hall 1  
Snake states and their symmetry in graphene
Rakesh Tiwari (Bruder Group)
Quantum dynamics of skyrmions in chiral magnets
Christina Psaroudaki (Loss Group)
Research Seminar Quantum Science &Technology external pagelink

Mon, Dec 12, 2016 - 16:15   
University of Basel, Klingelbergstr. 82  - Lecture Hall 1
Opto/electromechanics with Extremely Small Mechanical Resonators: Novel Challenges & Perspectives
Pierre Verlot – ICFO - The Institute of Photonic Sciences, Barcelona, Spain
QC2/QSIT Seminar external pagelink
Host: Martino Poggio

Fri, Dec 9, 2016 - 11:00
ETH Zurich, Hönggerberg - HPF G 6
Floquet engineering in periodically driven optical lattices and beyond
Juliette Simonet -
Universität Hamburg, Germany
QSIT Seminar, abstract
Hosts: Tilman Esslinger / Rémi Desbuquois

Tue, Dec 6, 2016 - 12:10 
University of Basel, Klingelbergstr. 82  - Lecture Hall 1  
Nanowire heterostructures for phonon investigation
Ilaria Zardo, University of Basel
Detecting entanglement with the human eye
Nicolas Sangouard
, University of Basel
Research Seminar Quantum Science &Technology linkexternal page

Mon, Dec 5, 2016 - 16:00
ETH Zurich, Hönggerberg - HPP M 12
New materials for Van der Waals heterostructures
Roman Gorbachev - University of Manchester, UK
QSIT Seminar, abstract
Host: Lukas Novotny

Fri, Dec 2, 2016 - 15:15 (coffee at 15:00)
University of Basel, St. Johanns-Ring 25 - Lecture Hall 1
A single atom heat engine
Eric Lutz - Universität Erlangen-Nürnberg
QC2/QSIT Colloquium, external pagelink 
Host: Christoph Bruder

Tue, Nov 29, 2016 - 12:45-14:30
ETH Zurich, Hönggerberg - HPV G 5
Topology in Physics: an Introduction to this Year’s Nobel Prize
Wilhelm Zwerger -
TU München & ETH Zurich
QSIT special lecture for students, abstract, Downloadflyer (PDF, 1.2 MB)
Hosts: Gianni Blatter / Klaus Ensslin

Tue, Nov 29, 2016 - 12:10 
University of Basel, Klingelbergstr. 82  - Lecture Hall 1  
Finite-temperature conductance of strongly interacting quantum wire with a nuclear spin order
Pavel Aseev - Klinovaja Group, University of Basel
Majorana Fermions and the Josephson effect
Constantin Schrade
- Loss Group, University of Basel
Research Seminar Quantum Science &Technology external pagelink

Mon, Nov 28, 2016 - 16:15   
University of Basel, Klingelbergstr. 82  - Lecture Hall 1
Probing spin waves using nanoscale magnetometry
Toeno van der Sar – Harvard University, Cambridge, MA, USA
QC2/QSIT Seminar external pagelink
Host: Patrick Maletinsky

Mon, Nov 28, 2016 - 11:00
ETH Zurich, Hönggerberg - HPF E 6
InAs/Al superconductive heterstructures
Fabrizio Nichele
- University of Copenhagen, DK
QSIT Seminar
Host: Klaus Ensslin

Tue, Nov 22, 2016 - 12:10 
University of Basel, Klingelbergstr. 82  - Lecture Hall 1  
Coherent coupling of spins and springs through strain
Arne Barfuss - Maletinsky Group, University of Basel
Electron-mediated nuclear spin-nuclear spin coupling in a semiconductor
Mathieu Munsch
- Warburton Group, University of Basel
Research Seminar Quantum Science &Technology external pagelink

Fri, Nov 18, 2016 - 15:15 (coffee at 15:00)
University of Basel, St. Johanns-Ring 25 - Lecture Hall 1
From quantum cryptography to the foundations of physics
Renato Renner - ETH Zurich
QC2/QSIT colloquium, external pagelink 
Host: Nicolas Sangouard

Tue, Nov 15, 2016 - 12:10 
University of Basel, Klingelbergstr. 82  - Lecture Hall 1  
Fabry Perot cavities in encapsulated graphene based on superlattice effect
Clevin Handschin - Schönenberger Group, University of Basel
Nanomagnets for Spin-Orbit coupling
Tim Camenzind
- Zumbuhl Group, University of Basel
Research Seminar Quantum Science &Technology external pagelink

Mon, Nov 14, 2016 - 16:15   
University of Basel, Klingelbergstr. 82  - Lecture Hall 1  
Levitated Magnets in the Quantum Regime: New Opportunities
Oriol Romero-Isart
– University of Innsbruck, Austria
QC2/QSIT Seminar external pagelink
Host: Nicolas Sangouard

Tue, Nov 8, 2016 - 12:10 
University of Basel, Klingelbergstr. 82  - Lecture Hall 1  
Quantum error correction as a simple puzzle game
James Wootton - Loss Group, University of Basel
Proof-of-principle experiments for quantum error correction
James Wootton -
Loss Group, University of Basel
Research Seminar Quantum Science &Technology external pagelink

Mon, Nov 7, 2016 - 16:15   
University of Basel, Klingelbergstr. 82  - Lecture Hall 1  
Qubits and vibrations in suspended carbon nanotubes
Edward Laird
– University of Oxford
QC2/QSIT Seminar external pagelink
Host: Christian Schönenberger

Fri, Nov 4, 2016 - 15:15 (coffee at 15:00)
University of Basel, St. Johanns-Ring 25 - Lecture Hall 1
Nanophononics today and perspectives
Ilaria Zardo - Dep. Physik, University of Basel
QC2/QSIT colloquium, external pagelink 
Host: Martino Poggio

Tue, Nov 1, 2016 - 12:10 
University of Basel, Klingelbergstr. 82  - Lecture Hall 1  
Cooper-pair splitter in InAs nanowires, recent results 
Gergö Fülöp - Schönenberger Group, University of Basel
Edge state spectroscopy with a GaAs quantum wire
Taras Patlatiuk -
Zumbühl Group, University of Basel
Research Seminar Quantum Science &Technology external pagelink

Mon, Oct 24, 2016 - 16:15   
University of Basel, Klingelbergstr. 82  - Lecture Hall 1  
Ultrastrong coupling phenomena beyond the Dicke model
Peter Rabl - Technische Universität Wien
QC2/QSIT Seminar external pagelink
Host: Christoph Bruder / Philipp Treutlein

Wed, Oct 19, 2016 - 13:30
ETH Zurich, Hönggerberg - HPF G 6
Entanglement of Gaussian states
Alessio Serafini - University College London, UK
QSIT Seminar, abstract
Host: Jonathan Home / Joseba Alonso
 

Tue, Oct 18, 2016 - 12:10
University of Basel, Klingelbergstr. 82  - Lecture Hall 1  
Witnessing Bell-correlations
Nicolas Sangouard -
University of Basel
Bell correlations in a Bose-Einstein condensate
Philipp Treutlein -
University of Basel
Research Seminar Quantum Science &Technology external pagelink

Tue, Oct 11, 2016 - 12:10
University of Basel, Klingelbergstr. 82  - Lecture Hall 1  
Andreev tunneling in multiterminal hybrid CNT devices
Andreas Baumgartner
- Schönenberger Group, University of Basel
Nobel Prize in Physics 2016
Christoph Bruder - 
University of Basel
Seminar Quantum Science &Technology external pagelink

Mon, Oct 10, 2016 - 15:00 
ETH Zurich, Hönggerberg - HPF G 6
Atom-photon interface with fiber-tip cavities and optical tweezers

Klara Theophilo - University of Oxford, UK
QSIT Seminar link
Host: Jonathan Home

Tue, Oct 4, 2016 - 12:10
University of Basel, Klingelbergstr. 82  - Lecture Hall 1  
Vectorial scanning probe microscopy and coherent mechanics with nanowires
Martino Poggio
- University of Basel
Quantum sensing of nano magnetic systems - domain-walls, ferromagnetic resonance and antiferromagnets
Brendan Shields
- Maletinsky Group, University of Basel
Seminar Quantum Science &Technology external pagelink

Mon, Oct 3, 2016 - 16:15   
University of Basel, Klingelbergstr. 82  - Lecture Hall 1  
Tailoring supercurrent confinement in bilayer graphene 1D constrictions
Romain Danneau - Karlsruher Institut für Technologie, Germany
QC2/QSIT Seminar external pagelink
Host: Christian Schönenberger

Tue, Sep 27, 2016 - 12:10
University of Basel, Klingelbergstr. 82  - Lecture Hall 1  
Decoupling a hole spin from the nuclear spins in a semiconductor quantum dot
Richard Warburton
- University of Basel
Spin relaxation anisotropy and hyperfine mechanism in a shape-controlled GaAs dot
Leon Camenzind -
Zumbühl Group, University of Basel
Seminar Quantum Science &Technology external pagelink

Mon, Sep 26, 2016 - 16:15   
University of Basel, Klingelbergstr. 82  - Lecture Hall 1  
Quantum computing on a superconducting qubit platform
Stefan Filipp -  IBM Rüschlikon
QC2/QSIT Seminar external pagelink
Host: Christoph Bruder

Tue, Sep 20, 2016 - 12:10
University of Basel, Klingelbergstr. 82  - Lecture Hall 1  
Opening Speech of the PhD School and Research Seminar
Dominik Zumbühl - University of Basel
Quantum Science and Technology in Basel
Daniel Loss -
University of Basel
Research Seminar Quantum Science &Technology external pagelink

Mon, Sep 5, 2016 - 15:30
ETH Zurich, Hönggerberg - HPF G 6
Ultra-cold atoms with tunable interactions in a double well potential: a new system for precision measurements and fundamental physics tests
Marco Fattori - University of Florence, Italy
QSIT Seminar, abstract
Host: Tilman Esslinger / Manuele Landini

Mon, Sep 5, 2016 - 13:00
ETH Zurich, Hönggerberg, HPF G 6
Integrated optics and CMOS trapped-ion technologies
Karan Mehta - MIT & Lincoln Labs, Cambridge, USA
QSIT Seminar, abstract
Host: Jonathan Home

Mon, Aug 22, 2016 -14:00
ETH Zurich, Hönggerberg - HIT K 51
New driven phases of quantum matter
Curt von Keyserlingk - Princeton Center for Theoretical Sciences, Princeton, USA
QSIT Seminar, abstract
Host: Tilman Esslinger / Michael Messer

Wed, Aug 17, 2016 -11:00
ETH Zurich, Hönggerberg - HIT E 41.1
New approaches in quantum thermodynamics
Raam Uzdin - The Hebrew University, Jerusalem, Israel
QSIT Seminar, abstract
Host: Andreas Wallraff

Tue, Aug 16, 2016 -14:00
ETH Zurich, Hönggerberg - HIT E 41.1
Towards quantum simulations with Rydberg atoms
Thanh-Long Nguyen - Laboratoire Kastler Brossel, Collège de France, Paris, France
QSIT Seminar, abstract
Host: Jonathan Home

Fri, July 15, 2016 -10:00
ETH Zurrich,Hönggerberg - HIT E 41.1
Classical topological paramagnetism
Zohar Ringel - University of Oxford, UK
QSIT Seminar, abstract
Host: Oded Zilberberg

Tue, July 5, 2016 - 10:30
ETH Zurich, Hönggerberg - HPF G 6
Perspectives in THz optomechanics
Alessandro Tredicucci - Università di Pisa and NEST, Pisa, Italy
QSIT Seminar, abstract
Host: Jérôme Faist

Mon, July 4, 2016 - 14:00 (Coffee & tea after the talk)
ETH Zurich, Hönggerberg - HPV G 5
Building with Crystals of Light and Quantum Matter: From clocks to computers
Ana Maria Rey - JILA, NIST and University of Colorado, Boulder, USA
QSIT Colloquium, abstract, Downloadflyer (PDF, 1.4 MB), podcast
Host: Atac Imamoglu

Thu, June 30, 2016 - 11:00
ETH Zurich, Hönggerberg - HPF G 6
Cavity opto-mechanics with ultra cold-atoms in synthetic gauge fields
Sankalpa Ghosh - Indian Institute of Technology Delhi, New Delhi, India
QSIT Seminar, abstract 
Host: Tobias Donner

Thu, June 23, 2016 - 11:00
ETH Zurich, Hönggerberg - HPF G 6
Effective Field Theory for Strongly Interacting Photons
Michael Gullans - NIST, Gaithersburg, USA
QSIT Seminar, abstract
Host: Atac Imamoglu

Wed, June 22, 2016 - 16:00
ETH Zurich, Hönggerberg - HPF G 6
Engineered microwave control for trapped ions
Martina Wahnschaffe - Institute of Quantum Optics, Leibniz Universität Hannover, Germany
QSIT Seminar, abstract
Hosts: Florian Leupold / Jonathan Home

Wed, June 22, 2016 - 11:00
ETH Zurich, Hönggerberg - HPF E 6
Probing exotic states of interacting 2D systems: News from Princeton Flatlands!
Mansour Shayegan - Princeton, USA
QSIT Seminar
Host: Klaus Ensslin

Mon, June 13, 2016 - 12:30
ETH Zurich, Hönggerberg - HPF E &
Towards deterministic generation of Majoranas in one dimensional quantum wires
Jun Chen - University of Pittsburgh, USA
QSIT Seminar
Host: Klaus Ensslin

Fri, June 3, 2016 - 11:00
ETH Zurich, Hönggerberg - HPF G 6
Thermodynamical cost of simulating quantum contextuality: A novel way for "device-independent" quantum information
Adán Cabello - University of Seville, Spain
QSIT Seminar, abstract
Hosts: Joseba Alonso / Jonathan Home

Thu, June 2, 2016 - 10:00
ETH Zurich, Hönggerberg  - HPF G 6
Dynamics of Superconductor-Semiconductor Josephson Junctions
David J. van Woerkom - QuTech and Kavli Institute of Nanoscience, Delft University of Technology, The Netherlands
QSIT Seminar, abstract
Host: Andreas Wallraff

Mon, May 30, 2016 - 16:15   
University of Basel, Klingelbergstr. 82  - Lecture Hall 1  
Superconductivity and Coherent Proximity Phenomena in Pb/Si(111) atomic monolayers: A STM study
Dimitri Roditchev  -  ESPCI ParisTech, France
QC2/QSIT Seminar external pagelink
Host: E. Meyer

Thu, May 26, 2016 - 19:30
ETH Zurich, Zentrum - HG G 5
Kühlung eines Nanopartikels in einer optischen Falle
Lukas Novotny - Photonics Laboratory, ETH Zurich
Host: Physikalischen Gesellschaft Zürich external pagelink

Thu, May 26, 2016 - 17:00
ETH Zurich, Hönggerberg - HCI J 3
Trapped ion quantum information and Schroedinger's cat
Jonathan Home - Institute for Quantum Electronics, ETH Zurich
Public lecture

Wed, May 25, 2016 - 16:15 (apéro at 17:15)
ETH Zurich Hönggerberg - HPV G 4
Interferometry in a Strong Light
Cindy Regal - JILA, University of Colorado, Boulder, USA
The Zurich Physics Colloquium link
Host: Jonathan Home

Tue, May 24, 2016 - 11:00
ETH Zurich, Hönggerberg - HIL C 10.2
Spin-motional coupling in assembled quantum gases

Brian Lester - JILA and University of Colorado, USA
QSIT Seminar, abstract
Host: Jonathan Home

Tue, May 24, 2016 - 10:00
ETH Zurich, Hönggerberg - HPF G 6
Cavity quantum electrodynamics with carbon nanotubes: from atomic-like systems to condensed matter
Takis Kontos - Ecole Normale Superieure, Paris, France
QSIT Seminar, abstract 
Host: Giacomo Scalari

Mon, May 23, 2016 - 16:15   
University of Basel, Klingelbergstr. 82  - Lecture Hall 1  
Quantized one-dimensional edge channels with strong spin-orbit coupling in 3D topological insulators
Alex Holleitner -  Technische Universität München, Germany
QC2/QSIT Seminar external pagelink
Host: Ilaria Zardo

Fri, May 20, 2016 - 15:15 (coffee at 15:00)
University of Basel, St. Johanns-Ring 25 - Lecture Hall 1
Searching for ultralight dark matter with atomic spectroscopy and nuclear resonance
Dmitry Budker - Johannes Gutenberg Universität Mainz, Germany
QC2/QSIT colloquium, external pagelink 
Hosts: Patrick Maletinsky, Philipp Treutlein

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Fri, May 20, 2016 - 11:30
ETH Zurich, Hönggerberg - HPF G 6
Quantum Machine Learning
Seth Lloyd - MIT, Cambridge, USA
QSIT Seminar, abstract
Host: Renato Renner

Tue, May 10, 2016 - 11:00
ETH Zurich, Hönggerberg - HPF E 6
A New Paradigm for Edge Reconstruction of Fractional States
Yuval Gefen - The Weizmann Institute of Science, Israel
QSIT Seminar
Host: Klaus Ensslin

Mon, May 2, 2016 - 16:15
University of Basel, Klingelbergstr. 82 - Lecture Hall 1
Engineering Photonic States and Quantum Networking
Rob Thew - Group of Applied Physics, University of Geneva
QC2/QSIT Seminar, external pagelink
Host: Nicolas Sangouard

Mon, May 2, 2016 - 11:00
ETH Zurich, Hönggerberg - HPF G 6
Dynamics of strongly interacting atomic Fermi gases
Giacomo Roati - INO-CNR and LENS, University of Florence, Italy
QSIT Seminar, abstract 
Host: Jean-Philippe Brantut

Fri, April 29, 2016 - 15:15 (coffee at 15:00)
University of Basel, St. Johanns-Ring 25  - Lecture Hall 1
Engineering the Quantum Computer
David DiVincenzo - RWTH Aachen, FZ Jülich, Germany
Colloquium in Basel, external pagelink 
Hosts: F. Thielemann, Dominik Zumbühl

Mon, April 25, 2016 - 16:15
University of Basel, Klingelbergstr. 82 - Lecture Hall 1
Quantum simulation in cQED: when the Kondo effect meets quantum optics
Nicolas Roch - Institut Néel, France
QC2/QSIT Seminar, external pagelink 
Hosts: Richard Warburton, Mathieu Munsch

Fri, April 22, 2016 - 15:15 (coffee at 15:00)
University of Basel, St. Johanns-Ring 25 - Lecture Hall 1
Spin and valley physics in two-dimensional materials beyond graphene
Guido Burkard - University of Konstanz, Germany
Colloquium in Basel, external pagelink 
Hosts: Daniel Loss and Jelena Klinovaja

Thu, April 21, 2016 - 14:00
ETH Zurich Hönggerberg - HPV G 4
50th anniversary of quantum Hall experiments (and still wrong pictures about the current distribution)
Klaus von Klitzing - Max Planck Institut für Festkörperforschung, Stuttgart, Germany
QSIT Seminar
Host: Klaus Ensslin

Mon, April 18, 2016 - 16:15
University of Basel, Klingelbergstr. 82 - Lecture Hall 1
Gapless Andreev bound states in a topological junction on the Quantum Spin Hall insulator HgTe
Erwann Bocquillon - Universität Würzburg, Germany
QC2/QSIT Seminar external pagelinkDownloadabstract (PDF, 98 KB) 
Host: Christian Schönenberger

Fri, April 15, 2016 - 15:15 (coffee at 15:00)
University of Basel, St. Johanns-Ring 25 - Lecture Hall 1
Topological quantum matter in low dimensions
Jelena Klinovaja - University of Basel
QC2/QSIT colloquium, external pagelink 
Host: Martino Poggio

Wed, April 13, 2016 - 16:15
ETH Zurich Hönggerberg - HPV G 4
Exploring Classical Coherence with Nanomechanical Systems 
Eva Weig - University of Konstanz, Germany
The Zurich Physics Colloquium, link 
Apéro at 17:15
Host: Christian Degen

Fri, April 8, 2016 - 15:15 (coffee at 15:00)
University of Basel, St. Johanns-Ring 25 - Lecture Hall 1
Semiconductor Hetero-Nanowires on Si for Photonic and Electronic Applications
Gerhard Abstreiter - Technische Universität München, Germany
QC2/QSIT colloquium, external pagelink 
Host: I. Zardo

Mon, April 4, 2016 - 16:15
University of Basel, Klingelbergstr. 82 - Lecture Hall 1
Scanning tunneling spectroscopy of Shiba states induced by magnetic adsorbates on a superconductor
Katherina Franke - Freie Universität Berlin, Germany
QC2/QSIT Seminar, external pagelink 
Host: E. Meyer

Thu, March 31, 2016 - 13:00
University of Basel, Klingelbergstr. 82 - room 3.12, 3rd floor
Optomechanical, vibrational and thermal properties of graphene nanoresonators
Cornelia Schwarz - Institut Néel, Grenoble, France
Special Seminar, external pagelink 
Host: Martino Poggio

Tue, March 29, 2016 - 16:45
ETH Zurich, Hönggerberg - HPF G 6
Quantum electro-mechanics on dielectric nanomembranes
Johannes Fink - Inst. of Science and Technology Austria, Klosterneuburg, Austria
QSIT Seminar, abstract 
Host: Andreas Wallraff

Mon, March 21, 2016 - 16:15
University of Basel, Klingelbergstr. 82 - Lecture Hall 1
Quantum and nanooptics with microcavities
David Hunger - Ludwig-Maximilians-Universität München, Germany
QC2/QSIT Seminar, external pagelink 
Host: Philipp Treutlein

Mon, March 14, 2016 - 17:00
University of Geneva - external pageGAP UNIGE Seminar room 
Multiparticle entanglement in quantum hyper graph states
Otfried Gühne - University of Siegen, Germany
QSIT Seminar, abstract 
Host: Nicolas Brunner

Mon, March 14, 2016 - 16:15
Field Effect Control of Quantum Phases Using Ionic Gating
University of Basel, Klingelbergstr. 82 - Lecture Hall 1
Justin Jianting Ye - University of Groningen, The Netherlands
QC2/QSIT Seminar, external pagelink 
Host: Richard Warburton

Thu, March 10, 2016 - 16:45
An overview of Quantum Fluids of Light: first successes and many exciting perspectives
ETH Zurich, Hönggerberg - HPV G 5
Iacopo Carusotto - University of Trento, Italy
QSIT Colloquium, abstractDownloadflyer (PDF, 368 KB) 
Coffee & tea 16:15
Host: Atac Imamoglu

Wed, March 9, 2016 - 16:15
ETH Zurich Hönggerberg - HPV G 4
Quantum Control of a High-Speed Semiconductor Quantum Dot Hybrid Qubit
Mark A. Eriksson - University of Wisconsin-Madison, Madison, USA
The Zurich Physics Colloquium, link 
Apéro at 17:15
Host: Thomas Ihn

Mon, March 7, 2016 - 16:15
University of Basel, Klingelbergstr. 82 - Lecture Hall 1
Quantum networks with trapped ions
Tracy Northup - University of Innsbruck, Austria
QC2/QSIT Seminar, external pagelink 
Host: Nicolas Sangouard

Wed, March 2, 2016 - 16:15
ETH Zurich Hönggerberg - HPV G 4
Quantum Sensing with Single Spins in Diamond   
Christian Degen - ETH Zurich
The Zurich Physics Colloquium, link 
Apéro at 17:15
Host: Klaus Ensslin

Mon, Feb 29, 2016 - 16:15
University of Basel, Klingelbergstr. 82 - Lecture Hall 1
Magnetic resonance at the quantum limit and beyond
Patrice Bertet - CEA Saclay, France
QC2/QSIT Seminar, external pagelink  
Host: Patrick Maletinsky

Thu, Feb 25, 2016 - 16:45
ETH Zurich, Hönggerberg - HIT E 41.1
Embedding quantum simulators: unphysical operations and entanglement measure without full tomography
Enrique Solano - University of the Basque Country, Bilbao, Spain
QSIT Seminar, abstract 
Host: Andreas Wallraff

Thu, Feb 25, 2016 - 10:30
ETH Zurich, Hönggerberg - HPF G 6
Prethermalisation and Thermalisation in Periodically Driven Systems
Marin Bukov - Boston University, USA
QSIT Seminar, abstract 
Host: Tilman Esslinger

Mon, Feb 22, 2016 - 16:16
University of Basel, Klingelbergstr. 82 - Lecture Hall 1
Something Old is New Again: Semiconductor Spintronics and Dynamically-Driven Spin Currents
Ezekiel Johnston-Halperin - Ohio State University, USA
QC2/QSIT Seminar, external pageLink 
Host: Martino Poggio

Mon, Feb 15, 2016 - 11:00
ETH Zurich, Hönggerberg - HPF G 6
Arrays of Josephson junctions: A useful tool for quantum optics
Christian Kraglund Andersen - Aarhus University, Denmark
QSIT Seminar, abstract 
Host: Andreas Wallraff

Mon, Feb 1, 2016 - 11:00
ETH Zurich, Hönggerberg - HIT E 41.1
Nanocontacts atom-by-atom with a friction emulator
Dorian Gangloff
MIT, Cambridge, USA
QSIT Seminar, abstract  
Host: Andreas Wallraff

Mon, Jan 11, 2016 - 14:00
ETH Zurich, Hönggerberg - HPF G 6
Deterministic Generation of a Cluster State of Polarization-Entangled Single Photons
David Gershoni - Technion Israel Institute of Technology, Haifa, Israel
QSIT Seminar, abstract  
Host: Atac Imamoglu

Tue, Dec 15, 2015 - 10:00
ETH Zurich, Hönggerberg - HCP E 47.2 map, new building behind the HCI
Probing dipole coupling in cold Rydberg atoms by microwave spectroscopy
Michel Brune - Laboratoire Kastler Brossel, CNRS, ENS, UPMC, Collège de France
QSIT Seminar, abstract 
Host: Tobias Thiele / Andreas Wallraff

Wed, Dec 9, 2015 - 14:00
ETH Zurich, Hönggerberg - HPF G 6
Dynamical Self-Ordering of Superfluids and Light
Francesco Piazza - Universität Innsbruck, Austria
QSIT Seminar, abstract
Host: Tobias Donner

Wed, Dec 9, 2015 - 10:30
IBM Research-Zurich, Säumerstrasse 4, 8803 Rüschlikon - Room C201
Spin-based Quantum Computing in Silicon
Andrew S. Dzurak - UNSW, School of Electrical Engineering, Sydney, Australia
QSIT Seminar, abstract 
Host: Gian Salis

Fri, Dec 4, 2015 - 15:15
University of Basel, St. Johanns-Ring 25  - Lecture Hall 1
Macroscopic quantum effects, electrical units, and the new SI
Franz Ahlers - PTB Braunschweig, Germany
QC2/QSIT colloquium, external pagelink 
Host: Christian Schönenberger

Fri, Dec 4, 2015 - 11:00
ETH Zurich, Hönggerberg - HPF G 6
Quantum Simulation of a Wilson lattice gauge theory
Christine Muschik - Institute für Theoretische Physik, Universität Innsbruck, Austria
QSIT Seminar, abstract 
Host: Jonathan Home, Christa Flühmann

Mon, Nov 30, 2015 - 16:15
University of Basel, Klingelbergstr. 82 - Lecture Hall 1
Device-independent quantum information processing: protocols and quantum foundations
Antonio Acin - The Institute of Photonic Sciences, Barcelona
QC2/QSIT Seminar, external pagelink 
Host: Nicolas Sangouard

Thu, Nov 26, 2015 - 11:00
ETH Zurich, Hönggerberg - HPF G 6
Mixed-Species Logic Gates for Trapped-Ion Qubits
Ting-Rei Tan - National Institute of Standards and Technology, Boulder, USA
QSIT Seminar, abstract 
Host: Jonathan Home

Tue, Nov 24, 2015
ETH Zurich, Hönggerberg - HPV G 4

Part I:     16:30 - 17:15
Controlled quantum many-body dynamics: nonlinearity, reversibility, complexity
Tommaso Calarco - University of Ulm, Germany
Downloadabstract (PDF, 1.7 MB)

Apéro:    17:15 - 17:45

Part II:    17:45 - 18:30
Strategy of Quantum Science on the European Level
Tommaso Calarco - University of Ulm, Germany

QSIT Colloquium
Host: Andreas Wallraff

Tue, Nov 24, 2015 - 10:30
IBM Research - Zurich, Säumerstrasse 4, 8803 Rüschlikon - Auditorium
Next Steps for Solid State Quantum Computers
David DiVincenzo
RWTH Aachen, Institute for Quantum Informatio, abstract 
Host: Andreas Fuhrer, Walter Riess

Mon, Nov 23, 2015 - 16:15
University of Basel, Klingelbergstr. 82 - Lecture Hall 1
Transport in Topological Insulators and Topological Superconductors: In the Search of Majorana Fermions
Ewelina Hankiewicz - University of Würzburg, Germany
QC2/QSIT Seminar external pageLink
Host: Dominik Zumbühl

Fri, Nov 20, 2015 - 15:15
University of Basel, St. Johanns-Ring 25 - Lecture Hall 1
Atoms splashing in cavities and walking in space
Dieter Meschede - Rheinische Friedrich-Wilhelms-Universität Bonn, Germany
QC2/QSIT colloquium external pageLink
Host: Philipp Treutlein

Enlarged view: Dresselhaus

Fri, Nov 20, 2015 - 14:00
ETH Zurich, Hönggerberg - HPH G 1
Nanocarbons in condensed matter physics

Mildred Dresselhaus - MIT, Cambridge, USA
Special Physics Colloquium   Downloadflyer (PDF, 963 KB)
Host: Klaus Ensslin
apéro after the colloquium

 

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Thu, Nov 19, 2015 - 15:30
ETH Zurich, Zentrum - HG G 19.2
How to enhance young female scientists‘ success?
Mildred Dresselhaus - MIT, Cambridge, USA
Lecture and Subsequent Discussion   Downloadflyer (PDF, 48 KB)
registration required

Wed, Nov 18, 2015 - 17:00
ETH Zurich, Zentrum  - ETZ E 7 (Gloriastr.35)
Engineering the Scale-up of Quantum Systems: From Devices to Machines

David Reilly
The University of Sydney, Australia
Quantum Engineering Seminar, abstract
Host: Lukas Novotny

Mon, Nov 16, 2015 -  
16:15University of Basel - Klingelbergstr. 82 - Lecture Hall 1
From CMOS transistors to spin qubits

Silvano de Franceschi - CEA Grenoble, France
QC2/QSIT Seminar external pageLink
Host: Christian Schönenberger

Fri, Nov 13, 2015 - 14:00
ETH Zurich, Hönggerberg - HIT K 52
Ultracold fermions in a one-dimensional bipartite optical lattice: Metal-insulator transitions driven by shaking

George  I. Japaridze -
Ilia State University and Andronikashvili Institute of Physics, Tbilisi, Georgia
QSIT Seminar, abstract
Host: Tilman Esslinger, Michael Messer

Mon, Nov 9, 2015 - 16:15
University of Basel - Klingelbergstr. 82 - Lecture Hall 1
Semiconducting Nanowires - From Materials to Nanoscale Devices

Heike Riel - IBM Research Zurich
QC2/QSIT Seminar external pageLink
Host: A. Baratoff

Mon, Nov 9, 2015 - 13:00
ETH Zurich, Hönggerberg - HPF G 6
Box potentials for 2D atomic clouds

Laura Corman - Laboratoire Kastler Brossel, ENS and Collège de France, Paris, France
QSIT Seminar, abstract
Host: Tilman Esslinger

Fri, Nov 6, 2015 - 15:15
University of Base l- St. Joanns-Ring 25 - Lecture Hall 1
Time dilation in quantum systems

Caslav Brukner - University of Vienna, Austria
QC2/QSIT colloquium external pageLink
Hosts: Nicolas Sangouard, Christoph Bruder

Fri, Nov 6, 2015 - 13:00
ETH Zurich, Hönggerberg - HPF G 6
Relaxometry and Dephasing of Superparamagnetic Magnetite Nanoparticles at Ambient Conditions

Amit Finkler - University of Stuttgart, Germany
QSIT Seminar
Host: Christian Degen

Wed, Nov 4, 2015 - 16:15
ETH Zurich, Hönggerberg - HPV G 4
A Bell Experiment without Loopholes
Ronald Hanson - Diamond Lab in Quantum Transport, Delft University of Technology, The Netherlands
The Zurich Physics Colloquium Link
Host: Renato Renner
related reading external pageLink
 

Mon, Nov 2, 2015 - 16:15
University of Basel - Klingelbergstr. 82 - Lecture Hall 1
Néel-type skyrmion with a polar dressing
Istvan Kezsmarki - Budapest University of Technology and Economics
QC2/QSIT Seminar external pageLink
Host: Martino Poggio

Fri, Oct 30, 2015 - 15:15
University of Basel, St. Johanns-Ring 25 - Lecture Hall 1
Scanning SQUID-on-tip nanoscale magnetometry and thermometry

Eli Zeldov
- Weizmann Institute of Science, Rehovot, Israel
QC2/QSIT colloquium external pageLink
Host: Martino Poggio

Thu, Oct 29, 2015 - 15:45
ETH Zurich, Hönggerberg - HPF G 6
Manybody excited states magnetospectroscopy in Kondo correlated carbon nanotubes

Milena Grifoni - University of Regensburg, Germany
joint QSIT & Solid State Physics Seminar, abstract
Host: Werner Wegscheider

Wed, Oct 28, 2015 - 16:15
ETH Zurich, Hönggerberg - HPV G
State Engineering and Squeezed Schrödinger’s Cats
Jonathan Home - Institute for Quantum Electronics, ETH Zurich
The Zurich Physics Colloquium Link
Host: Tilman Esslinger

Tue, Oct 27, 2015 - 11:00
ETH Zurich, Hönggerberg - HIT E 41.1
Probing contextuality with superconducting quantum circuits
Arkady Fedorov - The University of Queensland, Brisbane, Australia
QSIT Seminar, abstract
Host: Andreas Wallraff

Fri, Oct 23, 2015 - 15:15
University of Basel - St. Johanns-Ring 25 - Lecture Hall 1
New opportunities with nanowires
Erik Bakkers - Eindhoven University of Technology
QC2/QSIT Colloquium external pageLink
Host: Martino Poggio

Mon, Oct 19, 2015 - 16:15
University of Basel - Klingelbergstr. 82 - Lecture Hall 1
Squeezing of quantum noise of motion in a micromechanical resonator
Mika A. Sillanpää - Aalto University, Finnland
QC2/QSIT Seminar external pageLink
Host: Christian Schönenberger

Fri, Oct 16, 2015  - 11:00
ETH Zurich, Hönggerberg - HPF G 6
Josephson photonics: Statistics of photons emitted by inelastic Cooper-pair tunneling
Alexander Grimm - INAC-CEA Grenoble, France
QSIT Seminar, abstract
Host: Andreas Wallraff

Wed, Oct 14, 2015 - 14:00
University of Basel - Klingelbergstr. 82 -
Persistent currents induced by magnetic impurities and islands in superconductors with spin-orbit coupling
Annica Black-Schaffer - Uppsala University, Sweden
QSIT Seminar external pageLink
Host: Jelena Klinovaja

Mon, Oct 12, 2015 - 16:15
University of Basel - Klingelbergstr. 82- Lecture Hall 1
Optomechanics experiments with photonic and phononic crystals
Simon Gröblacher - Delft University of Technology
QC2/QSIT Seminar external pageLink 
Host: Philipp Treutlein

Thu, Oct 8, 2015 - 11:00
ETH Zurich, Hönggerberg - HIT J 52
Non-Equilibrium Transport of Interacting Bosons

Sandro Wimberger - DiFeST, Università degli Studi di Parma, Italy
QSIT Seminar, abstract
Host: Tilman Esslinger

Mon, Oct 5, 2015 - 16:15
University of Basel - Klingelbergstr. 82 - Lecture Hall 1
Quantum Information and Quantum Optics with color center in diamond

Alexander Kubanek - Universität Ulm, Germany
QC2/QSIT Seminar external pageLink
Host: Patrick Maletinsky

Fri, Oct 2, 2015 - 15:15
Universität Basel - St. Johanns-Ring 25 - Lecture Hall 1
Backaction of quantum measurement in superconducting circuits
Benjamin Huard - ENS Paris
QC2/QSIT Colloquium external pageLink
Host: Christian Schönenberger

Fri, Oct 2, 2015  - 11:00
ETH Zurich, Hönggerberg - HPF E 6
Viscosity, Current Vortices and Negative Nonlocal Resistance in Graphene
Leonid Levitov - MIT, USA
QSIT Seminar, abstract
Host: Klaus Ensslin

Thu Oct 1, 2015  - 14:00
ETH Zurich, Hönggerberg - HPF G 6
Understanding and Engineering Spin Physics in Quantum Dot Molecules
Matthew Doty - University of Delaware, Newark, USA
QSIT Seminar, abstract
Host: Atac Imamoglu

Tue, Sept 29, 2015 - 17:00
ETH Zurich, down town - ETZ E 6
New Regimes of Nonlinear Optics for Quantum Information Applications
Alexander Gaeta - Columbia University, USA
Photonics Seminar, abstract
Host: Lukas Novotny

Mon Sept 28, 2015 - 16:00
University of Zurich, Irchel Campus - Y16 G15
A Quantum Mechanics Lab on a Chip
Andreas Wallraff - ETH Zurich
external pageSchrödinger Colloquium, external pageabstract

Sept 8, 9 & 10, 2015
ETH main building - HG F 3
Reflections on the photon, the laser and quantum physics
Serge Haroche (Nobel Prize in Physics 2012) - Collège de France, Paris

Paul Bernays Lectures 2015   Link

Sept 8, 2015 - 17:00
Lecture 1
Celebtrating the international year of light: how the laser has revolutionized physics over the last fifty years

Sept 9, 2015 - 16:30
Lecture 2
Controlling photons in a box and raising Schrödinger cats of light: when thought experiments become real

Sept 10, 2015 - 16:30
Lecture 3
Counting and controlling photons non-destructively

Wed Aug 26, 2015 - 11:00
ETH Zurich, Hönggerberg - HPF E 6
Orbital Kondo effect in fractional quantum Hall regime
Yashar Komijani - University of British Columbia, Vancouver, Canada
QSIT Seminar
Host: Klaus Ensslin

Mon Aug 24, 2015 - 13:00
ETH Zurich, Hönggerberg - HPF G 6
Many-body spin systems with ultracold polar molecules
Steven Moses - JILA, Boulder, USA
QSIT Seminar, abstract 
Host: Tobias Donner / Tilman Esslinger

Tue July 7, 2015 - 11:00
ETH Zurich, Hönggerberg - HPF E 6
Spin orbit interaction in graphene materials
Jelena Klinovaja
- Univesity of Basel, Switzerland
QSIT Seminar
Host: Klaus Ensslin

Mon June 29, 2015 - 11:00
ETH Zurich, Hönggerberg - HIT K 51
Temperature as an Emergent Property of Non-Equilibrium Systems
Emanuele Dalla Torre - Bar Ilan University, Israel
QSIT Seminar, abstract
Host: Sebastian Huber

Fri June 19, 2015 - 14:00
ETH Zurich, Hönggerberg - HPF G 6
A precision measurement of the electron's electric dipole moment using trapped molecular ions
Matt Grau -
JILA, Boulder, CO, USA
QSIT Seminar, abstract
Host: Jonathan Home

Tue June 16, 2015 - 16:00
ETH Zurich, Hönggerberg - HPF G 6
Superfluidity in topologically nontrivial flat bands
Sebastiano Peotta - Aalto University, Finnland
QSIT Seminar, abstract
Host: Päivi Törmä/Tilman Esslinger

Mon June 15, 2015 - 11:00
ETH Zurich, Hönggerberg - HPF G 6
Predicting the future of noisy qubits
Michael J. Biercuk - University of Sydney, Australia
QSIT Seminar, abstract
Host: Jonathan Home

Wed June 3, 2015 - 11:00
ETH Zurich, Hönggerberg - HIT E 41.1
Unconventional magnetic exchange interactions - from cold atoms to spin-orbit coupled solids
Arun Paramekanti - University of Toronto, Canada
QSIT Seminar, abstract
Host: Sebastian Huber

Tue June 2, 2015 - 16:15
ETH Zurich, Hönggerberg - HPV G 4
Nonlinear Quantum Liquids in One Dimension
Leonid Glazman - Yale University, USA
Schroedinger Lecture external pageLink
Host: Gianni Blatter

Tue June 2, 2015 - 14:00
ETH Zurich, Hönggerberg - HIT H 42
Rabi-Kondo correlated state in a laser-driven quantum dot
Moshe Goldstein - Tel Aviv University, Israel
QSIT Seminar, abstract
Host: Atac Imamoglu

Mon June 1, 2015 - 14:00
ETH Zurich, Hönggerberg - HPF E 6
Edge resistance in topological insulators
Moshe Goldstein - Tel Aviv University, Israel
QSIT Seminar
Host: Klaus Ensslin

Fri May 29, 2015 - 15:15
Universität Basel - St. Johanns-Ring 25 - Lecture Hall 1
Interfacial Superconductivity and Magnetism in Oxide Heterostructures
Jean-Marc Triscone - Université de Genève, Switzerland
QC2/QSIT colloquium   external pageLink
Host: Patrick Maletinsky

Wed May 27, 2015 - 10:30 - 12:00
USI Lugano - Via G. Buffi 13 - room A 22 (red building)
A Personal Perspective on Quantum Cryptography
Gilles Brassard - Université de Montréal, Canada
QSIT Seminar, abstract
Host: Stefan Wolf

Thu May 21, 2015 - 11:15
University of Bern - Siedlerstrasse 5 - Lecture Hall B116
Exciton-polariton Bose-Einstein condensation with a polymer at room temperature
Thilo Stöferle - IBM Research - Zurich
QSIT Seminar, abstract
Host: André Stefanov

Wed May 20, 2015 - 16:15
ETH Zurich, Hönggerberg - HPV G 4
Colloidal Nanocrystals for Optoelectronics:
Understanding the Physics of Recombination and Charge Transport

Vanessa Wood - D-ITET, ETH Zurich
The Zurich Physics Colloquium, Downloadabstract (JPEG, 389 KB), podcast
Host: Klaus Ensslin

Mon May 18, 2015 - 16:15
University of Basel - Klingelbergstr. 82 - Lecture Hall 1
Using scanning probe microscopes to detect and manipulate quantum magnetism and many particle states
Markus Ternes - Max-Planck-Institut, Stuttgart, Germany
QC2/QSIT Seminar   external pageLink
Host: Martino Poggio

Mon May 18, 2015 - 14:00
ETH Zurich, Hönggerberg - HIT K 51
Measuring the Chern number of Hofstadter bands with bosonic atoms
Monika Aidelsburger - University of Munich, Germany
QSIT Seminar, abstract
Host: Oded Zilberberg, Gianni Blatter

Wed May 13, 2015 - 13:30
ETH Zurich, Hönggerberg - HPF G 6
Quantum dynamics in ultracold Fermi gases and nanoplasmonics
Päivi Törmä - Aalto University, Finnland
QSIT Seminar, abstract
Host: Tobias Donner

Mon May 11, 2015 - 16:15
Universität Basel - Klingelbergstr. 82 - Lecture Hall 1
Controlled manipulation of electronic quantum states in heterostructured nanowires
Stefano Roddaro - Università di Pisa, Italy
QC2/QSIT Seminar   external pageLink
Host: Christian Schönenberger

Fri May 8, 2015 - 15:15
Universität Basel - St. Johanns-Ring 25 - Lecture Hall 1
Mid-infrared and THz quantum cascade laser frequency combs for spectroscopy
Jérôme Faist - ETH Zürich, Switzerland
QC2/QSIT colloquium   external pageLink
Host: Christoph Bruder

Fri May 8, 2015 - 14:00
ETH Zurich, Hönggerberg - HPF G 6
Universal phenomena in driven open quantum systems
Sebastian Diehl - TU Dresden, Germany
QSIT Seminar, abstract
Host: Atac Imamoglu

Thu May 7, 2015 - 16:15
ETH Zurich, Hönggerberg - HPV G 5
Nonequilibrium dynamics of fermions: from resonant Xray scattering in solids to ultracold atoms
Eugene Demler - Harvard University and ITS ETH Zurich
QSIT Colloquium, abstract, Downloadflyer (PDF, 85 KB), podcast
Host: Atac Imamoglu

Thu May 7, 2015 - 10:45 - 12:30
ETH Zurich, Hönggerberg - HIL E 9
Exploring topological states with synthetic matter
Eugene Demler - Harvard University and ITS ETH Zurich
Special Student Lecture, abstract, Downloadflyer (PDF, 82 KB)
Host: Atac Imamoglu

Mon May 4, 2015 - 16:15
University of Basel - Klingelbergstr 82 - Lecture Hall 1
Quantum enhanced metrology - ideals and reality
Rafal Demkowicz-Dobrzanski - University of Warsaw, Poland
QC2/QSIT Seminar   external pageLink
Host: Philipp Treutlein

Mon May 4, 2015 - 15:00
ETH Zurich, Hönggerberg - HPF G 6
Entangling many photons that never co-existed
Eli Megidish - The Hebrew University of Jerusalem, Israel
QSIT Seminar, abstract
Host: Jonathan Home

Mon April 27, 2015 - 14:00
ETH Zurich, Hönggerberg - HPF G 6
Quantum nanophotonics: controlling light with single quantum dots
Edo Waks - University of Maryland, College Park, USA
QSIT Seminar, abstract
Host: Atac Imamoglu

Fri April 24, 2015 - 15:15
Universität Basel - St. Johanns-Ring 25 - Hörsaal 1
Modern Quantum Technologies with trapped Ions
Ferdinand Schmidt-Kaler - Universität Mainz, Germany
QC2/QSIT colloquia   external pageLink
Host: Philipp Treutlein

Thu April 23, 2015 - 16:45
ETH Zurich, Hönggerberg - HPF G 6
Non-Classical Mechanical Motion in Optoelectromechanics
Michael Hartmann - Heriot-Watt University, Edinburgh, UK
QSIT Seminar, abstract
Host: Andreas Wallraff

Thu April 23, 2015 - 15:30
ETH Zurich, Hönggerberg - HPF G 6
The uniform 2D Bose gas, in and out of equilibrium
Jean Dalibard - Collège de France and Laboratoire Kastler Brossel
QSIT Seminar, abstract
Hosts: Julian Léonhard, Tilman Esslinger

Mon April 20, 2015 - 16:15
Universität Basel - Klingelbergstr. 82 - Lecture Hall 1
Quasiparticles in superconducting nanostructures
Andrew Ferguson - Cambridge University, England
QC2/QSIT Seminar   external pageLink
Host: Christian Schönenberger

Tue April 7, 2015 - 11:00
ETH Zurich, Hönggerberg - HPF E 6
Chirality and screening in reentrant integer quantum Hall states
Joshua Folk - University of British Columbia, Vancouver, Kanada
QSIT Seminar
Host: Klaus Ensslin

Mon March 30, 2015 - 16:15
Universität Basel - Klingelbergstr. 82 - Lecture Hall 1
Tunable Quantum Phase Transitions of Coupled Shiba States
Silas Hoffman - Universität Basel, Switzerland
QC2/QSIT Seminar   external pageLink
Host: Daniel Loss

Mon March 16, 2015 - 16:15
Universität Basel - Klingelbergstr. 82 - Lecture Hall 1
Semiconductor spin orbit interaction as a future spintronic technology
Makoto Kohda - Tohoku University, Japan
QC2/QSIT Seminar   external pageLink
Host: Dominik Zumbühl

Mon March 16, 2015 - 16:15
EPFL - Room CE 1
From artificial graphene to the topological Haldane model
Tilman Esslinger - Institute for Quantum Electronics, ETH Zurich
Colloque de Physique, Downloadflyer (PDF, 190 KB)
Host: Vincenzo Savona

Wed March 11, 2015 - 16:15
ETH Zurich, Hönggerberg - HCI G 3
Materials in Flatland
Konstantin Novoselov - School of Physics & Astronomy, University of Manchester, UK
The Zurich Physics Colloquium   Link
Host: Anastasia Varlet

Wed March 11, 2015 - 11:00
ETH Zurich, Hönggerberg - HPF G 6
Controlling crystallographic orientation and the resonant tunnelling in van der Waals heterostructures
Kostya Novoselov - School of Physics & Astronomy, University of Manchester, UK
QSIT Seminar
Host: Klaus Ensslin

Mon March 9, 2015 - 16:15
Universität Basel - Klingelbergstr. 82 - Lecture Hall 1
Nano-optomechanics in a focused laser beam : cartography of the optical force field and bidimensional backaction
Arnaud Gloppe - Institut Néel, Grenoble, France
QC2/QSIT Seminar   external pageLink
Host: Patrick Maletinsky

Tue March 3, 2015 - 11:00
ETH Zurich, Hönggerberg - HPF G 6
Development of tools for quantum engineering using individual atoms: optical nanofibers and controlled Rydberg interactions
Sylvain Ravets - University of Maryland, USA
QSIT Seminar, abstract
Host: Atac Imamoglu

Thu Feb 26, 2015 - 14:00
ETH Zurich, Hönggerberg - HPF G 6
Quantum magnets of erbium atoms
Kiyotaka Aikawa - Institut für Experimentalphysik, University of Innsbruck, Austria
QSIT Seminar, abstract
Host: Tilman Esslinger

Wed Feb 18, 2015 - 14:00
ETH Zurich, Hönggerberg - HIT E 41.1
Parametric interaction: Seeing the other side of the coin
Wayne Cheng-Wei Huang - Texas A&M University, USA
QSIT Seminar, abstract
Host: Jonathan Home

Mon Feb 16, 2015 - 16:15
Universität Basel - Klingelbergstr. 82 - Lecture Hall 1
Quantum optics in a one-dimensional photonic reservoir: deterministic light-matter interaction with quantum dots in photonic-crystal waveguides
Peter Lodahl - Niels Bohr Institute, University of Copenhagen
QC2/QSIT Seminar   external pageLink
Host: Richard Warburton

Wed Feb 4, 2015 - 11:00
ETH Zurich, Hönggerberg - HPF E 20
Astonishing behavior of strong negative magnetoresistances in high-mobility two-dimensional electron gases
Lina Bockhorn - University Hannover, Germany
QSIT Seminar
Host: Werner Wegscheider

Mon Feb 2, 2015 - 10:30
ETH Zurich, Hönggerberg - HPF G 6
Creating and Probing Topological Matter in a Cold Atomic Gas
Nathan Goldman - Université Libre de Bruxelles, Belgium
QSIT Seminar, abstract
Hosts: Rémi Desbuquois, Tilman Esslinger

Fri Jan 16, 2015 - 10:30
IBM Research, Rüschlikon - Auditorium
Many body localization: Retaining quantum memory in interacting systems
Markus Müller - ICTP, Trieste, Italy
QSIT Seminar, abstract
Host: Andreas Fuhrer

Mon Jan 12, 2015 - 11:00
ETH Zurich, Hönggerberg - HPF G 6
Probing superfluid and coherence properties of 3D and 2D Fermi gases
Henning Moritz - University of Hamburg, Germany
QSIT Seminar, abstract
Hosts: Jean-Philippe Brantut, Tilman Esslinger

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