Monday, March 20, 2006
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Materials and Quantum Computing Talk 40 mins + 20 mins Discussion
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Session Chair: Jeremy Levy
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8:50am |
Martin Einhorn (KITP Deputy Director)
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Welcome |
9:00am |
Daniel Loss (Basel)
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Spin Qubits in Single and Double Quantum Dots and Decoherence Due to Nuclear Spins [Slides][Podcast][Aud][Cam] |
10:00am |
MORNING BREAK |
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10:30am |
Hideo Ohno (Tohoku)
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Interaction between Spin Polarized Current and
Localized Spins in Ferromagnetic Semiconductors [Podcast][Aud][Cam] |
11:30am |
Jason Petta (Harvard)
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Preparing, Manipulating and Measuring Quantum States On a Chip [Podcast][Aud][Cam] |
12:30pm |
LUNCH BREAK |
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Session Chair: Chris Palmstrom
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2:00pm |
Stuart Parkin (IBM Almaden)
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The Magnetic Race Track - Current Driven Motion of Domain Walls [Podcast][Aud][Cam] |
3:00pm |
AFTERNOON BREAK |
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3:30pm |
Dan Ralph (Cornell)
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Magnetoresistance and Magnetic Dynamics on the Nanoscale [Slides][Podcast][Aud][Cam] |
5:00pm |
SHUTTLE TO BWSCI |
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Tuesday, March 21, 2006
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Spin Transport Talk 40 mins + 20 mins Discussion
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Session Chair: Carlo Beenakker
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9:00am |
Gerrit Bauer (Delft)
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Challenges in Magnetoelectronics [Slides][Podcast][Aud][Cam] |
10:00am |
MORNING BREAK |
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10:30am |
Paul Crowell (Minnesota)
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Electrical Spin Injection, Accumulation, and Detection in Ferromagnet-Semiconductor Heterostructures [Slides][Podcast][Aud][Cam] |
11:30am |
Christian Schönenberger (Basel)
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Gate-Controlled Magnetoresistance [Slides][Podcast][Vid][Aud][Cam] |
12:30pm |
LUNCH BREAK |
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Session Chair: Carlos Egues
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2:00pm |
William Rippard (NIST)
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Microwave Dynamics and Phase Locking in Spin Transfer Nanostructures [Slides][Podcast][Aud][Cam] |
3:00pm |
AFTERNOON BREAK |
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3:30pm |
Peter Schiffer (Penn State)
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Frustration by Design: Artificial Spin Ice [Slides][Podcast][Aud][Cam] |
5:00pm |
SHUTTLE TO BWSCI |
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Wednesday, March 22, 2006
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Optical Spin Manipulation Talk 40 mins + 20 mins Discussion
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Session Chair: Pawel Hawrylak
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9:00am |
Michael Flatté (Univ. Iowa)
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The Optical Properties of Spintronic Systems: Open Theoretical Issues [Slides][Podcast][Aud][Cam] |
10:00am |
MORNING BREAK |
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10:30am |
Gerhard Abstreiter (Walter Schottky Inst.)
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Spin Control and Dynamics in Single and Coupled InGaAs Self-Assembled Quantum Dots [Podcast][Aud][Cam] |
11:30am |
Dimitri Basov (San Diego)
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An Infrared Probe of the Electronic Structure and Ferromagnetism
in Ga1-xMnxAs [Podcast][Aud][Cam] |
12:30pm |
LUNCH BREAK |
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Session Chair: Guido Burkard
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2:00pm |
John Sipe (Toronto)
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Coherent Optical Generation of Ballistic Spin Currents [Slides][Podcast][Aud][Cam] |
3:00pm |
AFTERNOON BREAK |
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3:30pm |
Tom Kennedy (Naval Research Lab)
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Limiting Lifetimes for Localized Spins in GaAs [Slides][Podcast][Aud][Cam] |
4:30pm |
POSTER SESSION |
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5:00pm |
WINE AND CHEESE RECEPTION |
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6:00pm |
SPECIAL EVENTS DINNER |
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8:00pm |
SHUTTLE TO BWSCI |
Time may vary |
Thursday, March 23, 2006
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Spin Physics and Advanced Instrumentation Talk 40 mins + 20 mins Discussion
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Session Chair: Ingrid Mertig
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9:00am |
Allan MacDonald (Texas)
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Some Theory Challenges for Spintronics [Slides][Podcast][Aud][Cam] |
10:00am |
MORNING BREAK |
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10:30am |
Bert Halperin (Harvard)
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Issues in the Spin Hall Effects [Podcast][Aud][Cam] |
11:30am |
Vanessa Sih (UCSB)
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Imaging the Spin Hall Effect and Current-Induced Spin Polarization in a Two-Dimensional Electron Gas [Podcast][Aud][Cam] |
12:30pm |
LUNCH BREAK |
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Session Chair: Chris Hammel
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2:00pm |
Dan Rugar (IBM Almaden)
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Magnetic Resonance Force Microscopy: The Quest for a Molecular Structure
Microscope [Podcast][Aud][Cam] |
3:00pm |
AFTERNOON BREAK |
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3:30pm |
Jo Stöhr (Stanford)
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X-ray Imaging of Spin Current Driven Magnetization Dynamics [Slides][Podcast][Vid][Aud][Cam] |
4:30pm |
Olle Heinonen (Seagate)
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Materials, Microstructure, Magnetism, and Spin Transport: The Physics Soup of Magnetic Recording [Slides][Podcast][Aud][Cam] |
5:00pm |
SHUTTLE TO BWSCI |
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Friday, March 24, 2006
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von Molnár Symposium: New Directions and Opportunities
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Session Chair: Stuart Wolf
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9:00am |
David Awschalom (UCSB)
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Manipulating Spin Coherence in Semiconductor Structure [Podcast][Aud][Cam] |
10:00am |
MORNING BREAK |
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10:30am |
Michael Coey (Trinity College)
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Dilute Magnetic Oxides and d0 Ferromagnetism [Slides][Podcast][Aud][Cam] |
11:30am |
Robert Buhrman (Cornell)
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Spin Torque and Magnetic Tunnel Junctions [Slides][Podcast][Aud][Cam] |
12:30pm |
LUNCH BREAK |
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Session Chair: Art Gossard
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2:00pm |
Stephan von Molnár (Florida State)
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Submicron Magnetometers and their Applications to the Study of Nanomagnetism and Biosensing [Slides][Podcast][Aud][Cam] |
3:00pm |
AFTERNOON BREAK |
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3:30pm |
Steven Watts (Groningen)
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Paramagnetic Spin-Pumping with Microwave Magnetic Fields [Slides][Podcast][Aud][Cam] |
4:00pm |
Emmanuel Rashba (Harvard)
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Spintronics of Spin-Orbit Coupled Systems: Achievements and Challenges [Slides][Podcast][Aud][Cam] |
4:30pm |
Nitin Samarth (Penn State)
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Spin Transport in Magnetic Semiconductor Heterostructure [Podcast][Aud][Cam] |
5:00pm |
Alan Heeger (Nobel Laureate, Santa Barbara)
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Alchemist's Gold: The Remarkable One-Dimensional Hg Chain Compound [Slides][Podcast][Aud][Cam] |
5:30pm |
Closing Remarks |
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6:00pm |
SHUTTLE TO BWSCI |
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