Subject: March newsletter Date: Mon, 2 Mar 1998 09:19:35 +1000 From: Bill Munro To: qonews The following message was sent to the qonews list by Bill Munro ************************************ * QUANTUM OPTICS AND ATOM OPTICS * * IN AUSTRALASIA * * * * * * * * MONTHLY NEWSLETTER * * VOL VI, NO 3 * * * * March 1998 * * * * ISSN 1325-6467 * * * Edited by: Bill Munro * \ | / * Physics, University of Queensland, * \__|__/ * QLD 4072, Australia. * | * email: munro@physics.uq.edu.au Available on WWW at: * | * phone: +61 7 3365 2422 http://www.anu.edu.au * | * fax: +61 7 3365 1242 /Physics/newsletter * * ------------------------------------------------------------------------------ CONTENTS 0. PROBLEMS 1. ABSTRACTS 2. CONFERENCE ANNOUNCEMENTS 3. WANTED TO BUY/SELL 4. SITUATIONS VACANT 5. MISC NEWS ______________________________________________________________________________ ******************************************************************************* 0. EDITORIAL NOTE Welcome to the third newsletter of the year. Please keep the abstracts coming in. We have none submitted this months but their are plently of positions available. ******************************************************************************* 1. ABSTRACTS Sorry none were submitted in the last month ******************************************************************************* 2. CONFERENCES / WORKSHOPS %%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%% %%% XXII International Colloquium %%% on %%% Group Theoretical Methods in Physics %%% (Group22) %%% %%% Hobart, 13 - 17 July 1998 %%% %%% Department of Physics, University of Tasmania %%% Box 252-21 GPO, Hobart Tas 7001 Australia %%% %%% icgtmp98@oberon.phys.utas.edu.au %%% fax +61 3 6226 2410 %%% http://oberon.phys.utas.edu.au/ICGTMP98/ %%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%% INVITATION TO ATTEND We cordially invite you to attend Group22, the twenty-second in the series of ICGTMP colloquia, at the University of Tasmania, Hobart, from July 13 to 17 inclusive. It is being held in the southern hemisphere for the first time and we hope you will take the opportunity to visit this distant but beautiful part of the globe, especially if you have never been to Australia before. from P Jarvis, R Delbourgo for local organising committee Feb 1998 Details of the scope of the colloquium, themes and special focus sessions, and our committees have been provided in the first announcement and are given at the web address, http://oberon.phys.utas.edu.au/ICGTMP98/ ****************************************************************************** 4. SITUATIONS VACANT Department of Physics/Centre for Laser Science. Lecturer level B( 5 year fixed term) Experimental Laser Physics The Department of Physics offers a three year undergraduate course for the B.Sc degree, and a four year B.Sc. Honours Degree. It also undertakes service teaching to other Departments including Engineering and Biological Science Departments. Postgraduate degrees that may be undertaken in the Department are P.G.Dip. , MSc. and PhD. Applications are sought for the position of Lecturer (fixed term), level B in The Department of Physics. The successful applicant will also hold a position in the Centre for Laser Science. The Centre for Laser Science is a category one centre in the Department of Physics, with both theoretical and experimental research programs. The experimental programs include: optical tweezers, laser cooling and trapping and atom optics, nonlinear spectroscopy of high velocity flows and laser dynamics . The Centre currently has 5 academic staff, 10 postdoctoral research students and more than 20 postgraduate students. Further details on the Centre and the Department may be found at the Web site http://www.physics.uq.edu.au:8001/HomePage.html All applicants must posses graduate and postgraduate qualifications (PhD or equivalent) and have an established international research reputation, in any area of experimental laser physics, including atom optics, laser micromanipulation, laser diagnostics and biophysical/ biomedical applications of lasers. All applicants must also have demonstrated excellence in University teaching. The position is fixed term for a period of 5 years. Salary will be in the range $43,601-$ 51,776 per annum. Further details, including a statement of duties and selection criteria, may be obtained from Professor G.J. Milburn, Head, Department of Physics, The University of Queensland, St Lucia 4072. Telephone (07) 33653405, Fax: (07) 33651242, email: milburn@physics.uq.edu.au, (International: telephone +617-33653405, Fax, +617-33651242). Details of the method of application will be included in the April newsletter. _______________________________________________________________________________ A part-time Research Assistant exists for a Small ARC Grant for 1998 ($12,000). The title of the grant in "Extremely asymmetrical scattering of optical and acoustic waves in periodic Bragg arrays". The work will be related with theoretical and numerical analysis of linear Bragg scattering of bulk optical and surface acoustic (Rayleigh) waves in uniform and non-uniform gratings in the extremely asymetrical geometry. The work will include numerical analysis of differential equations with variable coefficients and special boundary conditions (at the array boundaries), numerical analysis of frequency response and angular dependence of the extremely asymmetrical scattering in non-uniform arrays with varying grating amplitude. Therefore, I would like the RA to have skills and experience in numerical methods in physics. For additional information please contact Dmitri Gramotnev at the email address d.gramotnev@bigpond.com _______________________________________________________________________________ University of Cambridge - Department of Physics, Cambridge, UK (Academic) Two University Lecturers or University Assistant Lecturers to take up appointment on 1 October 1998 or as soon as possible thereafter. The persons appointed will be required to teach and carry out advanced research in physics. Appointments made at University Lecturer or University Assistant Lecturer level will depend on the age of the person concerned and will be for three years in the first instance, with the possibility, for a University Lecturer, of reappointment to the retiring age or, for a University Assistant Lecturer, of reappointment for two years. The statutory limit of tenure for a University Assistant Lectureship is five years but all University Assistant Lecturers are considered for possible appointment to the office of University Lecturer during the course of their tenure. The pensionable scales of stipends are: University Lecturer: #19,371 a year rising by eleven annual increments to #29,875. There is no grade of Senior Lecturer. University Assistant Lecturer: #16,045 a year rising by six annual increments to #21,016. Applications (two copies) including a curriculum vitae, list of publications, outline of research plans, statement of any preference for a particular post together with the names and addresses of three referees, should be sent so as to reach him not later than 31 March 1998. Contact details Applications Secretary of the Appointments Committee. Faculty of Physics and Chemistry, Institute of Astronomy, Madingley Road, Cambridge CB3 0HA Further Particulars Professor M S Longair Cavendish Laboratory, Madingley Road, Cambridge CB3 0HE Telephone:01223 337429 Fax:01223 363263 _______________________________________________________________________________ Postdoctoral position in Cavity Quantum Electrodynamics Laboratoire Kastler Brossel Ecole Normale Superieure S. Haroche, J.M. Raimond, M. Brune A postdoctoral position is opened to work on the cavity quantum electrodynamics experiments in the ENS group. We use circular Rydberg atoms and very high quality cavities to perform fundamental tests of quantum mechanics. Quantum Rabi oscillation, providing a very direct evidence of field quantization, decoherence of a quantum superpositions of mesoscopic field states with different phases (Schrodinger cat state) have been observed recently. The very simple atom-field interaction may also be used to produce and manipulate quantum entanglement. We have prepared a pair of EPR-correlated atoms and studied the operation of an elementary "quantum memory". In the near future, we plan to investigate more sophisticated types of entanglement. One major step is the realization of a Quantum Non Demolition detection of a single photon. This opens the way to the entanglement of multiple atomic systems. The mere demonstration of the QND measurement amounts in the preparation of a triplet of entangled particles. Such triplets may be used for stringent tests of the non-local nature of quantum mechanics. We also plan to realize a direct measurement of the cavity field's Wigner function. This measurement could be applied to various non-classical states: one photon or few photons Fock states as well as "Schrodinger cat" states, resulting in very precise tests of the decoherence models. The position, supported by the "Quantum Information" HCM EEC network, is opened for one or two years. The candidates should have an excellent background in experimental physics, preferably in quantum optics and/or laser or microwave physics. Selected relevant publications: 1- M. Brune et al. Phys. Rev. Lett. 76,1800 (1996) 2- M. Brune et al, Phys. Rev. Lett., 77, 4887 (1996) 3- E. Hagley et al Phys. Rev. Lett. , 79, 1 (1997) 4- X. Matre et al. Phys. Rev. Lett. 79, 769 (1997) 5- P. Domokos et al. European Physical Journal D, 1, 1 (1998) Applications should be sent to J.M. Raimond LKB, ENS, 24 rue Lhomond 75005 Paris, France Tel 33 1 44 32 34 88 Fax 33 1 45 35 00 76 jmr@physique.ens.fr ****************************************************************************** 5. MISC NEWS ****************************************************************************** That all folks!! The end! _______________________________________________________ Bill Munro | Centre for Laser Science, | ,,, Department of Physics | (o o) University of Queensland, | -oOO-(_)-OOo- QLD 4072, Brisbane, Australia | I am Pentium of Borg Phone: +(61 7) 3365 2422 | Divison is Futile Fax: +(61 7) 3365 1242 | You will be approximated Email: billm@physics.uq.edu.au | WWW: http://www.physics.uq.edu.au/people/billm/billm.html | _______________________________________________________