The Distinguished Quantum Lectures

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

2012 Tony Leggett, University of Illinois

• Testing the Limits of Quantum Mechanis: Motivation, State of Place, Prospects
  Wednesday, February 13, 2013, Physics Auditorium (TA-3, Bldg 215)
• Superfluidity, Phase Coherence, and the New Bose-Condensed Alkalai
  Thursday, February 14, 2010, CNLS Conference Room (TA-3, Bldg 1690)

2011 David Wineland, National Institute of Standards and Technology

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

2010 Alexander L. Fetter, Stanford University

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

2009 Charles H. Bennett, IBM Research Yorktown

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