Kickoff Meeting for WG4

Cooperative effects, correlations and many-body physics tailored by strongly confined optical fields.
September 14 and 15, 2015

ABOUT

A few words about this event

The kickoff meeting for WG4 of the Nanoscale Quantum Optics COST Action  will be held at The Institute of Photonic Sciences (ICFO)  in Barcelona, Spain on September 14 and 15, 2015. This working group of the COST Action aims to investigate cooperative effects, correlations, and many-body physics tailored by strongly confined fields in nanoscale optical systems. The workshop will offer an opportunity for the participants to discuss their current and future work with others in the community, and to plan for future collaborations, coordination, and events within the COST network.

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PROGRAM

SUNDAY, SEPTEMBER 13

20:00 Informal get-together at Forsbury Cafe

MONDAY, SEPTEMBER 14

9:00-9:15REGISTRATION
9:15-9:30Welcome by the organizers and introduction to COST NQO
9:30-10:30Session I: Many-body physics in coupled cavity arrays
(short talks and informal discussions)
10:30-11:00Coffee break
11:00-12:00Session II: Atom-light interactions in 1D waveguides
(short talks and informal discussions)

12:30-14:00Lunch break
14:00-15:00Session III: Quantum Plasmonics (short talks and informal discussions)
15:00-16:00 Session IV: Collective Effects & Phase transitions in cavity QED (short talks and informal discussions)
16:00-16:30Coffee-break
16:30-18:00Future activities in WG4 (round table discussion)
19:30Conference Dinner

TUESDAY, SEPTEMBER 15

9:00-10:00Session V: Optomechanics with confined fields
10:00-10:30Coffee break
10:30-11:30Session VI: Selected Topics
11:30-12:00Concluding remarks and closing of the workshop
14:00Visiting groups and lab tours at ICFO

REGISTER

If you are interested in attending this workshop, please send an email to cost-nqo@uni-siegen.de with your name, affilliation and a list of 1-3 of your research topics most relevant for this workshop. Preference will be given to applications received before August 3rd and to registered members of the COST Action NQO. Other applications will be accepted on a case to case basis, depending on the available funding. We in particular encourage female scientists and early stage researchers to apply.

TRAVEL AND ACCOMODATION

TRAVEL AND ACCOMODATION

ICFO and the pre-reserved hotels for the workshop are conveniently located approximately ten minutes from Barcelona El Prat Airport by taxi, in the town of Castelldefels. Those eligible for travel and accommodation reimbursement will be reimbursed directly through the COST office according to their policies.

ICFO has special group rates with two hotels within walking distance. The rates listed below are per night, for a double room (single use), and including breakfast. In order to access the discounted rate, please arrange your reservation using the contact information below, and indicate that your visit is for the “COST Meeting at ICFO.” The payment will be directly made upon checkout.

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