| Date | Notes | Subject | |
| 19.10.09 |
Aharonov-Bohm effect, observation in mesoscopic rings (Physics Today) | ||
| 23.10.09 |
Weak localization, AB-Interferometry of Quantum Dot , Single-electron AB-Intereference (Conference Announcement) | ||
| 26.10.09 |
Quantum Information Processing I ( Mermin Lecture Notes, Christandl Lecture ) | ||
| 30.10.09 |
Quantum Parallelism: Deutsch algorithm, Deutsch-Jozsa algorithm Guest lecture: Matthias Christandl Research Unschärfespiel |
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| 02.11.09 |
Second Quantisation I | ||
| 06.11.09 |
Second Quantisation II | ||
| 09.11.09 |
Superconductivity: variational BCS ground state (BCS paper, 1957; Schrieffer's Nobel lecture) | ||
| 13.11.09 |
Superconductivity: gap equation, condensation energy | ||
| 16.11.09 |
Spin-Boson-Model I: Bloch equations, T1-time from golden rule (Leggett, 1987 [16 MB], Applett: Bloch Equations) | ||
| 20.11.09 |
Spin-Boson-Model II: Adiabatic renormalization | ||
| 23.11.09 |
Spin-Boson-Model II: Adiabatic renormalization (continued) | ||
| 27.11.09 |
Superconducting Charge Qubit (Nakamura, 1999 ) | ||
| 30.11.09 |
Guest lecture: Marquardt: Superconducting Circuit QED (Notes by JvD ) | ||
| 30.11.09 |
(Raum B139 !!) Quantum Nanomechanics I: Noise spectral function of classical and quantum harmonic oscillator ( Schwab, Roukes, 2005 ) | ||
| 04.12.09 |
(Raum B349 !!) Guest lecture: Eva Weig: Nanomechanics experiments | ||
| 07.12.09 |
Cold Atoms: Bose-Einstein-Condensation I ( Bose 1924 , Einstein 1925 , Wiemann, Cornell 1995 , Ketterle 1995 ) | ||
| 11.12.09 |
Damped Harmonic Oscillator: Langevin equation, Caldeira-Leggett model | ||
| 14.12.09 |
Cold Atoms: Bose-Einstein Condensation, Vortices, Interference ( Vortices, 2001 , Interference, 1997 , Leggett, 2001 ) | ||
| 14.12.09 |
15:45, Raum 450: Informationsveranstaltung: Bachelorarbeiten am LS Kehrein/von Delft | ||
| 18.12.09 |
Cold Atoms: Optical Lattices - Superfluid Mott transition ( Experiment, 2002 , Theory, 1998 , Bloch, simple overview ) | ||
| 21.12.09 |
Cold Atoms: Time-of-flight measurements; Interference of two independent condensates; Superfluid-Mott-transition | ||
| 08.01.10 |
Cold Atoms: Collapse and Revival of Wave Function | ||
| 11.01.10 |
Numerics for Quantum Matter: Matrix Product States I ( Schollwöck review, 2005 ; von Delft review, 2009 ) | ||
| 15.01.10 |
Weichselbaum: Numerical Renormalization group (NRG) ( Weichselbaum, 2007 , Delft, slides on NRG) | ||
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Guest lecture: Ulrich Schollwöck: time-dependent Density Matrix Renormalization Group (tDMRG) | ||
| 18.01.10 |
Bell Inequalities I: EPR, Bell's argument (EPR, 1935, Bell, 1964) | ||
| 22.01.10 |
Guest Lecture: Harald Weinfurter: Experimental tests of Bell inequalities | ||
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Bell Inequalities II: Clauser-Horne-Shimony-Holt inequality, GHZ equality (Mermin, 1990, on violation of GHZ equality) | ||
| 25.01.10 |
Readout and Manipulation of Single Spins (Electrical: Elzermann, 2004, Petta, 2005; Optical: Warburton, 2004, Hogele, 2004) | ||
| 29.01.10 |
Kondo Exciton ( Tureci, 2009) | ||
| 29.01.10 |
Guest Lecture: Alexander Högele: Experiments on Optical Manipulation of Single Spins | ||
| 01.02.10 |
Raman Scattering I | ||
| 05.02.10 |
Raman Scattering II | ||
| 08.02.10 |
Guest lecture: Immanuel Bloch: Experiments with cold atoms in optical lattices | ||
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Guest lecture: Stefan Kehrein: Nonequilibrium Dynamics Theory | ||
| 12.02.10 |
Free-format question-and-answer session | ||
| 19.02.10 |
Important Issues for Exam (Room 348/349, 10:00) |
