University of Chicago-Peking University Joint Workshop on Novel Quantum Matter [Oct. 15-16, 2015]
Time: October 15-16, 2015
Venue: Room W202 (West Conference Room), 2th Floor, Physics Building, Peking University
Address: School of Physics, Peking University (No.209, Chengfu Road, Haidian District, 100871 Beijing)
Advisory Committee
Song Gao Peking University
David Awschalom University of Chicago
Dam Thanh Son University of Chicago
Eric Isaacs University of Chicago
Enge Wang Peking University & Chinese Academy of Sciences
Xincheng Xie Peking University
Qikun Xue Tsinghua University
Organization Committee
Rui-Rui Du Peking University (Co-Chair)
Michael Hopkins University of Chicago
Woowon Kang University of Chicago (Co- Chair)
David Schuster University of Chicago
Jon Simon University of Chicago
Nanlin Wang Peking University
Biao Wu Peking University
Program (tentative)
Wednesday, October 14, 2015
18:00-20:00 Welcome Reception at the Lakeview Hotel
Thursday, October 15, 2015
08:55 Conference Opening
09:00 Enge Wang (CAS, PKU)
09:05 Provost Eric Isaacs (University of Chicago)
Session: Quantum Spins Chair: Professor Eric Isaacs
09:15 - 09:55 David Awschalom (University of Chicago)
Beyond Electronics: Quantum Control of Single Spins in Semiconductors
09:55 - 10:35 Xincheng Xie (Peking University)
Dephasing and Disorder Effects in Topological Systems
10:35 - 10:45 Coffee Break
Session: Superconducting Systems Chair: Andrew Cleland
10:45 - 11:25 Jian Wang (Peking University)
Superconductivity in 2D Limit and Potential for Topological Superconductivity in Novel Materials
11:25 - 12:05 David Schuster (University of Chicago)
Superconducting Qubits in Circuit Quantum Electrodynamics
12:05 - 13:30 Lunch
Session: Exotic Quantum Materials I Chair: Xincheng Xie
13:30 - 14:10 Qimiao Si (Rice University)
Frustrated Magnetism and Superconductivity in Iron Pnictides and Chalcogenides
14:10 - 14:50 Nanlin Wang (Peking University)
Magneto-infrared Spectroscopy of Landau Levels and Zeeman Splitting of Three-dimensional Massless Dirac Fermions in ZrTe5
14:50 - 15:00 Coffee Break
Session: Quantum Condensates Chair:Junren Shi
15:00 - 15:40 Cheng Chin (University of Chicago)
Ferromagnetic Domains and Roton Excitations in a Bose Gas
15:40 - 16:20 Xiongjun Liu (Peking University)
Engineering Interactions in Cold Atomic Gases (tentative)
15:30 - 17:30 Poster Session for PKU Students/Reception Venue: Room 563, Physics Building
17:30-18:00 Award Ceremony for Best Posters
18:00 Leave for banquet
Friday, October 16, 2015
Session: Quantum Detection Chair: Cheng Chin
09:00 - 09:40 Andrew Cleland (University of Chicago)
Experimental Devices for Quantum Information
09:40 - 10:20 Ying Jiang (Peking University)
Probing Nuclear Quantum Effects with Scanning Probe Microscopy/Spectroscopy
10:20 - 10:30 Coffee Break
Session: Quantum Engineering Chair: David Schuster
10:30 - 10:55 Li Lu (Institute of Physics, CAS)
Majorana Fermions and Fractional Cooper Pairs in a Superconducting Mobius Strip
10:55 - 11:20 Jianhao Chen (Peking University)
Nonlinear Transport Measurements of Graphene in the Quantum Hall Regime
11:20 - 12:00 Jon Simon (University of Chicago)
Topological Photonics with Twisted Resonators and Braided Circuits
12:00 - 13:30 Lunch
Session: Exotic Quantum Materials II Chair: Rui-Rui Du
13:30 - 14:10 Woowon Kang (University of Chicago)
Non-Abelian Fractional Quantum Hall States
14:10 - 14:50 Xi Lin (Peking University)
Competing 5/2 FQHE Ground States
14:50 - 15:10 Coffee Break
Session: Exotic Quantum Materials III Chair: Jon Simon
15:10 - 15:50 Fa Wang (Peking University)
Nematic Quantum Paramagnet in Spin-1 Square Lattice Model
15:50 - 16:30 Shuang Jia (Peking University)
Transport Properties of Weyl Semimetal TaAs and TaP
16:30 - 17:00 Panel Discussion on Tie-in Between Physics Program at PKU and UC
17:15 Conference Closing