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Prof. H. Jeff Kimble of Caltech to deliver the second
Hermann Anton Haus Lecture
Lecture series honoring Haus brings eminent visitors
to MIT
For Immediate Release
FRIDAY, 3 February 2006
Contact: William Smith, Assistant
Director for Finance and Sponsor Relations
Phone: +1.617.253.5621
Email: whs@mit.edu
CAMBRIDGE, MA. 02.03.2006
The Research Laboratory of Electronics (RLE) at the
Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT) announces
that Dr. H. Jeff Kimble, William L. Valentine Professor
of Physics at the California Institute of Technology,
will deliver the second Hermann Anton Haus Lecture.
The lecture will take place at the MIT campus on Wednesday,
26 April 2006, in the Hermann Anton Haus Room of the
RLE Conference Center (Room 36-428).
The title of the lecture is, "The New Science
of Quantum Information - From Quantum Computers to
Teleportation of Quantum States."
Dr. Kimble has been a world-leading pioneer in the
field of quantum optics. His group at Caltech investigates
the quantum mechanics of open systems, particularly
phenomena associated with the dissipation and decoherence
that arise for interactions of a quantum system with
its environment. In 1998, Dr. Kimble led an international
effort that succeeded in demonstrating the first true
teleportation of a quantum state, taking quantum teleportation
from a purely theoretical concept into an actual experiment.
Possible applications of this work include concepts
that could be used for developing quantum computers
and scalable quantum networks.
The Hermann Anton Haus Lecture is RLE's visiting lecturer
program designed to bring the leading world researchers
in fields intersecting RLE interests to RLE to share
their thoughts and perspectives with the MIT community.
The lecture honors the memory of Professor Haus, and
continues the process of collaborative dialog that
he promoted throughout his lifetime.
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