Monday, July 9^th 2018 (Radisson Blu Hotel)

18:00

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21:00

Registration

Tuesday, July 10^th 2018 (House of Science Bremen, Downtown)

08:00

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08:50

Registration

08:50

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09:00

Opening and welcome, Thomas Frauenheim

Session:

Quantum defects for qubits

Chair: Thomas Frauenheim

09:00

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09:40

Joerg Wrachtrup, University of Stuttgart, Germany
Applying single solid state quantum defects

09:40

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10:20

David D. Awschalom, The University of Chicago, Illinois, USA
Controlling defect spin states with photons, magnons, and phonons

10:20

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10:45

Coffee Break

10:45

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11:25

Ádám Gali, Wigner Research Centre for Physics, Hungarian Academy of Sciences, Budapest, Hungary
Toward full ab initio description of qubits in solids

Session:

Spin states

Chair: Peter Deák

11:25

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12:05

Fedor Jelezko, Ulm University, Germany
Photoelectrical readout of single spins in diamond

12:05

Group photo

12:15

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13:35

Lunch Break (Restaurant Q1) and Coffee

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14:15

Ronald Hanson, Delft University of Technology, The Netherlands
The dawn of quantum networks

14:15

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14:55

Martin B. Plenio, Ulm University, Germany
Controlling nuclear spin registers by NV centers

Session:

Quantum spintronics

Chair: Michael Lorke

14:55

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15:35

Mike J. Ford, University of Technology Sydney, New South Wales, Australia
Evaluating electronic structure calculations of single photon emitting defects in hBN

15:35

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16:00

Coffee Break

16:00

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16:40

Marcus W. Doherty, Australian National University, Canberra, Australia
Quantum spintronic properties of diamond nanowires

16:40

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17:20

Jeronimo R. Maze, Pontifical Catholic University of Chile, Santiago de Chile
Effect of phonons on individual electronic spin relaxation and electron spin resonance

18:00

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20:30

Welcome Reception (Bremen Town Hall)

Wednesday, July 11^th 2018 (House of Science Bremen, Downtown)

Session:

Quantum probes and quantum control

Chair: Joerg Wrachtrup

09:00

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09:40

Gavin W. Morley, University of Warwick, Coventry, UK
Levitating nanodiamonds containing NV centers

09:40

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10:20

John J. L. Morton, University College London, UK
Strain effects on donor spins in silicon

10:20

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10:50

Coffee Break

10:50

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11:30

Alex Retzker, The Hebrew University of Jerusalem, Israel
Limits on spectral resolution measurements by quantum probes for nano NMR

11:30

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12:10

Vladimir Dyakonov, University of Würzburg, Germany
Engineering of highly coherent vacancy spins in SiC

12:10

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13:50

Lunch Break (Restaurant Q1) and Coffee

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Session:

Interactions with photons

Chair: Ádám Gali

14:30

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15:10

Sophia Economou, Virginia Polytechnic Institute and State University, Blacksburg, Virginia, USA
Spin-photon interfaces for graph generation based on defects in diamond and SiC

15:10

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15:50

Michel Bockstedte, University of Salzburg, Austria
Spin and photo physics of prototypical defect centers in diamond and SiC

15:50

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16:20

Coffee Break

16:20

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17:00

Brett C. Johnson, The University of Melbourne, Victoria, Australia
Silicon carbide single photon source devices

17:00

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17:40

Christoph Becher, Saarland University, Saarbrücken, Germany
Spin properties and quantum control of Si vacancy centers in diamond

18:40

Bus Pickup to Conference Dinner
(Venue: Radisson Blu Hotel, Wachtstraße)

19:00

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22:30

Conference Dinner (Restaurant Juergenshof)

Thursday, July 12^th 2018 (House of Science Bremen, Downtown)

Session:

Defect control and qubits

Chair: Tim Wehling

09:00

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09:40

Nguyen Tien Son, Linköping University, Sweden
Electron paramagnetic resonance studies of silicon vacancy in isotopically purified SiC

09:40

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10:20

Lee C. Bassett, University of Pennsylvania, Philadelphia, USA
Optically addressable spin defects in hexagonal boron nitride

10:20

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10:50

Coffee Break

Chair: Andreia Luisa da Rosa

10:50

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11:30

Uwe Gerstmann, Paderborn University, Germany
Magneto-optical properties of NV^- centers in SiC: how relativistic effects trigger spin-based qubits

11:30

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12:10

Kai-Mei C. Fu, University of Washington, Seattle, USA
Shallow impurities in ZnO for quantum information applications

12:10

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13:50

Lunch Break (Restaurant Q1) and Coffee

13:50

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Session:

Experimental characterization of interfaces

Chair: Jean-Marie Bluet

14:30

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15:10

Shengbai Zhang, Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute, Troy, New York, USA
Dynamic Jahn-Teller effect of NV^- center in diamond and beyond

15:10

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15:50

Arne Laucht, University of New South Wales, Sydney, Australia
Donor spin qubits in Si: from single-shot readout to advanced control methods

17:20

Poster Mounting

17:30

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20:30

Poster Session, Catering Buffet (House of Science)

Friday, July 13^th 2018 (House of Science Bremen, Downtown)

Session:

Quantum emitters

Chair: Edwin Barnes

09:00

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09:40

Igor Aharonovich, University of Technology Sydney, New South Wales, Australia
Spectroscopy of single defects in hexagonal boron nitride

09:40

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10:20

Martin S. Brandt, Technical University of Munich, Garching, Germany
Electrical readout of the spin state of NV^- in diamond

10:20

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10:50

Coffee Break

10:50

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11:30

Maciej Koperski, University of Manchester, UK
Single photon emitters in various forms of boron nitride

11:30

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12:10

Audrius Alkauskas, Center for Physical Sciences and Technology, Vilnius, Lithuania
Vibrational properties of isolated colour centres in diamond

12:10

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12:20

Closing words: Thomas Frauenheim

12:20

Departure