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CALENDAR OF EVENTS

Tuesday, 29 June

17:00   -   21:00 Registration
20:00   -   23:00 Get-together party

Wednesday, 30 June

08:00   -   18:00 Registration
08:50   -   09:15 Opening Session
09:15   -   10:45 Microcavities and Photonic Crystals I
10:45   -   11:15 Coffee Break
11:15   -   12:45 Microcavities and Photonic Crystals II
12:45   -   14:15 Lunch
14:15   -   16:00 III-N Nanostructures I
16:00   -   16:30 Coffee Break
16:30   -   18:15 III-N Microcavities and Quantum Wells
20:00   -   00:00 Down Town Excursion and Boat Trip

Thursday, 1 July

09:00   -   18:00 Registration
09:00   -   10:30 Polaritons in Microcavities I
10:30   -   11:00 Coffee Break
11:00   -   12:30 Polaritons in Microcavities II
12:30   -   14:00 Lunch
14:00   -   15:30 Microcavities and Photonic Crystals III
15:30   -   16:00 Coffee Break
16:00   -   17:45 III-N Nanostructures II
18:00   -   20:00 Poster Session

Friday, 2 July

09:00   -   13:00 Registration
09:00   -   10:45 Quantum Dots
10:45   -   11:15 Coffee Break
11:15   -   12:45 Quantum Dots in Microcavities
13:00   -   23:00 Excursion and Banquette

Saturday, 3 July

09:00   -   10:45 Excitonic Effects
10:45   -   11:15 Coffee Break
11:15   -   13:00 Wide Bandgap Materials
13:00   -   14:30 Lunch
14:30   -   15:30 Magnetic Semiconductors
15:30   -   15:50 Closing Remarks





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The time allotted for oral presentations is 30 minutes (including 5 minutes for discussion) for invited talks and 15 minutes (including 3 minutes for discussion) for contributed talks. Standard audiovisual equipment used includes overhead projector for transparencies, an LCD projector, a pointer and a microphone.
Please plan to copy your files for presentation (Microsoft PowerPoint format is preferable) to a computer with the LCD projector (Floppy, CD disks and USB Flash Drives are available) in the morning or during the lunch of the day of your session.
Poster size is 1 meter x 1 meter. Please plan to post your poster during the lunch of the day of the Poster session and remove it at the end of the poster session.



CONFERENCE PROGRAMME

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Wednesday , June 30

W0
 
Opening Remarks Conference Hall 08:50 - 09:15
W1 Microcavities and Photonic Crystals I Conference Hall 09:15 - 10:45
(chairmen: E.L. Ivchenko)
W1-1 09:15 - 09:45
Microcavities and photonic crystals: a historical perspective on the development of concepts (invited)
C. Weisbuch
Laboratoire de Physique de la Matière Condensée and Genewave, X'Tec, Ecole Polytechnique, France
W1-2 09:45 - 10:15
Self-interaction effects in the microcavity parametric oscillator (invited)
D. M. Whittaker
Dept. of Physics and Astronomy, University of Sheffield, United Kingdom
W1-3 10:15 - 10:30
Parametric oscillation in semiconductor microcavities: nonlinear and quantum effects
J.-Ph. Karr
, A. Baas, M. Romanelli, A. Bramati, and E. Giacobino
Laboratoire Kastler Brossel, Paris, France
W1-4 10:30 - 10:45
Continuous wave pump-probe experiment on a planar microcavity: evidence for formation of a parametric stimulated signal at arbitrary k-vectors
D. Sanvitto
, D. M. Whittaker, M. S. Skolnick, and J. S. Roberts
Dept. of Physics, University of Sheffield, United Kingdom

Coffee Break 10:45 - 11:15

W2 Microcavities and Photonic Crystals II Conference Hall 11:15 - 12:45
(chairmen: M.C. Skolnick)
W2-1 11:15 - 11:45
New development in electrodynamics and preparation of left-handed materials (invited)
A. L. Efros

Dept. of Physics, University of Utah
W2-2 11:45 - 12:15
Waveguide-plasmon polaritons in photonic crystal slabs with metal nanowires (invited)
S. G. Tikhodeev
, A. Gippius, A. Christ, J. Kuhl, and H. Giessen
A.M. Prokhorov General Physics Institute, Russia
W2-3 12:15 - 12:30
Polaritons and nanocavities in photonic crystal slabs
D. Gerace
, M. Agio, and L. C. Andreani
INFM- Dept. di Fisica "A.Volta", Università di Pavia, Italy
W2-4 12:30 - 12:45
Theoretical and experimental studies of optical properties of metal infiltrated opals
A. L. Pokrovsky
, C. Y. Li, V. Kamaev, Z. V. Vardeny, A. L. Efros, D. A. Kurdyukov, and V. G. Golubev
Dept. of Physics, University of Utah, Salt Lake City, USA

Lunch Break 12:45 - 14:15

W3 III-N Nanostructures I Conference Hall 14:15 - 16:00
(chairmen: B. Monemar)
W3-1 14:15 - 14:45
Temporal and spatial recombination dynamics in nitride-based nanostructures (invited)
Y. Kawakami

Dept. of Electronic Science and Engineering, Kyoto University, Japan
W3-2 14:45 - 15:15
GaN quantum dot density control by rf-plasma molecular beam epitaxy (invited)
J. Brown, F. Wu, P. M. Petroff, and J. S. Speck
University of California, Santa Barbara, USA
W3-3 15:15 - 15:30
Investigation of the recombination dynamics in low In-content InGaN MQWs by means of cathodoluminescence and photoluminescence excitation
A. Reale
, A. Di Carlo, A. Vinattieri, M. Colocci, F. Rossi, N. Armani, C. Ferrari, G. Salviati, L. Lazzarini, and V. Grillo
INFM, Dept. Ingegneria Elettronica, Università di Roma Tor Vergata, Italy
W3-4 15:30 - 15:45
Carrier dynamics and recombination in GaN quantum discs embedded in AlGaN nanocolumns
M. Zamfirescu
, M. Gurioli, A. Vinattieri, J. Ristic, and E. Calleja
Dept. of Physics and LENS Università di Firenze, Sesto Fiorentino, Italy
W3-5 15:45 - 16:00
Luminescence from site-controlled InGaN/GaN quantum dots
R. W. Martin
, P. R. Edwards, R. A. Taylor, J. H. Rice, J. H. Na, J. W. Robinson, I. M. Watson, and C. Liu
Dept. of Physics, University of Strathclyde, Glasgow, United Kingdom

Coffee Break 16:00 - 16:30

W4 III-N Microcavities and Quantum Wells Conference Hall 16:30 - 18:15
(chairmen: E. Calleja)
W4-1 16:30 - 17:00
Lattice-matched AlInN/GaN distributed Bragg reflectors for nitride microcavities (invited)
J-F. Carlin
, J. Dorsaz, C. Zellweger, N. Grandjean, and M. Ilegems
Institute of Quantum Electronics and Photonics, Swiss Federal Institute of Technology / Ecole polytechnique fédérale, Switzerland
W4-2 17:00 - 17:15
Advances in the realization of GaN-based microcavities: towards strong coupling at room temperature
F. Semond
, F. Natali, D. Byrne, M. Leroux, and J. Massies
CRHEA-CNRS, Valbonne, France
W4-3 17:15 - 17:30
Observation of cavity polaritons in InGaN quantum well microcavities
T. Tawara
, H. Gotoh, T. Akasaka, N. Kobayashi, T. Makimoto, and T. Saitoh
NTT Basic Research Laboratories, NTT Corporation, Kanagawa, Japan
W4-4 17:30 - 17:45
Strong microcavity effects in InGaN/GaN heterostructures on Si-substrates
J. Christen, C. Hums, A. Hoffmann, Th. Hempel, S. Petzold, A. Dadgar, and A. Krost
Institute of Experimental Physics, Otto-von-Guericke-University, Magdeburg, Germany
W4-5 17:45 - 18:00
Optical properties of nonpolar GaN/(AlGa)N multiple quantum wells
N. Akopian, G. Bahir, D. Gershoni, M. D. Craven, J. S. Speck, and S. P. DenBaars
Solid State Institute, Technion-Israel Institute of Technology, Haifa, Israel
W4-6 18:00 - 18:15
Digital alloys: short period superlattices of AlN/AlGaN for ultraviolet device applications
S. A. Nikishin
, B. A. Borisov, V. V. Kuryatkov, J. Saxena, G. D. Kipshidze, K. A. Bulashevich, I. A. Zhmakin, S. Yu. Karpov, Yu. N. Makarov, M. Holtz, and H. Temkin
Nano Tech Center / Dept. of Electrical and Computer Engineering, Texas Tech. University, Lubbock, USA

Down Town Excursion and Boat Trip 20:00 - 00:00



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Thursday, July 1

T1 Polaritons in Microcavities I Conference Hall 09:00 - 10:30
(chairmen: A. Kavokin)
T1-1 09:00 - 09:30
Nonlinear dynamics of polariton scattering in semiconductor microcavity: bistability vs stimulated scattering (invited)
N. A. Gippius
, S. G. Tikhodeev, V. D. Kulakovskii, D. N. Krizhanovskii, A. I. Tartakovskii, and L. V. Keldysh
A.M. Prokhorov General Physics Institute, Russia
T1-2 09:30 - 10:00
Towards evidence of spontaneous polariton condensation in II-VI microcavities (invited)
M. Richard
, J. Kasprzak, R. André, R. Romestain, and Le Si Dang
CEA-CNRS-UJF joint group Nanophysique et Semiconducteurs Laboratoire de Spectrométrie Physique, Université Joseph Fourier - Grenoble, France
T1-3 10:00 - 10:15
Instability effects in cw FWM of cavity polaritons in planar microcavities
V. D. Kulakovskii
, M. N. Makhonin, D. N. Krizhanovskii, N. A. Gippius, and S. G. Tikhodeev
Solid State Physics Institute, Chernogolovka, Russia
T1-4 10:15 - 10:30
Amplification of polariton incoherent emission
J. Bloch
, B. Sermage, P. Senellart, R. André, and Le Si Dang
LPN/CNRS, Marcoussis, France

Coffee Break 10:30 - 11:00

T2 Polaritons in Microcavities II Conference Hall 11:00 - 12:30
(chairmen: Le Si Dang)
T2-1 11:00 - 11:30
Spin and charge dynamics of polaritons in semiconductor microcavities (invited)
J. J. Baumberg

University of Southampton, United Kingdom
T2-2 11:30 - 11:45
Linear polarisation inversion: A signature of Coulomb scattering of cavity polaritons with opposite spins
K. V. Kavokin
, P. Renucci, T. Amand, X. Marie, P. Senellart, J. Bloch, and B. Sermage
Ioffe Institute, St.-Petersburg, Russia
T2-3 11:45 - 12:00
Polarization dynamics of microcavity polaritons: Three excitation regimes
L. Klopotowski
, A. Amo, M. D. Martin, L. Viña, and R. André
Dept. Física Materiales, Universidad Autónoma de Madrid, Spain
T2-4 12:00 - 12:15
Polariton magneto-spectroscopy in GaAs/AlGaAs microcavities with modulation doped quantum wells
A. Gabbay, B. M. Ashkinadze, E. Cohen, E. Linder, and L. N. Pfeiffer
Solid State Institute, Technion-Israel Institute of Technology, Haifa 32000, Israel
T2-5 12:15 - 12:30
Spin dynamics of exciton polaritons in semiconductor microcavities
I. Shelykh
, K. V. Kavokin, A. V. Kavokin, and G. Malpuech
LASMEA / Université Blaise Pascal, Aubiére, France

Lunch Break 12:30 - 14:00

T3 Microcavities and Photonic Crystals III Conference Hall 14:00 - 15:30
(chairmen: L. Viña)
T3-1 14:00 - 14:30
Ultrafast photoinduced shift of cavity modes in semiconductor microcavity under femtosecond excitations (invited)
E. A. Vinogradov

Institute of Spectroscopy of RAS, Troizk, Russia
T3-2 14:30 - 14:45
Enhanced polariton relaxation by electron- polariton collisions
M. Perrin
, J. Bloch, A. Lemaître, and P. Senellart
LPN/CNRS, Marcoussis, France
T3-3 14:45 - 15:00
Spontaneous coherence buildup in a polariton laser
F. P. Laussy
, G. Malpuech, A. Kavokin, and P. Bigenwald
LASMEA / Université Blaise Pascal, Aubiére, France
T3-4 15:00 - 15:15
One-dimensional photonic crystals based on periodic quantum well structures
L. I. Deych
, M. V. Erementchouk, A. A. Lisyansky, E. L.. Ivchenko, and M. M. Voronov
Physics Dept., Queens College, City University of New York, USA
T3-5 15:15 - 15:30
Branch-entangled polariton pairs: planar microcavities versus photonic wires
C. Ciuti

Laboratoire Pierre Aigrain, Ecole Normale Supérieure, Paris, France

Coffee Break 15:30 - 16:00

T4 III-N Nanostructures II Conference Hall 16:00 - 17:45
(chairmen: A. Di Carlo)
T4-1 16:00 - 16:30
Growth and fabrication of nitride-based UV devices on various substrates (invited)
H. Amano
, K. Balakrishnan, M. Iwaya, S. Kamiyama, and I. Akasaki
High-Tech Research Center, 21st Century COE Nanofactory, Meijo University, Nagoya, Japan
T4-2 16:30 - 17:00
Microstructure and electronic properties of InGaN quantum wells (invited)
F. A. Ponce

Dept. of Physics and Astronomy, Arizona State University, Tempe, USA
T4-3 17:00 - 17:15
Absorption and Raman scattering processes in InN films and dots
O. Briot, B. Maleyre, S. Ruffenach, C. Pinquier, F. Demangeot, J. Frandon, and B. Gil
LASMEA / Université Blaise Pascal, AubiGroupe d'Etudes des Semiconducteurs, Université Montpellier II, France
T4-4 17:15 - 17:30
Correlation among growth conditions, crystal structures and optical properties of InN
Y. Nanishi
, T. Araki, H. Naoi, M. Kurouchi, and T. Yamaguchi
Dept. of Photonics, Ritsumeikan University 1-1-1 Noji-higashi, Kusatsu, Japan
T4-5 17:30 - 17:45
Optical properties of InN with stoichoimetry violation and indium clustering
T. V. Shubina
, S. V. Ivanov, V. N. Jmerik, M. M. Glazov, A. Vasson, J. Leymarie, A. Kavokin, H. Amano, I. Akasaki, K. S. A. Butcher, Q. Guo, B. Monemar, and P. S. Kop'ev
Ioffe Institute, St.-Petersburg, Russia

T5p Poster Session Poster Hall 18:00 - 20:00



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Friday, July 2

F1 Quantum Dots Conference Hall 09:00 - 10:45
(chairmen: K.P. O'Donnel)
F1-1 09:00 - 09:30
Progress in fabrication and optical properties of GaN-based quantum dots (invited)
Y. Arakawa

University of Tokyo, Japan
F1-2 09:30 - 10:00
Quantum dot formation induced by surface energy change of a 2D strained layer: the case of II-VI and nitrides nanostructures (invited)
H. Mariette

Université Joseph Fourier Grenoble, France
F1-3 10:00 - 10:15
High-efficiency electron-beam pumped green semiconductor lasers based on multiple quantum disk sheets
M. M. Zverev, S. V. Sorokin, I. V. Sedova, D. V. Peregoudov, S. V. Ivanov, and P. S. Kop'ev
Ioffe Institute, St.-Petersburg, Russia
F1-4 10:15 - 10:30
Coherent quantum control of biexciton in a single quantum dot
T. Flissikowski, A. Betke, I. A. Akimov, and F. Henneberger
Humboldt - Institut für Physik, Universität zu Berlin, Germany / Ioffe Institute, St.-Petersburg, Russia
F1-5 10:30 - 10:45
Optical spin polarization in double-charged InAs self-assembled quantum dots
V. K. Kalevich
, K. V. Kavokin, M. Ikezawa, T. Okuno, A. Yu. Shiryaev, A. E. Zhukov, V. M. Ustinov, and Y. Masumoto
Ioffe Institute, St.-Petersburg, Russia / University of Tsukuba, Japan

Coffee Break 10:45 - 11:15

F2 Quantum Dots in Microcavities Conference Hall 11:15 - 12:30
(chairmen: J. Y. Duboz)
F2-1 11:15 - 11:45
Quantum dot VCSELs (invited)
V. M. Ustinov

Ioffe Institute, St.-Petersburg, Russia
F2-2 11:45 - 12:00
Single and double photon emission from quantum dots embedded in optical microcavities
J. L. Perea
, C. Tejedor, D. Porras
Universidad Autonóma de Madrid, Spain
F2-3 12:00 - 12:15
Single dot near-field spectroscopy for photonic crystal microcavities
A. Mintairov
, Y. Tan, J. Merz, V. Tokranov, and S. Oktyabrsky
Electrical Engineering Dept., University of Notre Dame, USA
F2-4 12:15 - 12:30
CdSe/ZnSe quantum dots in microcavities for single photon emission
I. C. Robin
, R. André, A. Balocchi, H. Mariette, S. Tatarenko, Le Si Dang, and J. M. Gerard
Laboratoire de Spectrométrie Physique, Université J. Fourier-Grenoble I, France
F2-5 12:30 - 12:45
GaN/AlGaN nanocavities with AlN/GaN Bragg reflectors grown in AlGaN nanocolumns by plasma-assisted MBE
J. Ristic
, E. Calleja, and S. Fernández
ISOM-Dept. Ingeniería Electrónica, Universidad Politécnica, Madrid, Spain

Excursion and Banquette 13:00 - 23:00



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Saturday, July 3

S1 Excitonic Effects Conference Hall 09:00 - 10:45
(chairmen: C. Delalande)
S1-1 09:00 - 09:30
Collective behavior of interwell excitons in lateral traps (invited)
V. B. Timofeev

Institute of Solid State Physics, Russia
S1-2 09:30 - 10:00
Electromagnetically-induced transparency from spin coherences in semiconductors (invited)
H. Wang

Dept. of Physics / Oregon Center for Optics, University of Oregon, Eugene, USA
S1-3 10:00 - 10:15
Excitons and trions in heavily doped QW structures at high magnetic fields
V. P. Kochereshko
, D. A. Andronikov, G. Karczewski, and S. A. Crooker
Ioffe Institute, St.-Petersburg, Russia
S1-4 10:15 - 10:30
Spontaneous emission, elastic scattering and Anderson localization of exciton-polaritons in multilayer quantum-well structures
V. A. Kosobukin

Ioffe Institute, St.-Petersburg, Russia
S1-5 10:30 - 10:45
Exchange interaction: correction to the effective mass of the yellow exciton in Cu2O
G. Dasbach
, D. Frohlich, H. Stolz, R. Klieber, D. Suter, and M. Bayer
Institut für Physik, Universität Dortmund, Germany / Laboratoire Pierre Aigrain, Ecole Normal Supérieure, Paris, France

Coffee Break 10:45 - 11:15

S2 Wide Band-gap Materials Conference Hall 11:15 - 13:00
(chairmen: S. V. Ivanov)
S2-1 11:15 - 11:45
ZnO based heterostructures for optoelectronics and magnetoelectronics (invited)
A. Waag

Braunschweig Technical University, Germany
S2-2 11:45 - 12:15
Biexcitons and their dephasing processes in ZnO (invited)
S. Adachi
, K. Hazu, T. Sota, S.F. Chichibu, G. Cantwell, D. C. Reynolds, and C. W. Litton
Dept. of Applied Physics, Hokkaido University, Japan
S2-3 12:15 - 12:30
Valence-band ordering and magneto-optical properties of bound excitons in ZnO
A. V. Rodina
, M. Strassburg, M. Dworzak, U. Haboeck, A. Hoffmann, A. Zeuner, H. R. Alves, D. M. Hofmann, and B. K. Meyer
Ioffe Institute, St.-Petersburg, Russia / Institute of Solid State Physics, Technical University of Berlin, Germany
S2-4 12:30 - 12:45
Temperature-dependent polarized luminescence of exciton polaritons in ZnO films
A. A. Toropov
, O. V. Nekrutkina, T. V. Shubina, Th. Gruber and C. Kirchner, A. Waag, K. F. Karlsson, and B. Monemar
Ioffe Institute, St.-Petersburg, Russia
S2-5 12:45 - 13:00
Effects of the strong coupling between light and excitons in slabs of the PbI4- based layered perovskite-type semiconductors
V. V. Popov
, T. Yu. Bagaeva, and T. V. Teperik
Institute of Radio Engineering and Electronics, Saratov, Russia

Lunch Break 13:00 - 14:30

S3 Magnetic Semiconductors Conference Hall 14:30 - 15:30
(chairmen: K. Kavokin)
S3-1 14:30 - 15:00
Magnetic circular dichroism in ferromagnetic semiconductors (invited)
T. Dietl

Institute of Physics, Polish Academy of Sciences, Poland
S3-2 15:00 - 15:15
Spin-lattice relaxation in diluted magnetic (Cd,Mn)Se quantum dots
A. Hundt
, J. Puls, and F. Henneberger
Institut für Physik der Humboldt Universität zu Berlin, Germany
S3-3 15:15 - 15:30
Exciton quantum beats in CdMnTe quantum wells
M. Vladimirova
, M. Nawrocki, and D. Scalbert
Groupe d'Etude des Semiconducteurs, Université Montpellier 2, France

Closing Remarks 15:30 - 15:50

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Best Paper Awards

Best Paper Awards (I - $600, II - $400, and III - $250) and Best Poster Award ($250) are sponsored by Samsung Electromechanics Co. Ltd.
I prize
T. Flissikowski
, A. Betke, I. A. Akimov, and F. Henneberger
"Coherent quantum control of biexciton in a single quantum dot"
Humboldt - Institut für Physik, Universität zu Berlin, Germany /
Ioffe Institute, St.-Petersburg, Russia
II prize
J. Bloch
, B. Sermage, P. Senellart, R. Andre, and Le Si Dang
"Amplification of polariton incoherent emission"
LPN/CNRS, Marcoussis, France
III prize
J. Ristic
, E. Calleja, and S. Fernandez
"GaN/AlGaN nanocavities with AlN/GaN Bragg reflectors grown in AlGaN nanocolumns by plasma-assisted MBE"
ISOM-Dept. Ingeniería Electrónica, Universidad Politécnica,
Madrid, Spain
Best Poster
T. V. Teperik
, V. V. Popov, and F. J. Garcia de Abajo
"Total resonant absorption of light by plasmons in periodic metallic nanoporous film"
Institute of Radio Engineering and Electronics, Saratov, Russia



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