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Press invite: 26th International Conference on the Physics of Semiconductors
July 10, 2002A laser-based system that could revolutionise both medical imaging and communications, progress towards building the first solid state `quantum` computer and developments in nanotechnology are just some the topics being featured at the 26th International Conference on the Physics of Semiconductors.
The five-day conference is being organised by the Institute of Physics on behalf of the International Union of Pure and Applied Physics (IUPAP). It is expected to attract around 1000 delegates, will take place from 29 July to 2 August at the Edinburgh International Conference Centre.
There are 36 different symposia within the conference, including `New Directions in Silicon Physics and Technology`, `Hybrid and Nanostructured Electronic Devices`, `Quantum Transport`, `Photonic Devices`, `Microcavities` and `Novel Emitters`.
In addition to the presentations in each symposium, there will be eight plenary lectures by world-renowned researchers. These include:
* Carbon Nanoelectronics by PL McEuen of Cornell University in the USA,
* Ferromagnetic Semiconductor Spintronics by H Ohno of Tohoku University in Japan,
* Quantum Optics with Quantum Dots by JM Gérard of CEA Grenoble (Commissariat ' l`Energie Atomique) in France,
* Theory of Electronic States and Transport in Carbon Nanotubes by T Ando of the Tokyo Institute of Technology in Japan,
* The Physics of Polymer Semiconductor Devices by RH Friend of the University of Cambridge in the UK.
Journalists will be very welcome to attend all or any part of the proceedings at no charge. Further news releases with more detail about individual topics and contact information for the press will be issued before the conference.
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