The
Jubilee 8th International Workshop
"From
Andreev Reflection to the International Space Station"
with
special topic "40 years with Andreev Reflection"
Björkliden, Kiruna, Sweden, March 20-27, 2004
Organizing Committee:
Leonid Kuzmin, Gothenburg, - Chairman
Tord Claeson, Gothenburg
Alexander Golubov, Twente
Jukka Pekola, Helsinki
Anna Kydiyarova-Shevchenko, Gothenburg
Hans-Georg Meyer, Jena
Michael Tarasov, Moscow - Gothenburg
Vladimir Gromov, Moscow-Gothenburg
Ann-Marie Frykestig, Gothenburg
After successful experience of
previous International School/Workshops in 2000 -2003 in Björkliden
we continue this line and organize the 8th International
Workshop. The workshop will be devoted to the progress in nonequilibrium effects
in mesoscopic structures, supersensitive
cryogenic detectors and possible applications. Special attention will be
paid to Andreev reflection discovered 40 years ago. Young scientists are
very welcome for participation. Special lectures and tutorials will be
organized for PhD students and young scientists.
Special attention will
be paid to cooperation of our activity for participation in the 6 EU Framework
Programme. The related meeting of ESA-led Concortium "Developmement of
Superconducting Sensor Arrays" is under discussion. The possible application
of the detectors for Terahertz imaging and balloon, ground-based
and space telescope
will be discussed.
The main topics
of the detector workshop will be nonequilibrium effects in mesoscopic structures
and possible application of these effects for supersensitive systems. The
special attention will be paid to
- 40 years with Andreev Reflection
- Cold-Electron Bolometers for
ultrasensitive detection of IR and submillimeter waves; other types
of sensors.
- Electron cooling by SIN tunnel
junctions; the problem of nonequilibrium quasiparticles in superconductors.
Cryogenics
- Spintronics
- Analog SQUID readout system,
imaging arrays of bolometers; multiplexing
- Superconducting digital interface
to large arrays of detectors
- Superconducting digital interface to Qubits; fundamental
limits for RSFQ technology
- Quasioptics and HF Filtering;
coupling with bolometers
- Astronomical tasks in submm/IR
regions
-Development of a Submillimeter
Cryogenic Telescope for the International Space Station (Project Submillimetron);
other radioastronomy projects.
- Single-photon detectors, Terahertz
Imaging
Tentative list of Participants:
- Alexander Andreev, Director of
Kapitza Institute of Physical Problems and the leader of the famous theoretical
school founded by L.D. Landau, Vice President of the Russian Academy of
Science
- Mark Blamire, Cambridge. Andreev Coupling and
Pi junctions in Superconductor / Ferromagnet Heterostructures
- Nikolai Kardashev, Astro Space
Center RAS, Moscow, Leader of Russian radioastronomy, Leader of the Project
Submillimetron for the International Space Station
- Leonid Kuzmin, Gothenburg.
Ultimate Cold-Electron Bolometers
- Michael Tarasov, Gothenburg-Moscow.
Quasi-optical qualification of bolometers,
-Vladimir Gromov, Vladimir Kurt,
Astro Space Center, Moscow, Description of the cryogenic telescope for
the ISS - the Submillimetron project
Preliminary program of the
school:
- oral presentations
- poster and short oral presentations
- INTAS meeting
- workshop on the project Submillimetron
(Submillimeter Cryogenic Telescope for the International Space Station)
- round table discussions on
the most actual topics (possible topics: optimal bolometer system , nonequilibrium
quasiparticles in superconductor, phton counters, optimal cryogenic
system: 3He refrigeratior or DIL...?)
- ESA Consortium meeting and
6 EU FP meeting, March 27
Workshop fee:
9000 kr - double room, 10200
kr - single room, 7100 kr - cottage for 4-5 persons. The fee includes full
lodging and board, and, a copy of the Proceeding.
The supposed number of participants
is around 30-40.
More information about our workshops
and Project Submillimetron can be found on the Web-sites:
http://www.asc.rssi.ru/submillimetron/submill.htm
- Submillimetron Project
Igloo program:
The program will include building
a record snow Igloo using only traditional Eskimo instrument - a saw. Impressive
record is planned for this year – 2.1 tons on the top!
We estimate that this figure can be achieved by 29-30 participants
on the top of Igloo. The igloo will have an average diameter of 4
m 30 cm (an internal diameter of 3m80 cm), 5 tons of snow will be
spread out on the surface of shell more than 30 m2.
Probably, 40 years of Andreev Reflection will be celebrated by
a new design: 4-corner igloo (pyramid-style) - no analog in
the world.
A new technology of snow building will be used for
this purpose (using another principle of installation of blocks and
their fixation in comparison with classical Eskimo constructions).
Of course, it will be done in the best traditions of Eskimo snow skill
using only saws for block cutting. An attempt of the new Guinness World
Record is planned for the last day of our school. Some photos of Igloo-01-03
can be found on the web: http://fy.chalmers.se/~kuzmin/HOBBY/IGLOO/igloo-list.html
and http://fy.chalmers.se/~f4agro/6WARISS/