The 7th International Workshop

 

“From Andreev Reflection to the International Space Station through Björkliden”

 

and the 1st International Workshop “Superconducting Digital Interface”

 

Björkliden, Kiruna, Sweden, March 22-30, 2003

 

Programme

Saturday, March 22

Arrival

17.00 coffee in the conference room near lobby (Svartabjörn)

20.30-22.00 – room near lobby

 

Sunday, March 23

 

9.00-12.00 Conference room near lobby (Svarta Björn)

9.00 – 9.10 Opening

9:10 –9:40 Vladimir Gromov, ASC. "Submillimeter wave full sky survey: scientific objectives and constrains".

9.40-10.10 Michael Tarasov, CTH/IREE.

10.10-10.20 Coffee

10.20-12.00 Poster session 1

Oral presentations of posters (10-presentation + 5 min - discussion):

 

Sebastien Lefranc , Institut d'Astrophysique Spatiale. “FIBRE, a submillimeter spectrometer using multiplexed Transition Edge Sensor bolometers.”

A. Savin, , Helsinki University of Technology. “Electron Cooling by Superconductor-Semiconductor Structures with Schottky Barrier”

V. Zakosarenko. IPHT. “Integrated SQUID-Gradiometer for Magnetic  Micro-Calorimeter”

A. Kalbukhov. CTH/MSU. “SQUID femtoamperemeter readout for CEB”

I. Agulo, CTH. “Electron microrefrigeration by SIN tunnel junctions “

 

17.00-17.10 Coffee in the Svarta Björn

17.00–20.00 Conference room. Prolongation of poster session, discussions

 

Monday, March 24

9.00-12.00 Oral presentations , Svarta Björn

9.00-9.40 A.F.Andreev, Kapitza Institute , Moscow. “Two Fluid Model: New Aspects”

9.40-9.50 Coffee

9.50-10.30 M. Willander, CTH. “Study of localization of carriers in disordered semiconductors by femtosecond spectroscopy.”

10.30-11.10 L. Kuzmin, CTH. “Optimization of the cold-electron bolometers for THz imaging”

 

16.50-17.00 Coffee in the conference room Smedjan

17.00 –18.30 Meeting on Space and ground-based projects on submillimeter spectroscopy and microscopy. Vladimir Gromov, Sebastien Lefranc

 

18.30–20.00 INTAS meeting,  Chairman: M. Tarasov

20.00 Dinner

20.30-22.00 – Discussion club

 

Tuesday, March 25

 

9.00 -16.30  Building the Igloo

17.00 -20.00 Discussions

17.00-17.15 Coffee in the room near lobby (Svartabjörn)

17.00–20.00  Discussions

 

Wednesday, March 26

 

16.50-17.00 Coffee in the Conference room (Smedian)

 

17:00-18:30 Poster session in Conference room (Smedian)

Henrik Engsteg

Peter Magnusson

Irina Kataeva

Elena Tolkacheva, CTH/MSU “Asynchronous protocol for data exchange between processors in RSFQ multiuser detector”.

 

18:30-20:00 Optical interface discussion

18:30-19:00 G. Goltzman, MSPU. “Hot-Electron Superconducting Single-Photon IR Detectors and Their Applications”

19.00-19.30. V. Gromov. Perspective tasks of submillimeter spectroscopy and microscopy

 

21.0           Glögg party in the Igloo

All are invited:

 

Thursday, March 27

 

9.00-12.00

9:00-12:00 Oral session, RSFQ fundamental limits and qubits interface, Conference room (Smedian)

 

9:00-9:30 E. Il'ichev, IPHT. “Experimental investigation of the persistent current qubits.”

9:30-10:00 Anna Kidiyarova-Shevchenko, Chalmers  “RSFQ Qubit. EU project”

10:00 Coffee break

10:15-10:45 V.K. Semenov, SUNY, "SFQ Control Circuits for Josephson Junction Qubits"

11:00-11:25 L. Kuzmin, Chalmers  Overheating at low temperatures.

11:25-11:50 S. Vyshenski, MSU "Calibration of RSFQ-based driver/detector for phase-qubit"

 

16.50-17.00 Coffee in conference room

17:00-18:30 Superconducting interface for large array of sensors

17:00-17:20 S. Zakosorenko, IPHT

17:20-17:40 H.-G. Mayer, IPHT

17:40-18:10 P. Febvre, Université de Savoie, France. "Superconductive devices: from heterodyne ballon-borne detection experiments to RSFQ data processing"

18:10-18:30 K. Platov, Chalmers

 

18:40-20:00                                        Round table discussion: 

 

Bolometers/SQUIDs/RSFQ.  What readout system is better?

Participants:

Bolometers: L. Kuzmin,

SQUIDS:  S. Zakosarenko, A. Kalabukhov,  M. Tarasov

RSFQ: K. Platov, V. Semenov,  Anna

 

 

20.30-22.00 – Smedjan  or Svartabjörn ? (should be checked). Discussion club

 

Friday, March 28

 

9.00-10.00 Program for the day. Conference room

Picture of participants

10.00-10.10 Coffee

10:10-17:00 Social program

 

13.00 Travel (skiing) to Låktatjåkko by snowmobile and Lunch in Låktatjåkko

17.00-17.10 Coffee in conference room

17.00–20.00 Conference room

17:00- 18:30 Conclusions

18:30-20:00 European cooperation (participants)   Market search

 

 

21.00-

 

Saturday, March 29

Departure of the participants

 

17:00-20:00 IPR, funding. Middle Room