List of Visitor's Talks　          (Fiscal 1998)

98.4.1           Prof. Kazunobu Hayakawa                  Hokkaido University

                   "Characterization of Surface Magnetism"

98.4.3           Prof. Patrick Soukiassian     Universite de Paris-Sud, Orsay, France

                   "Silicon Carbide Surfaces and Interfaces : from Atomic Control to

Self-Organized Si Atomic Lines. "

98.6.8           Dr. Sayuri Ritchie               University of British Columbia, Canada

                   "Epitaxial growth of LaF₃ on III-V semiconductor heterostructures"

98.6.19         Dr. Michio Kondo         Electrotechnical Laboratory (ETL)

                   "Peculiar Relationship between Hydrogen and Si Low Temperature Growth"

98.7.22         Prof. Akiko Natori                  University of Electro-Communications

                   "Relaxation Dynamics of Surface Morphology of Si Surfaces"

98.10.5         Dr. Vishal Nayar                Defence Research Agency, U.K.

"Bonded Silicon Silicide on Insulator, a Study of Chemical，

Physical and Optical Properties for Advanced Device Fabrication"

98.10.9         Dr. Yan Feng                     National Research Council of Canada, Canada

                   "Grating-Assisted Surface Emitting Laser Transmitter with

Image-Forming Capability"

"Nanofabrication at National Research Council of Canada"

98.10.26       Prof. S. Ashok                   Pennsylvania State University, U.S.A.

                   "Hydrogen in Silicon : Defect Interactions and Applications"

98.11.27       Dr. Philippe Grangier          Ecole Polytechnique, Orsay, France

                   "Quantum Non-Demolition Measurements in Optics"

98.12.15       Prof. Yuji Takakuwa               Tohoku University　

                   "Reaction Model of Si Thermal Oxidation: Roles of Decomposition and Reoxidation"

99.1.13         Prof. Ken-ichi Tanaka                  Waseda University

                   "Chemical Fabrication of Metal Surfaces by Adsorption and Reaction"

99.1.13         Prof. Hiroshi Tochihara                  Kyushu University

                   "Atomic Process during the '1x1' - 7x7 Phase Transition on Si(111)"

99.1.26         Dr. Louis J. Terminello       Lawrence Livermore National Laboratory, U.S.A.

                   "Quantum Confinement in Nanoclusters Measurements Using Soft X-rays"

99.1.26         Dr. Rupert C. C. Perera      Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory, U.S.A.

                   "New Opportunities for X-ray Spectroscopy at ALS in 1-2 keV Region"

99.2.8           Dr. Frances M. Ross           IBM T. J. Watson Research Center, U.S.A

"Island Formation in Lattice-Mismatched Systems:

Ge/Si(100) and CoSi2/Si(111)"

98.5.27　       Prof. Rudolf P. Huebener     Universitat Tuebingen, Germany

                   "Damping of the Vortex Motion in the Cuprate Superconductors"

98.8.19         Prof. Dmitri Averin             State University of NewYork, U.S.A.

                   "Andreev Reflection and Coulomb Blockade in

High-Transparency Josephson Junctions"

98.8.28         Prof. Yoseph Imry               Weizmann Institute of Science, Israel

                   "Interference and Dephasing in Mesoscopic Systems"

98.10.20       Prof. Richard G. Jones         University of Kent, U.K.

                   "Polysilanes - Materials for the 21st Century ?"

98.10.20       Dr. Michael J. Went            University of Kent, U.K.

                   "Metal Functionalisation and Tacticity Variations in Polysilanes"

98.11.13       Dr. Lambert Alff                 University of Cologne, Germany

                   "Grain Boundary Junctions and Pairing Symmetry of Electron-doped

and Hole-doped Cuprate Superconductors"

98.11.20       Prof. Bernard Pannetier       CNRS Grenoble, France

                   "Mesoscopic Proximity Effect in Metalic Normal Metal- Superconductor

Structures"

98.11.25       Prof. Michel Devoret           CEA-Saclay, France

                   "Can We Implement Quantum Bits in Mesoscopic Superconducting Circuits ?"

99.3.1           Prof. Akio Teramoto                  Ritsumeikan University

                  "Order-Disorder Transition of Rigid Rodlike Polymers in Solution: Triple Helical      

                   Polysaccaride and Polyisocyanate"

99.3.1           Prof. Takahiro Sato               Osaka University

                  "Liquid Crystalline Properties of Rigid Rodlike Polymers"

98.4.14         Prof. Klaus H. Ploog             Paul-Drude-Institute, Germany

                   "Patterned High-Index Substrates as Templates for Novel Quantum Wire

and Quantum Dot Arrays in Hydrogen-Assisted MBE"

98.4.21         Prof. Klaus H. Ploog             Paul-Drude-Institute, Germany

                   "MBE Growth and Properties of Cubic Group III-Nitrides"

98.5.27         Dr. Mohamed Henini            Nottingham University, U.K.

"Properties of Low Dimensional Structures and Devices Investigated at

Nottingham: Resonant Tunneling Diodes, 2D Hole Gases, and Quantum Dot"

98.5.29         Dr. Eduard Chilla                Paul-Drude-Institut, Germany

                   "Scanning Probe Methods on Oscillating Surfaces"

98.7.10         Dr. Alwin Verschueren          Delft University of Technology, Netherlands

                   "Carbon Nanotubes"

98.9.29                       Prof. Yshai Avishai              Ben-Gurion University of Nagev, Israel

                   "Nonlinear Response of a Few Level System to a Strong AC Field"

98.10.2         Prof. Yshai Avishai               Ben-Gurion University of Nagev, Israel

         "Nonlinear Response of a Kondo System: Direct and

                   Alternating Tunneling Currents"

98.10.9         Prof. Dieter Weiss                University of Regensburg, Germany

                   "Electrons and Composite Fermions in Lateral Superlattices"

98.10.12       Prof. Pierre M. Petroff           University of California, , U.S.A.

                  "Growth, Carrier Dynamics and Device Prospects in Semiconductor

       Self-Assembled Quantum Dots."

98.10.23       Prof. Jun-ichi Ezawa                    Tohoku University

                   "Quantum Phase Phenomena in Quantum Hall States"

98.11.18       Prof. James L. Merz              University of Notre Dame, U.S.A.

                   "Nanostructure Self-Assembly as an Emerging Technology"

98.11.25       Dr. Stuart A. Wolf                Naval Research Laboratory, U.S.A.

                   "Physical and Optical Properties for Advanced Device Fabrication"

99.3.11         Dr. Nada El-Zein                 Motorola Labs., U.S.A.

                   "Physical and Optical Properties for Advanced Device Fabrication"

99.3.15         Dr. David Goldhaber-Gordon          Massachusetts Institute of Technology, U.S.A.

                   "The Kondo Effect in a Single Electron Transistor"

99.3.23         Prof. Yuli V. Nazarov            Delft University of Technology, Netherlands

                   "Current Drag in Capacitively Coupled Luttinger Constrictions"

98.4.8          Dr. S. Hughes                     Washington State University, U.S.A.

                   "Ultrafast Coherent Interactions in Quantum Wells"

98.6.5          Prof. Seth Lloyd                   Massachusetts Institute of Technology, U.S.A.

                   "Quantum Computation and Quantum Communication"

98.6.8           Dr. Ray Murray                    Imperial College, U.K.

                   "1.3 Micron Room Temperature Electroluminescence

                   from InAs/GaAs Quantum Dots"

98.7.27         Dr. Anders Karlsson             Royal Institute of Technology, Sweden

                   "Progress on Long Wavelength Quantum Cryptography Systems"

98.8.18        Dr. Alexander L. Efros          Naval Research laboratory, U.S.A

                   "Optical Properties of Nanocrystal Quantum Dots I"

98.9.9           Dr. Alexander L. Efros         Naval Research laboratory, U.S.A

                   "Optical Properties of Nanocrystal Quantum Dots II"

98.10.14       Prof. Wolfgang Elsaesser       Darmstadt University of Technology, Germany

                   "Quantum Noise and Amplitude Squeezing Performances of VCSELs"

98.10.19       Dr. Amalia Patane                Nottingham University, U.K.

                   ""InGaAs/AlGaAs Self-Assembled Quantum Dots: Optical

                   Properties and Device Applications"

98.10.19       Prof. Christos Flytzanis         Ecole Polytechnique, France

"Ultrafast Off-Equilibrium Electron Dynamics and Optical

Nonlinearities in Noble Metal Nanoparticles"

98.11.27       Dr. Philippe Grangier            Institut d'Optique, Orsay, France

                   "Quantum Non-Demolition Measurements in Optics"

99.1.26         Prof. Victor N. Zadkov          Moscow State University, Russia

                   "Molecular Dynamics Study of Photoinduced Reactions in

                   Isolated and Surface-Adsorbed Stilbene Molecule"

99.3.25        Dr. Mohamed Henini            Nottingham University, U.K

                   "Structural and Optical Properties of Self-Assembled Quantum Dots

Grown on High Index Planes"

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