About PQE-2009

The Winter Colloquium on the Physics of Quantum Electronics, known as PQE, is an annual physics conference that attracts the world's experts in laser physics, quantum physics, and many other areas. This was the 39th year of the meeting.

The 39th Winter Colloquium on the Physics of Quantum Electronics was held in Snowbird, Utah from January 4 to 9, 2009, continuing the tradition of being one of the longest running conferences in laser physics. Participants enjoyed very high quality talks surrounded by the magnificent splendor of the mountains in the Wasatch-Cache National Forest.

As in past years, the conference started with a reception Sunday evening in honor of the recipients of the 2009 Willis Lamb medal. This is an award presented annually to a member of the community who has made a significant impact to the field of laser science. This years winners were Robert W. Boyd of the University of Rochester, Robert L. Byer of Stanford University, and Norbert Kroó of the Hungarian Academy of Sciences.

This year, 222 participants attended 31 plenary and 167 invited talks. The talks covered a wide range of topics, including cold atoms, quantum optics, quantum coherence effects (including slow and fast light), quantum measurements, attosecond science, superradiance, plasmonics, Raman and CARS spectroscopy, imaging, and quantum nucleonics.

The conference was organized by Marlan Scully of Texas A&M and Princeton Universities, M. Suhail Zubairy of Texas A&M University, and George R. Welch, also of Texas A&M University.

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