Pioneer Symposia

2024 KPS Spring Meeting   April 23-26, 2024   Daejeon Convention Center

Pioneer symposia are consisted of several invited talks on hot issues of physics sub-fields. Each symposium is made in English and extends at least 2 sessions in a meeting. Symposium titles and organizers of pioneer symposia for upcoming meeting are as follows. E represents an ‘English session’ where all authors present in English.


1) E [Particles and Fields & Nuclear Physics] Forward Physics at the LHC

   Time: April 25 (Thursday) 08:30 - 09:42, 14:24 - 15:36

   Venue: DCC1   Rm.101  

 

  [Organizers] LEE Kang Young (Gyeongsang National Univ.), YOON Chun Sil (Gyeongsang National Univ.), KIM Yeong Gyun (Gwangju National Univ. of Education), CHOI Ki-Young (Sungkyunkwan Univ.)
 

  [Invited Speakers]

Session Code: D1-pa, April 25 (Thursday) 08:30 - 09:42

  • DE LELLIS Giovanni (Physics, University of Naples "Federico II", Italy): "The new era of collider neutrinos: the Scattering and Neutrino Detector at the LHC"
  • KOMATSU Masahiro (Physics, Nagoya University, Japan): “Activities of Nagoya Emulsion Group”
  • YOON Chun Sil (The Research Institute of Natural Science, Gyeongsang National University): “Contributions from the Korean Emulsion Group”

Session Code: F1-pa, Time: April 25 (Thursday) 14:24 - 15:36

  • DE LELLIS Giovanni (Physics, University of Naples "Federico II", Italy): “Upgrade Plan of the SND@LHC experiment at CERN”
  • SATO Osamu (Physics, Nagoya University, Japan) “FASER experiment and performances of neutrino detectors with nuclear emulsion detector”
  • JEONG Yu Seon (High Energy Physics Center, Chung-Ang University): “Physics with forward neutrinos at the LHC”

 

   [Scope]
Recently the new LHC experiments of SND@LHC and FASER have started in the forward region of the ATLAS interaction point. They observe high energy neutrinos produced at the LHC and search for feebly interacting particles. We explain the SND@LHC experiment and future prospect of the forward physics at the LHC.



2) E [Condensed-Matter Physics & Applied Physics] Recent Advancement in XFEL and Synchrotron Radiation Science

   Time: April 25 (Thursday) 08:30 - 10:06, 14:24 - 16:00

   Venue: DCC1   Rm.107  

 

  [Organizers] KIM Hyunjung (Sogang Univ.), MUN Bongjin (GIST), KANG Hyon Chul (Chosun Univ.)
 

  [Invited Speakers]

Session Code: D7-co, Time: April 25 (Thursday) 08:30 - 10:06

  • WALUYO Iradwikanari (National Synchrotron Light Source II, Brookhaven National Laboratory, USA): "Energy Science Research using In Situ and Operando Soft X-ray Spectroscopy at the National Synchrotron Light Source II"
  • DíEZ MUIñO Ricardo (Donostia International Physics Center DIPC, San Sebastian, Spain): “Energy dissipation in the dynamics of atoms and molecules at metal surfaces”
  • LEE KyeoReh (Department of Physics, KAIST): “Recent advances in X-ray phase imaging”
  • KIM Jeongjin (Pohang Light Source II, Pohang Accelerator Laboratory/POSTECH): “In situ AP-XPS studies on bimetallic alloy surfaces at the Pohang Light Source II”

Session Code: F7-co, Time: April 25 (Thursday) 14:24 - 16:00

  • DRESSELHAUS-MARAIS Leora (Materials Science and Engineering, Stanford University, USA) “Multiscale Imaging using Ultrafast Dark-Field X-ray Microscopy”
  • KIM Kyungwan (Department of Physics, Chungbuk National University): “Ultrafast lattice control of SrRuO3/SrTiO3 superlattices”
  • SONG Changyong (Physics, POSTECH): “Direct observation of nanoparticle melting at femtosecond and nanometer scale with the XFEL”
  • HA Sung Soo (Department of Physics, Sogang University): “Ultrafast distorted domain dynamics in SrTiO3 Nanocrystals by Time-resolved Bragg Coherent X-ray Diffraction Imaging”

 

   [Scope]
Currently, the community of physics around the world is experiencing a new renaissance with the emerging resources of free electron lasers and synchrotron radiation facility that provide extreme X-rays that transcend the existing limitations, e.g. coherence and brightness. It is clear that the extreme X-rays open up a new research field of condensed matter physics. In this session, we would like to invite domestic and foreign scholars in related fields to collect opinions on recent X-ray science results and future development plans in related fields. This session will provide valuable information to future X-ray science scholars.



3) E [Semiconductor Physics & Applied Physics] Physics of Si-compatible Ferroelectric Memory

   Time: April 25 (Thursday) 08:30 - 10:06, 14:24 - 16:00

   Venue: DCC1   Rm.202  

 

  [Organizers] LEE Jun Hee (UNIST), KIM Taehun (Univ. of Ulsan), KIM Yong Soo (Univ. of Ulsan)
 

  [Invited Speakers]

Session Code: D10-se, Time: April 25 (Thursday) 08:30 - 10:06

  • RAPPE Andrew Marshall (Chemistry, University of Pennsylvania, USA): "Multi-order parameter coupling and phase identification in hafnia"
  • MUSFELDT Jan (Chemistry, University of Tennessee, USA): “Structural phase purification of bulk HfO2:Y through pressure cycling”
  • KHAN Asif (School of Electrical and Computer Engineering, Georgia Institute of Technology, USA): “Interface design for high-performance ferroelectric memories”
  • LIU Shi (Department of Physics , Westlake University, China): “Understand Ferroelectric Hafnia with Deep Potential Molecular Dynamics”

Session Code: F10-se, Time: April 25 (Thursday) 14:24 - 16:00

  • LEE Jang-Sik (Department of Materials Science and Engineering, POSTECH), "Hafnia-based Ferroelectric Transistors for Memory and Neuromorphic Device Applications"
  • PARK Min Hyuk (Department of Materials Science and Engineering, College of Engineering, Seoul National University), "Device Physics Strongly Correlated with Materials Chemistry in HfO2-Based Ferroelectric Memories"
  • CHOE Duk-Hyun (Samsung Advanced Institute of Technology, Samsung Electronics), "Hafnia-based ferroelectric materials for logic and memory: An industrial point of view"
  • MOON Taehwan (Department of Intelligence Semiconductor Engineering, Ajou University), "Parallel synaptic design of ferroelectric tunnel junctions for neuromorphic computing"

 

   [Scope]
To maintain the super gap in memory semiconductors, Korea announced research on ferroelectric memory as the first alternative to NAND and DRAM by 2028. We like to discuss the physical properties and resulting device characteristics of Hf,ZrO2 series materials that are ultra-low power, highly integrated, and friendly to silicon processes.



4) E [Quantum Technology Special Sessions] Trends in Quantum Sensing Technologies

   Time:   April 25 (Thursday) 14:24 - , April 26 (Friday) 08:30 -

   Venue: DCC1   Rm.301  

 

  [Organizers] YUN Gunsu (POSTECH), LEE Donghun (Korea Univ.), PARK June Gyu (Yonsei Univ.)
 

  [Invited Speakers]

Session Code: F15-qu, Time: April 25 (Thursday) 14:24 - 16:12

  • PEARCE Emma (Institut für Physik, Humboldt-Universität zu Berlin, Germany): "Sensing Modalities with Mid-infrared Undetected Photons"
  • OH Sang-won (Ajou University): "Enhancing magnetic field sensitivity in a solid-state quantum sensor"
  • YANG Sen (Department of Physics, The Hong Kong University of Science and Technology, China): “Using NV center to study material properties”

Session Code: H15-qu, Time: April 26 (Friday) 08:30 - 10:18

  • SUH Junho (Department of Physics, POSTECH) “Cavity optomechanical devices toward quantum sensing”
  • PARK June Gyu (Department of astronomy, Yonsei University): “Ground based laser interferometer gravitational wave detector and Quantum noise of detector”
  • RA Young-Sik (Department of Physics, KAIST): “Quantum metrology for gravitational wave detection”

 

   [Scope]
Quantum sensing is an emerging field of metrology that can overcome the measurement precision and error limits of classical measurement by using the quantum phenomena such as entanglement, superposition, and squeezing of quantum states. Quantum systems utilized in sensing application are implemented in various forms such as atoms, photons, point defects, and mechanical systems, and are used for measurement of physical parameters such as electric fields, magnetic fields, temperature, and pressure. The symposium will be a venue to share the research trends, focusing on the implementation and operating principles of these quantum measurement systems.



5) E [Quantum Technology Special Sessions] Coherent Quantum Control and Quantum Computing

   Time:   April 24 (Wednesday) 12:00 - 13:48
   April 25 (Thursday) 13:00 - 14:12, 16:24 - 18:12
   April 26 (Friday) 13:00 - 14:48

   Venue: DCC1   Rm.301  

 

  [Organizers] KIM Dohun (Seoul National Univ.), CHOI Taeyoung (Ewha Womans Univ.), CHAE Eunmi (Korea Univ.)
 

  [Invited Speakers]

Session Code: A15-qu, Time: April 24 (Wednesday) 12:00 - 13:48

  • MILLS Michael (Quantinuum, USA), "Benchmarking a racetrack trapped-ion quantum processor"
  • HONG Changki (Department of Condensed matter physics, Weizmann Institute of Science), "Measuring statistics-induced entanglement entropy with an electronic Hong-Ou-Mandel interferometer"
  • ANDEREGG Loic (Physics, Harvard University, USA), "Laser Cooled Molecules for Quantum Science and Fundamental Physics"

Session Code: E15-qu, Time: April 25 (Thursday) 13:00 - 14:12

  • KIM Taehyun (Computer Science and Engineering, Seoul National University), "Development of a Scalable Quantum Computing System Based on Trapped Ions"
  • CHOI Taeyoung (Department of Physics, Ewha Womans University), "Trapped-ion based Quantum Computer toward scalable Quantum entanglement"
  • KIM Dohun (Department of Physics and Astronomy, Seoul National University), "Toward robust multi-qubit operations of spin qubits in silicon"

Session Code: G15-qu, Time: April 25 (Thursday) 16:24 - 18:12

  • HOME Jonathan Paul (Department of Physics, ETH Zürich, Switzerland), "Approaches to scaling trapped ion quantum processors"
  • JANG Wonjin (Institute of Physics, EPFL), "Coherent hole-photon interface in planar Ge for strong charge-photon coupling and resolving Wigner molecule states"
  • MARCINIAK Christian D. (Institut für Experimentalphysik, Universität Innsbruck, Austria), "Demonstration of fault-tolerant Steane quantum error correction"

Session Code: J15-qu, Time: April 26 (Friday) 13:00 - 14:48

  • SOHN Youngik (School of Electrical Engineering, KAIST), "Efficient simulation of integrated quantum photonics"
  • CHOI Joonhee (Electrical Engineering, Stanford University), "Approaching the frontier of analog quantum advantage"
  • AHN Jaewook (Physics, KAIST), "A Rydberg-atom approach to quantized spin-wave simulations"
  • CHOI Jae Yoon (Physics Department, KAIST), "Measuring non-local order with error-corrected quantum gas microscopes"

 

   [Scope]
Efforts to coherently control of quantum states and harness power of interference effects are not only at the forefront of advanced measurement fields in modern physics, but can also provide essential knowledge and technology for the development of next-generation quantum information devices. In this focus session series, we invite domestic and foreign experts in the field of quantum materials/devices/system construction, including various physical systems of quantum computing (atomic/ion-based, optical-based, solid integrated device/superconductivity-based, point defect-based, etc.), to share recent research results.