Nov 29 2005
To mark the Einstein Year of Physics (2005), a Sino-German Symposium on Quantum Engineering was held from Nov. 23 to 27 at the CAS Institute of Physics in Beijing. The event gathered more than 30 top level scientists in the field from the two counties.
The five-day meeting provided a forum for the systematic exchanges, and will lay a solid foundation for the establishment of future scientific collaborations between Chinese scientists and their German colleagues, says ZHANG Jie, CAS member and director of the CAS Bureau of Basic Sciences.
The topics of this symposium mainly focused on the new fields of quantum engineering, its status quo as well as its breathtaking developments, and the pioneering contributions of Einstein's work to our modern understanding of Quantum Physics.
Started in 2001, Sino-German quantum engineering exchanges and cooperation have begun benefiting both sides, and more exchanges were carried out on concrete research spheres, notes Prof. Zhang.
"Exchanges are reciprocal at present." acknowledged Zhang, adding that previously Sino-Germany exchanges in the field were confined mainly to visits by Chinese scholars or students to Germany to do researches or advanced studies. China is now able to turn out first-rate laser equipment that yields longer hydronium passage and the physical process involved has led to more in-depth studies, Zhang was quoted as saying by Xinhua, and "Germany is in need of those laser equipment with high attainments made in China."
Germany's advanced quantum physics application technology is helpful in Sino-German quantum engineering program and can make up China's deficiency in applied sciences, according to Zhang, who has long been dedicated to plasma physics.
German participants of the symposium also spoke highly of the cooperation in the field. Dr. Herbert Walther, former director with the German Max-Planck Institute of Quantum Optics, was quoted as saying by Xinhua, that Chinese students are very smart with physics and German scientific circle hopes more Chinese students will study or do researches in Germany, which can integrate both sides' "thinking sparkles.'
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