• Buried semiconductor epitaxial microcavity. (E. G. Johnson, D. G. Deppe, C. K. Shih)
• Semiconductor photonic crystal microcavity. (E. L. Hu, P. Petroff, D. Bouwmeester)
• Silica toroidal microcavity. (K. J. Vahala)

New developments in semiconductor and superconductor-based nanotechnology have made possible the investigation of light-matter coupling in solid state systems with cavity-confined electromagnetic modes.

The solid state nature of these systems gives a new perspective to quantum effects that have been traditionally investigated in atomic and molecular systems.

This Harrington symposium will provide a timely platform for an active discussion on this very exciting frontier area.

• Rabi oscillations and Purcell effect in Quantum Dots
• Superconductor Cavity QED
• BEC and Dynamics of Microcavity Polaritons
• Applications of cavity QED to Quantum Information
• Cavity QED with Organic Optical Media
• Optical Nanoresonators