Quantum Engineering of Levitated Systems
2018, Sep 16 -- Sep 22
Organizers:
J. Gieseler (Harvard U.)
J. Twamley (Macquarie U.)
M. Juan (IQOQI, Innsbruck)
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Monday, September 17
| Foreword | |
| Precision searches for new physics using optically levitated sensors | |
| David Moore | |
| Non-interferometric diagnostics of collapse models | |
| Matteo Carlesso | |
| Towards a space platform for macroscopic tests of quantum physics | |
| Rainer Kaltenbaek | |
| Optomechanics with a Particle in a Magneto-Gravitational Trap | |
| Brian D'Urso | |
| Magneto-mechanical trapping of micro-diamonds at low pressures | |
| Matthew O'Brien | |
| Magnetic levitation and evaporative cooling of a mm-scale drop of superfluid liquid helium | |
| Jack Harris | |
| Levitated Micro-Magnets as Quantum Transducers | |
| Aaron Kabcenell |
Tuesday, September 18
| TBA | |
| Markus Aspelmeyer | |
| Cavity cooling of levitated nanoparticles | |
| Nadine Meyer | |
| State estimation and feedback cooling of levitated nanoparticles | |
| Ashley Setter | |
| Quantum and nonlinear optomechanics beyond ground state | |
| Radim Filip | |
| TBA | |
| Nikolai Kiesel | |
| Generalized 2nd law of thermodynamics under non- Markovian feedback control using a levitated particle | |
| Maxime Debiossac | |
| Dynamically generated Synthetic Electric Fields for Photons | |
| Petr Zapletal | |
| Exploring non-classicalities of gravity & nano-objects | |
| Sougato Bose |
Wednesday, September 19
| Size matters; pushing towards smaller particles. Rotation, microcavities and electrical control. | |
| James Millen | |
| Theory of optomechanics with rotating nanoparticles | |
| Ben Stickler | |
| Torsional optomechanics and nonequilibrium thermodynamics of a levitated nanoparticle | |
| Jonghoon Ahn | |
| Searching for gravitational waves and new short-range forces with optically trapped sensors | |
| Andrew Geraci | |
| Afternoon discussions | |
Thursday, September 20
| TBA | |
| Martin Frimmer | |
| Precise mass measurement of a levitated nanoparticle in vacuum for sensing applications | |
| Francesco Ricci | |
| Motion of optically levitated nanoparticle in nonlinear regime | |
| Jana Damková | |
| Stochastic nonlinear filtering for levitated systems | |
| José Leitão | |
| Hot or cold nanospheres? maybe none of the above | |
| Oriol Romero-Isart | |
| Optimal position reconstruction of a thermally driven harmonic oscillator for feedback cooling | |
| Felix Tebbenjohanns | |
| Levitating particles in a Paul trap for spin-mechanics | |
| Gabriel Hetet | |
| Motion control and optical interrogation of a levitating single NV in vacuum | |
| Gerard Planes Conangla |
Friday, September 21
| Laser refrigeration of nanoparticles | |
| Peter Barker | |
| Prospect for the ground state cooling of mg-scale mechanical oscillators | |
| Nobuyuki Matsumoto | |
| Ion-trap approaches to quantum optomechanics | |
| Tracy Northup | |
| Quantum optomechanical response of a two-dimensional atomic array | |
| Ephraim Shahmoon | |
| Direct measurement of Kramers turnover with a levitated nanoparticle | |
| Loic Rondin | |
| Orbital motion from optical spin: the extraordinary momentum of circularly polarized light beams | |
| Vojtech Svak | |
| Comparing optically and mechanically constrained oscillators for precision measurement | |
| Thomas W. LeBrun | |
| Optically assembled tunable colloidal waveguide | |
| Oto Brzobohatý |
This session has received financial support from the following institutions:
