{"id":2607,"date":"2022-09-02T11:30:20","date_gmt":"2022-09-02T11:30:20","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.matterwaveoptics.eu\/?p=2607"},"modified":"2022-09-02T11:31:09","modified_gmt":"2022-09-02T11:31:09","slug":"invited-talk-quantum-control-of-an-array-of-optically-levitated-nanoparticles","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.matterwaveoptics.eu\/FOMO2022\/person\/uros-delic\/invited-talk-quantum-control-of-an-array-of-optically-levitated-nanoparticles\/","title":{"rendered":"Invited Talk: Quantum control of an array of optically levitated nanoparticles"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p class=\"has-text-align-center wp-block-paragraph\"><strong>Uros Delic<\/strong><br>University of Vienna<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">The field of quantum optomechanics aims to exploit light-matter interaction in order to realize macroscopic quantum states of massive solid-state mechanical objects. Within optomechanics, optically levitated dielectric nanoparticles have emerged as a promising platform for tests of fundamental physics, development of novel sensing techniques or investigation of complex non-equilibrium physics. Optical trapping provides unique possibilities for quantum state preparation, for example through engineering of dynamic and nonlinear optical potentials. I will discuss recent experimental advances in levitated optomechanics, such as the motional quantum ground state preparation [1] and the observation of non-reciprocal optical interactions between two nanoparticles [2]. <br>The rapidly developing control toolbox allows us to create a fully programmable array of levitated nanoparticles in the quantum regime. This will enable the realization of large-scale entanglement and investigation of novel phases of collective mechanical states, which is a fundamentally hard task for other optomechanical systems.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">[1] U. Delic et al., Science 367, 892 (2020)<br>[2] Rieser et al., Science 377, 987 (2022)<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Uros DelicUniversity of Vienna The field of quantum optomechanics aims to exploit light-matter interaction in order to realize macroscopic quantum states of massive solid-state mechanical objects. Within optomechanics, optically levitated dielectric nanoparticles have emerged as a promising platform for tests of fundamental physics, development of novel sensing techniques or investigation of complex non-equilibrium physics. Optical trapping provides unique possibilities for quantum state preparation, for example through engineering of dynamic and nonlinear optical potentials. I will discuss recent experimental advances in levitated optomechanics, such as the motional quantum ground state preparation [1] and the observation of non-reciprocal optical interactions between two nanoparticles [2]. The rapidly developing control toolbox allows us to create a fully programmable array of levitated nanoparticles in the quantum regime. This will enable the realization of large-scale entanglement and investigation of novel phases of collective mechanical states, which is a fundamentally hard task for other optomechanical systems. [1] U. Delic et al., Science 367, 892 (2020)[2] Rieser et al., Science 377, 987 (2022)<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":7,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_crdt_document":"","_uag_custom_page_level_css":"","_monsterinsights_skip_tracking":false,"_monsterinsights_sitenote_active":false,"_monsterinsights_sitenote_note":"","_monsterinsights_sitenote_category":0,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[84,70],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-2607","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-fomo2022-invited-talk","category-uros-delic"],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"","uagb_featured_image_src":{"full":false,"thumbnail":false,"medium":false,"medium_large":false,"large":false,"1536x1536":false,"2048x2048":false,"ashe-slider-full-thumbnail":false,"ashe-full-thumbnail":false,"ashe-list-thumbnail":false,"ashe-grid-thumbnail":false,"ashe-single-navigation":false},"uagb_author_info":{"display_name":"Atena Zalbeik-Dormayer","author_link":"https:\/\/www.matterwaveoptics.eu\/FOMO2022\/author\/zalbeik-dormayer\/"},"uagb_comment_info":0,"uagb_excerpt":"Uros DelicUniversity of Vienna The field of quantum optomechanics aims to exploit light-matter interaction in order to realize macroscopic quantum states of massive solid-state mechanical objects. 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