Joint Quantum Seminar

Wednesday, September 11
4:00 PM, Jefferson 250

**NOTE: No 10-Minute Talk. Speaker will begin at 4:30pm**

Prof. Markus Aspelmeyer

University of Vienna

Institute for Quantum Optics and Quantum Information (IQOQI) , Austrian Academy of Sciences

“Quantum Optical Control of Levitated Solids: a novel probe for the gravity-quantum interface”

The increasing level of control over motional quantum states of massive, solid-state mechanical devices opens the door to an hitherto unexplored parameter regime of macroscopic quantum physics. I will report on our recent progress towards controlling levitated solids in the quantum regime. I will discuss the prospects of using these systems for fundamental tests of physics, including the interface between quantum and gravitational physics. 

4:00 pm: Refreshments

4:30 pm: Prof. Aspelmeyer

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Clare Ploucha

Director of Programs

Harvard Quantum Initiative

17 Oxford Street, Jefferson 357

Cambridge, MA 02138

P: 617-495-3388