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
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