OQL
Optomechanics at the Quantum Level
| Coordinatore | ECOLE POLYTECHNIQUE FEDERALE DE LAUSANNE
Organization address
address: BATIMENT CE 3316 STATION 1 contact info |
| Nazionalità Coordinatore | Switzerland [CH] |
| Totale costo | 179˙101 € |
| EC contributo | 179˙101 € |
| Programma | FP7-PEOPLE
Specific programme "People" implementing the Seventh Framework Programme of the European Community for research, technological development and demonstration activities (2007 to 2013) |
| Code Call | FP7-PEOPLE-2010-IIF |
| Funding Scheme | MC-IIF |
| Anno di inizio | 2012 |
| Periodo (anno-mese-giorno) | 2012-09-01 - 2014-08-31 |
Partecipanti
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ECOLE POLYTECHNIQUE FEDERALE DE LAUSANNE
Organization address
address: BATIMENT CE 3316 STATION 1 contact info |
CH (LAUSANNE) | coordinator | 179˙101.60 |
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Obiettivo del progetto (Objective)
'Optomechanics is one of the most exciting and fastest growing fields in physics today. Through the merging of optical and mechanical systems, optomechanics studies the transfer momentum from a photon to a mechanical object. The idea of this coupling has been around for many years; however, recent advances in high Q optical cavities and nano/micro-fabrication techniques for making high Q mechanical resonators have enabled unprecedented control of meso- and macroscopic mechanical systems with light. Researchers are now entering the realm where quantum mechanical motional effects are observed and studied. Many of the goals of the field such as cooling motion to the ground state and creating non –classical states of motion parallel the successes in controlling the motion of trapped atomic ions. The goals of this project to explore optomechanics at the quantum level are well suited to both Prof. Tobias Kippenberg of the host institute and the applicant Dr. John Jost. Prof. Tobias Kippenberg is one of the leaders in the field of optomechanics, having developed and used an optomechanical system (microtoroids) that incorporates high optical Q whispering gallery modes in a high Q mechanical device. Dr John Jost is an expert in experimental trapped ion atomic physics. As a part of his doctoral research in this area, he employed many of the techniques that this project needs to utilize to successfully study mechanical motion of mesoscopic systems at the quantum level.'
Introduzione (Teaser)
A major obstacle to developing optical atomic clocks has been the difficulty of directly measuring optical frequencies. Now, scientists are opening the door to a new era of atomic clocks and high-precision spectroscopy by exploring new techniques such as femtosecond frequency combs.