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Speaker:
Prof. Dr. Lukas Novotny / ETH Zürich

We aim at generating macroscopic quantum superpositions using levitated nanoparticles in ultrahigh vacuum. Using both active feedback techniques we cool the particle’s center-of-mass temperature to its quantum ground state and observe quantum signatures in the spectrum of the scattered light. The vacuum-trapped nanoparticle is an ideal model system for studying non-equilibrium processes, nonlinear dynamics and ultrasmall forces.