We theoretically show that laser recoil heating in free-space levitated optomechanics can be
arbitrarily suppressed by shining squeezed light onto an optically trapped nanoparticle. The …

Moving objects with optical or acoustical waves are topics both of fundamental interest and
of importance for a range of practical applications. One particularly intriguing example is the …

Light forces can be harnessed to levitate mesoscopic objects and cool them down toward
their motional quantum ground state. Roadblocks on the way to scale up levitation from a …

A striking prediction from the random matrix theory (RMT) in mesoscopic physics is the
existence of “open channels”: waves that use multipath interference to achieve perfect …

Light and sound waves can move objects through the transfer of linear or angular
momentum, which has led to the development of optical and acoustic tweezers, with …

Using waves to explore our environment is a widely used paradigm, ranging from
seismology to radar technology, and from biomedical imaging to precision measurements. In …

Optically levitated microspheres are an excellent candidate for force and acceleration
sensing. Here, we propose an acceleration-sensing protocol based on an optically levitated …

Levitated optomechanical systems represent an excellent candidate platform for force and
acceleration sensing. We propose a force-sensing protocol utilizing an optically levitated …

The physics of waves in time-varying media provides numerous opportunities for wave
control that are unattainable with static media. In particular, Floquet systems with a periodic …

The scattering of waves is a central feature of many physical systems. Its often very
complicated nature has negative ramifications on the capability to achieve certain tasks and …