The ability to control the motion of mechanical systems through interaction with light has
opened the door to a plethora of applications in fundamental and applied physics. With …

Fabry–Perot interferometers have stimulated numerous scientific and technical applications
ranging from high-resolution spectroscopy over metrology, optical filters, to interfaces of light …

Tests of quantum mechanics on a macroscopic scale require extreme control over
mechanical motion and its decoherence,–. Quantum control of mechanical motion has been …

Numerous astrophysical and cosmological observations are best explained by the existence
of dark matter, a mass density which interacts only very weakly with visible, baryonic matter …

The only coupling dark matter is guaranteed to have with the standard model is through
gravity. Here we propose a concept for direct dark matter detection using only this …

Quantum optics has witnessed remarkable developments in recent years, and finds itself at
the center of what is sometimes called the “second quantum revolution.” The central tenet of …

We derive the best possible bounds that can be placed on Yukawa-and chameleon-like
modifications to the Newtonian gravitational potential with a cavity optomechanical quantum …

Sufficiently fast continuous measurements of the position of an oscillator approach
measurements projective on position eigenstates. We evidence the transition into the …

We propose the Optomechanical Dark-matter INstrument (ODIN), based on a new method
for the direct detection of low-mass dark matter. We consider dark matter interacting with …

We give a systematic theoretical treatment of linear quantum detectors used in modern high
energy physics experiments, including dark matter cavity haloscopes, gravitational wave …