Optomechanics, the study of the mechanical interaction of light with matter, has proven to be
a fruitful area of research that has yielded many notable achievements, including the direct …

Quantum measurements of mechanical systems can generate optical squeezing via
ponderomotive forces. Its observation requires high environmental isolation and efficient …

One of the prime applications of squeezed light is enhancing the sensitivity of an
interferometer below the quantum shot-noise limit, but so far, no such experimental …

The development of quantum optomechanics now allows mechanical sensors with
femtogram masses to be controlled and measured in the quantum regime. If the mechanical …

The traditional view from particle physics is that quantum gravity effects should only become
detectable at extremely high energies and small length scales. Due to the significant …

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 …

The pursuit of room temperature quantum optomechanics with tethered nanomechanical
resonators faces stringent challenges owing to extraneous mechanical degrees of freedom …

Optically levitated nanoparticles emerged as an interesting platform for probing fundamental
physics. Quantum control of their motion (including potential shaping) predisposes them for …

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

Progress in the quantum readout and control of mechanical devices from single atoms to
large masses may enable a first generation of experiments probing the gravitational …