Levitodynamics: Levitation and control of microscopic objects in vacuum

C Gonzalez-Ballestero, M Aspelmeyer, L Novotny… - Science, 2021 - science.org
BACKGROUND Levitation of large objects has become a widely used technique in science
and engineering, and the control of levitated nano-and micro-objects in vacuum has gained …

Mesoscopic physics of nanomechanical systems

A Bachtold, J Moser, MI Dykman - Reviews of Modern Physics, 2022 - APS
Nanomechanics has brought mesoscopic physics into the world of vibrations. Because
nanomechanical systems are small, fluctuations are significant, the vibrations already …

Enhanced tripartite interactions in spin-magnon-mechanical hybrid systems

XL Hei, PB Li, XF Pan, F Nori - Physical Review Letters, 2023 - APS
Coherent tripartite interactions among degrees of freedom of completely different nature are
instrumental for quantum information and simulation technologies, but they are generally …

Motional dynamical decoupling for interferometry with macroscopic particles

JS Pedernales, GW Morley, MB Plenio - Physical review letters, 2020 - APS
We extend the concept of dynamical decoupling from spin to mechanical degrees of
freedom of macroscopic objects, for application in interferometry. In this manner, the …

Cavity-based 3D cooling of a levitated nanoparticle via coherent scattering

D Windey, C Gonzalez-Ballestero, P Maurer… - Physical review …, 2019 - APS
We experimentally realize cavity cooling of all three translational degrees of motion of a
levitated nanoparticle in vacuum. The particle is trapped by a cavity-independent optical …

Long spin coherence times of nitrogen vacancy centers in milled nanodiamonds

BD Wood, GA Stimpson, JE March, YND Lekhai… - Physical Review B, 2022 - APS
Nanodiamonds containing negatively charged nitrogen vacancy centers (NV−) have
applications as localized sensors in biological materials and have been proposed as a …

Spin-cooling of the motion of a trapped diamond

T Delord, P Huillery, L Nicolas, G Hétet - Nature, 2020 - nature.com
Observing and controlling macroscopic quantum systems has long been a driving force in
quantum physics research. In particular, strong coupling between individual quantum …

Optimal feedback cooling of a charged levitated nanoparticle with adaptive control

GP Conangla, F Ricci, MT Cuairan, AW Schell… - Physical review …, 2019 - APS
We use an optimal control protocol to cool one mode of the center-of-mass motion of an
optically levitated nanoparticle. The feedback technique relies on exerting a Coulomb force …

Quantum control and Berry phase of electron spins in rotating levitated diamonds in high vacuum

Y Jin, K Shen, P Ju, X Gao, C Zu, AJ Grine… - Nature …, 2024 - nature.com
Levitated diamond particles in high vacuum with internal spin qubits have been proposed for
exploring macroscopic quantum mechanics, quantum gravity, and precision measurements …

State expansion of a levitated nanoparticle in a dark harmonic potential

E Bonvin, L Devaud, M Rossi, A Militaru, L Dania… - Physical Review Letters, 2024 - APS
We spatially expand and subsequently contract the motional thermal state of a levitated
nanoparticle using a hybrid trapping scheme. The particle's center-of-mass motion is …