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Cavity Quantum Optomechanics (cQOM)
Start date: Jun 1, 2012, End date: May 31, 2016,
Over the past year a new research field has emerged: cavity Optomechanics which brings the quantum regime of mechanical oscillators in reach and may allow to explore new fundamental measurements concepts, may lead to novel transducers and test quantum mechanics on a macroscopic scale. In this research field, which utilizes mechanical oscillators coupled to laser fields, Europe has played a pioneer ...
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Quantum opto-mechanics with photonic and phononic crystals (Optomech)
Start date: Sep 1, 2011, End date: Aug 31, 2014,
Micro- and nanomechanical resonators are currently receiving enormous interest due to their potential as a new class of quantum systems, with possible impact ranging from the foundations of quantum physics, quantum limited sensing and quantum information processing. A particularly successful system is the optomechanical oscillator, where the radiation pressure of light is used to manipulate and re ...
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Optomechanical entanglement and teleportation (OMENT)
Start date: Mar 1, 2012, End date: Apr 30, 2014,
"The control of microscopic physical systems has been demonstrated successfully in numerous experiments, in particular in the field of quantum optics. A current endeavor is to achieve this level of quantum-mechanical control also in the macroscopic domain. Promising systems for this purpose are mechanical oscillators. Quantum-controlled mechanical oscillators would enable fascinating tasks: to stu ...
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Quantum Optomechanics for Fundamental Experiments in Space (QOFES)
Start date: Mar 1, 2011, End date: Feb 28, 2014,
"Quantum theory has been confirmed to extreme accuracy in a vast variety of experiments over the last century. While most of these experiments have been limited to a microscopic scale, several milestones in demonstrating quantum effects for more and more massive objects have been achieved, in particular by experiments on the interference of large molecules. In the last few years, a new approach t ...
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Micro- and Nano-Optomechanical Systems for ICT and QIPC (MINOS)
Start date: Oct 1, 2008, End date: Dec 31, 2011,
Micro- and Nanomechanical systems have the potential to revolutionize Information Science Technologies (IST) by bringing back mechanics as an essential component to information processing with completely new versatility. Already now, these systems are about to provide a broad range of novel applications with impact in a variety of fields such as life sciences, optical sciences, materials science a ...
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Integrated Quantum Optomechanical Systems (IQOS) (IQOS)
Start date: Mar 1, 2009, End date: Feb 28, 2011,
"Microstructures of high mechanical and optical quality are promising contenders in the race to achieve the first demonstration of quantum optical control of a “macroscopic” mechanical system. The ultimate goal in this emerging field of quantum optomechanics is to combine the concepts of cavity quantum optics with radiation pressure coupling to generate and detect quantum effects of massive mechan ...
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