Katja defends her PhD thesis titled Coherent and incoherent dynamics of multimode systems in the quantum regime: From theory to applications

This week we have enjoyed the 2nd retreat of the ERC Synergy Q-Xtreme retreat in Wisklikofen

The article Mechanical Squeezing via Unstable Dynamics in a Microcavity has been published in PRL. Congratulations Katja!

Andreu Riera-Campeny joins the group as a PostDoc.

The article Towards a quantum interface between spin waves and paramagnetic spin baths has been published and editorially suggested in PRB. Congratulations Carlos!

Piotr T. Grochowski joins the group as a PostDoc.

The review article Levitodynamics: Levitation and Control of Microscopic Objects in Vacuum has been published in Science. Congratulations Carlos!

This week we have enjoyed the kickoff meeting of Q-Xtreme in Innsbruck, a project awarded with an ERC Synergy Grant with the goal of preparing a levitated nanoparticle in a macroscopic quantum superposition state.

The article Non-Markovian Effects of Two-Level Systems in a Niobium Coaxial Resonator with a Single-Photon Lifetime of 10 milliseconds has been published in PRApplied. Congratulations to our colleagues from G. Kirchmair’s group and to Katja as a first theory author!

The article Quantum size effects in the magnetic susceptibility of a metallic nanoparticle has been published in PRB. Congratulations Marc!

Philipp Ball at Quanta Magazine explains the progress and research efforts towards macroscopic quantum physics in the context of levitated nanoparticles.

The article Large Quantum Delocalization of a Levitated Nanoparticle Using Optimal Control: Applications for Force Sensing and Entangling via Weak Forces has been published in PRL. Congratulations Talitha and Marc!

Davide Candoli joins the group as a PhD student.

The article Effective Quantum Dynamics Induced by a Driven Two-Level System Bath has been published in PRA. Congratulations Katja!

Thomas Agrenius Gustafsson joins the group as a PhD student.

Oriol gave a colloquium in the Quantum Gravity in Lab Forum. Check out the YouTube video of the event!

Daniele has successfully defended his master titled Simulating the Delocalization Dynamics of Motional Quantum States. Congratulations Daniele!

The article Probing Surface-Bound Atoms with Quantum Nanophotonics has been published in PRL. Congratulations Daniel!

Leonarda Garcia Lopez joins the group as a Project Manager to provide administrative support to the ERC Synergy Project Q-Xtreme.