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SUMMARY:Quantum experiments exploiting the radiation pressure interaction 
 between light and matter - Dr Simon Groeblacher\, Caltech
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CONTACT:Leona Hope-Coles
DESCRIPTION:Mechanical resonators have recently drawn significant attentio
 n for their potential in becoming a new species of quantum systems. Such d
 evices are textbook examples for classical harmonic oscillators and bringi
 ng them into the quantum domain will allow for novel tests of physics and 
 fundamentally new applications – their potential ranges from experiments
  on the foundations of quantum physics\, like creating macroscopic superpo
 sitions of massive objects\, to realizing transducers between different qu
 antum systems in quantum information processing.\n\nOne particularly succe
 ssful approach for controlling mechanical motion down to the quantum level
  is cavity opto-mechanics\, where the mechanical system is coupled via the
  radiation pressure force inside an optical cavity to a laser field. In th
 is talk\, we would like to highlight some of the most recent experiments t
 hat lead to the demonstration of ground-state cooling of optomechanical de
 vices\, as well as discuss how these early results could lead to more comp
 lex quantum experiments with macroscopic mechanical systems.\n
LOCATION:Small Lecture Theatre\, Cavendish Laboratory\, Department of Phys
 ics
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