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Cavity Optomechanics: manipulating mechanical resonators with light
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Optomechanical sensors, such as atomic or magnetic force microscopes, are currently used in
many applications. They detect small displacements of a mechanical oscillator through the
phase shift imparted on a light beam interacting with it. The recent progress in nanofabrication
techniques now enables these devices to enter a regime where they can manifest quantum effects.
As a consequence, a new and highly active research field has emerged, with the aim of designing
and implementing devices in which a strong and tunable optomechanical interaction allows to
manipulate at the quantum level the state of micromechanical resonators and optical modes.
The application of this field are diverse, ranging from novel sensors with unprecedented
precision to detect mechanical forces or displacement, to the realization of quantum interfaces
for quantum information processing.
Here we shall describe how quantum dynamics of such a mesoscopic system can be generated,
manipulated and detected. Finally recent experimental results of the cavity optomechanics
experiment presently carried at the Quantum Optics and Information Group of the University
of Camerino will be presented.
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David Vitali
Università degli Studi di Camerino
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3 febbraio RINVIATO |
Exotic materials for optoelectronic applications
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Impegnato nella ricerca sulla fisica dei laser a stato solido, sui materiali innovativi per
l'optoelettronica e sull'interferometria laser ad altissima risoluzione (progetto Virgo),
Mauro Tonelli descriverà lo stato dell'arte in questa disciplina, in particolare
delle proprie ricerche sui Fluoride Crystals e sulle ricadute per l'optoelettronica.
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Mauro Tonelli
Università degli Studi di Pisa, Dipartimento di Fisica "E. Fermi"
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