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SUMMARY:IGM Colloquium: Quantum coherent nanomechanical resonators see the
  light
DTSTART:20171003T121500
DTEND:20171003T131500
DTSTAMP:20260512T050105Z
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CATEGORIES:Conferences - Seminars
DESCRIPTION:Dr. Dalziel Wilson\nNanomechanical resonators are exquisite fo
 rce sensors\, and have recently (and surprisingly) emerged as a potential 
 quantum technology. I’ll discuss new phononic engineering techniques tha
 t have made it possible to realize room temperature nanomechanical resonat
 ors with quality factors exceeding 100 million\, and potentially orders of
  magnitude higher. We’ve been using these devices to measure and manipul
 ate quantum fluctuations of laser light\, a capability that will enable ap
 plications ranging from fundamental tests of gravity to ultra-low-noise ra
 dio wave detection. The devices are also intriguing as macroscopic quantum
  systems\, as they undergo 100s of oscillations in their thermal decoheren
 ce time.\n\nBio:\nDr. Wilson is a postdoctoral fellow working jointly at E
 PFL and IBM Research\, Zurich. He cut his teeth in the quantum optics grou
 p of Jeff Kimble at Caltech\, was seduced into the (then young) field of o
 ptomechanics\, and eventually in fell love with nanomechanics. At EPFL he 
 works in the Laboratory of Photonics and Quantum Measurement (Prof. Tobias
  Kippenberg)\, where he and his colleagues develop techniques to probe the
  quantum fluctuations of nanomechanical resonators with light\, and vice-v
 ersa.\n 
LOCATION:MED 0 1418 https://plan.epfl.ch/?room==MED%200%201418
STATUS:CONFIRMED
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