BACKGROUND Levitation of large objects has become a widely used technique in science
and engineering, and the control of levitated nano-and micro-objects in vacuum has gained …

The field of cavity optomechanics is reviewed. This field explores the interaction between
electromagnetic radiation and nanomechanical or micromechanical motion. This review …

Tests of quantum mechanics on a macroscopic scale require extreme control over
mechanical motion and its decoherence,–. Quantum control of mechanical motion has been …

Quantum mechanics is an extremely successful theory that agrees with every experimental
test. However, the principle of linear superposition, a central tenet of the theory, apparently …

The momentum transfer between a photon and an object defines a fundamental limit for the
precision with which the object can be measured. If the object oscillates at a frequency Ω 0 …

Since their invention in 1986 by Arthur Ashkin and colleagues, optical tweezers have
become an essential tool in several fields of physics, spectroscopy, biology …

The coupling of a levitated submicron particle and an optical cavity field promises access to
a unique parameter regime both for macroscopic quantum experiments and for high …

This book has been developed from an account of three lectures I gave at Princeton
University in October 2003 at the invitation of Princeton University Press. The title I had …

We report the status of the Cold Atom Lab (CAL) instrument to be operated aboard the
International Space Station (ISS). Utilizing a compact atom chip-based system to create …

We demonstrate optical levitation of SiO 2 spheres with masses ranging from 0.1 to 30 ng. In
high vacuum, we observe that the measured acceleration sensitivity improves for larger …