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

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

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

The ability to accurately control the dynamics of physical systems by measurement and
feedback is a pillar of modern engineering. Today, the increasing demand for applied …

Controlling a quantum system by using observations of its dynamics is complicated by the
backaction of the measurement process—that is, the unavoidable quantum disturbance …

Dynamical backaction resulting from radiation pressure forces in optomechanical systems
has proven to be a versatile tool for manipulating mechanical vibrations. Notably, dynamical …

According to quantum mechanics, a harmonic oscillator can never be completely at rest.
Even in the ground state, its position will always have fluctuations, called the zero-point …

Extreme stresses can be produced in nanoscale structures; this feature has been used to
realize enhanced materials properties, such as the high mobility of silicon in modern …

An optical network of superconducting quantum bits (qubits) is an appealing platform for
quantum communication and distributed quantum computing, but develo** a quantum …

We optically trap a single nanoparticle in high vacuum and cool its three spatial degrees of
freedom by means of active parametric feedback. Using a single laser beam for both …