Full rotational control of levitated silicon nanorods

S Kuhn, A Kosloff, BA Stickler, F Patolsky… - Optica, 2017 - opg.optica.org
Optically levitated nano-objects in vacuum are among the highest quality mechanical
oscillators, and thus of great interest for force sensing, cavity quantum optomechanics, and …

Optical and electrical feedback cooling of a silica nanoparticle levitated in a Paul trap

L Dania, DS Bykov, M Knoll, P Mestres… - Physical Review …, 2021 - APS
All three motional modes of a charged dielectric nanoparticle in a Paul trap are cooled
simultaneously by direct feedback to temperatures of a few millikelvins. We test two …

Direct loading of nanoparticles under high vacuum into a Paul trap for levitodynamical experiments

DS Bykov, P Mestres, L Dania, L Schmöger… - Applied Physics …, 2019 - pubs.aip.org
Mechanical oscillators based on levitated particles are promising candidates for sensitive
detectors and platforms for testing fundamental physics. The targeted quality factors for such …

Levitated electromechanics: all-electrical cooling of charged nano-and micro-particles

D Goldwater, BA Stickler, L Martinetz… - Quantum Science …, 2019 - iopscience.iop.org
We show how charged levitated nano-and micro-particles can be cooled by interfacing them
with an RLC circuit. All-electrical levitation and cooling is applicable to a wide range of …

[HTML][HTML] Hybrid electro-optical trap for experiments with levitated particles in vacuum

DS Bykov, M Meusburger, L Dania… - Review of scientific …, 2022 - pubs.aip.org
We confine a microparticle in a hybrid potential created by a Paul trap and a dual-beam
optical trap. We transfer the particle between the Paul trap and the optical trap at different …

Direct and clean loading of nanoparticles into optical traps at millibar pressures

M Nikkhou, Y Hu, JA Sabin, J Millen - Photonics, 2021 - mdpi.com
Nanoparticles levitated by optical fields under vacuum conditions have applications in
quantum science, the study of nanothermodynamics and precision sensing. The existing …

Selective loading of a micrometer-scale particle into a magneto-gravitational trap by sublimation-activated release

CE Murphy, M Duenas, D Iron, T Nelson… - Review of Scientific …, 2024 - pubs.aip.org
In this paper, we discuss a technique for selectively loading a particle into a magneto-
gravitational trap using the sublimation of camphor to release particles from a tungsten …

[HTML][HTML] Nanoparticle detection in an open-access silicon microcavity

S Kuhn, G Wachter, FF Wieser, J Millen… - Applied Physics …, 2017 - pubs.aip.org
We report on the detection of free nanoparticles in a micromachined, open-access Fabry-
Pérot microcavity. With a mirror separation of 130 μm, a radius of curvature of 1.3 mm, and a …

Laser cooling of secular motion of a nanoparticle levitated in a Paul trap for ion-assisted optomechanics

DS Bykov, L Dania, P Mestres… - Optical Trap** and …, 2019 - spiedigitallibrary.org
Levitated particles are unique among optomechanical systems in that they benefit from the
absence of physical contact with the external environment. Recently, a new research …

Multimaterial Nanoscale Printing via Charged Nanoparticle Deposition

D Teal - 2024 - search.proquest.com
Microfabrication, the set of manufacturing techniques used to make computer chips,
displays, MEMS, and other devices, is famously difficult, slow, and capital equipment heavy …