Optical trap** describes the interaction between light and matter to manipulate micro-
objects through momentum transfer. In the case of 3D trap** with a single beam, this is …

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 quantum ground state of a massive mechanical system is a step** stone for
investigating macroscopic quantum states and building high fidelity sensors. With the recent …

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 …

Quantum control of complex objects in the regime of large size and mass provides
opportunities for sensing applications and tests of fundamental physics. The realization of …

Arrays of optically trapped nanoparticles have emerged as a platform for the study of
complex nonequilibrium phenomena. Analogous to atomic many-body systems, one of the …

Optomechanics is concerned with the use of light to control mechanical objects. As a field, it
has been hugely successful in the production of precise and novel sensors, the …

The ability to engineer cavity-mediated interactions has emerged as a powerful tool for the
generation of non-local correlations and the investigation of non-equilibrium phenomena in …

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