The quest for realizing and manipulating ever smaller man-made movable structures and
dynamical machines has spurred tremendous endeavors, led to important discoveries, and …

Nanomechanics has brought mesoscopic physics into the world of vibrations. Because
nanomechanical systems are small, fluctuations are significant, the vibrations already …

Single-photon emitters play an important role in many leading quantum technologies. There
is still no'ideal'on-demand single-photon emitter, but a plethora of promising material …

One of the hallmarks of quantum physics is the generation of non-classical quantum states
and superpositions, which has been demonstrated in several quantum systems, including …

Room-temperature detection of molecular vibrations in the mid-infrared (MIR, λ= 3–30 µm)
has numerous applications, including real-time gas sensing, medical imaging and quantum …

Optomechanical cavities have been studied for applications ranging from sensing to
quantum information science. Here, we develop a platform for nanoscale cavity …

Self-assembled, epitaxially grown InAs/GaAs quantum dots (QDs) are promising
semiconductor quantum emitters that can be integrated on a chip for a variety of photonic …

The development of hybrid quantum systems is central to the advancement of emerging
quantum technologies, including quantum information science and quantum-assisted …

We report on single electronic spins coupled to the motion of mechanical resonators by a
novel mechanism based on crystal strain. Our device consists of single-crystal diamond …

We demonstrate optomechanical quantum control of the internal electronic states of a
diamond nitrogen-vacancy (NV) center in the resolved-sideband regime by coupling the NV …