The traditional view from particle physics is that quantum-gravity effects should become
detectable only at extremely high energies and small length scales. Owing to the significant …

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 …

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 …

Controlling the motional degrees of isolated, single nanoparticles trapped within optical
fields in a high vacuum are seen as ideal candidates for exploring the limits of quantum …

A levitated nanomechanical oscillator under ultrahigh vacuum is highly isolated from its
environment. It has been predicted that this isolation leads to very low mechanical …

We introduce and theoretically analyze a scheme to prepare and detect non-Gaussian
quantum states of an optically levitated particle via the interaction with light pulses that …

We present an experimental proposal for the rapid preparation of the center of mass of a
levitated particle in a macroscopic quantum state, that is a state delocalized over a length …

By isolating from the environment and precisely controlling mesoscopic objects, levitation in
vacuum has evolved into a versatile technique that has already benefited diverse scientific …

We report the detection of individual nuclear α decays through the mechanical recoil of the
entire micron-sized particle in which the decaying nuclei are embedded. Momentum …

We spatially expand and subsequently contract the motional thermal state of a levitated
nanoparticle using a hybrid trap** scheme. The particle's center-of-mass motion is …