AQUTE

Atom Chip Fabrication

Date: 
2011-02-14
Author(s): 

R. Folman, P. Treutlein, and J. Schmiedmayer

Reference: 

in: "Atom Chips", ed. by J. Reichel and V. Vuletic (Wiley-VCH, Weinheim, Germany, 2011), pp. 61-117
doi: 10.1002/9783527633357.ch3

Quantum Information Processing with Atom Chips

Date: 
2011-02-14
Author(s): 

P. Treutlein, A. Negretti, and T. Calarco

Reference: 

in: "Atom Chips", ed. by J. Reichel and V. Vuletic (Wiley-VCH, Weinheim, Germany, 2011), pp. 283-308
doi: 10.1002/9783527633357.ch9

Coupling ultracold atoms to mechanical oscillators

Date: 
2011-03-09
Author(s): 

D. Hunger, S. Camerer, M. Korppi, A. Jöckel, T. W. Hänsch, and P. Treutlein

Reference: 

C. R. Physique, accepted for publication preprint arXiv:1103.1820 (2011)

In this article we discuss and compare different ways to engineer an interface between ultracold atoms and micro- and nanomechanical oscillators. We start by analyzing a direct mechanical coupling of a single atom or ion to a mechanical oscillator and show that the very different masses of the two systems place a limit on the achievable coupling constant in this scheme.

Realization of an optomechanical interface between ultracold atoms and a membrane

Date: 
2011-07-19
Author(s): 

S. Camerer, M. Korppi, A. Jöckel, D. Hunger, T. W. Hänsch, and P. Treutlein

Reference: 

arXiv:1107.3650 (2011)
http://arxiv.org/abs/1107.3650

We have realized a hybrid optomechanical system by coupling ultracold atoms to a micromechanical membrane. The atoms are trapped in an optical lattice, which is formed by retro-reflection of a laser beam from the membrane surface. In this setup, the lattice laser light mediates an optomechanical coupling between membrane vibrations and atomic center-of-mass motion. We observe both the effect of the membrane vibrations onto the atoms as well as the backaction of the atomic motion onto the membrane.

Spectroscopy of mechanical dissipation in micro-mechanical membranes

Date: 
2011-08-12
Author(s): 

A. Jöckel, M. T. Rakher, M. Korppi, S. Camerer, D. Hunger, M. Mader, and P. Treutlein

Reference: 

arXiv:1108.2617 (2011)
http://arxiv.org/abs/1108.2617

We measure the frequency dependence of the mechanical quality factor (Q) of SiN membrane oscillators and observe a resonant variation of Q by more than two orders of magnitude. The frequency of the fundamental mechanical mode is tuned reversibly by up to 40% through local heating with a laser. Several distinct resonances in Q are observed that can be explained by coupling to membrane frame modes. Away from the resonances, the background Q is independent of frequency and temperature in the measured range.

UNIBAS as a new partner in the AQUTE Consortium

Summary: 

Universität Basel (UNIBAS) is a new partner in the AQUTE Consortium

On the 4th of February 2011 the European Commission has sent us the official approval to our request to add Basel Universität (UNIBAS) among the AQUTE partners, following the move of Professor Philipp Treutlein from München (LMU, AQUTE partner P11) to Basel.

QIon11 workshop on Q-Information & Q-Dynamics in Ion Traps, April 26 - 29, 2011, Madrid, Spain

L. Lamata (P3c MPQ), invited seminar, Ion crystal transducer for strong coupling between single ions and single photons

American Physical Society Meeting, March 2011, Dallas, Texas (USA)

L. Lamata (P3c MPQ), talk, Ion crystal transducer for strong coupling between ions and single photons

XXXIII Reuní on Bienal de la Real Sociedad Española de Física, September 19 - 23, 2011, Santander, Spain

L. Lamata (P3c MPQ), talk, Ion crystal transducer for strong coupling between single ions and single photons

QOMNS - Quantum Optics of Micro- and Nanomechanical Systems, July 24 - 27, 2011, Monte Verita, Switzerland

A. Pflanzer (P3c MPQ), poster, Macroscopic Quantum Superpositions of Levitating Nano-Spheres

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