Levitated Optomechanics (IMAGE)

Rochester Institute of Technology

Levitated Optomechanics

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It's no trick of the eye; it's an optical trap. Levitated optomechanics can make a nanoparticle float in space. A finely focused laser beam forms an "optical tweezer" and creates a tiny, isolated laboratory for the study of delicate quantum states. RIT scientist Mishkat Bhattacharya tests his theoretical predictions on such experimental platforms used by his collaborator Nick Vamivakas at the University of Rochester's Institute of Optics.

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J. Adam Fenster and Prof. A. N. Vamivakas, University of Rochester

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