Levitated Optomechanics
A special issue of Photonics (ISSN 2304-6732).
Deadline for manuscript submissions: 20 December 2024 | Viewed by 3529
Special Issue Editors
Interests: precision sensing; optical tweezers; levitated optomechanics; acceleration sensor
Special Issue Information
Dear Colleagues,
Levitated optomechanics, focusing on mesoscopic systems that are extremely well isolated from the thermal environment, is considered as the most promising candidate for macroscopic quantum physics research and a unique tool for supporting next-generation sensing technologies. The ability to couple the motion of levitated micro- and nano-particles to internal degrees of freedom and external forces and systems paves the way to a bright new platform for science and technology. In recent years, breakthrough progress in this field has been reported, such as quantum ground state cooling, ultra-high sensitive force and acceleration sensing, and the coupling between a cavity and mechanical resonators. However, there still exist many challenging problems from theoretical and engineering aspects.
This Special Issue invites manuscripts that introduce the recent advances in “Levitated Optomechanics”. All theoretical, numerical, and experimental papers are accepted. Topics include, but are not limited to, the following:
- Feedback cooling of levitated micro- or nano-particles;
- Clean and precise launching strategy;
- Real-time trapped particle characterization;
- Novel displacement calibration method;
- Miniature setup of optomechanics sensors;
- Progress in cavity optomechanics;
- Force/acceleration/torque sensing based on levitated optomechanics
- Thermal effect of trapped particles in a vacuum;
- Levitating particles with non-Gaussian beams in a vacuum.
Dr. Nan Li
Prof. Dr. Huizhu Hu
Guest Editors
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Keywords
- levitated particles
- launching
- feedback cooling
- precision sensing
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