Optical trapping and manipulation have emerged as powerful tools to investigate single microscopic objects in a controlled environment. Using the momentum carried by light, forces can be exerted to confine and manipulate objects in a wide range of conditions ranging from liquid environments to high vacuum. In this thesis I implement different optical manipulation schemes to trap nano-objects and coupled them to optical cavities, giving rise to a cavity optomechanical interaction between the trapped object and the cavity mediated by the light¿s radiation-pressure. In a first experiment I implement a mobile optical tweezer (MobOT) with nanometer precision to place a levitated silica nanosphere at the standing wave of a high Finesse Fabry-Per...
In recent years the zoology of tamed quantum systems has witnessed the arrival of a new member. In t...
Recently, remarkable advances have been made in coupling a number of high-Q modes of nano-mechanical...
There have been recent rapid developments in stable trapping of levitated nanoparticles in high vacu...
In this work I report on a hybrid trap platform for sensitive optomechanics experiments with applica...
We describe recent experiments that have demonstrated cavity optomechanical cooling of the center-of...
Optically levitated systems provide an ideal environment for isolating objects extremely well from t...
The coupling of a levitated submicron particle and an optical cavity field promises access to a uni...
Free space gradient force traps are hugely versatile experimental systems. Their realisation opens u...
Experiments in the field of cavity optomechanics have recently demonstrated the cooling of macroscopi...
Optomechanics is concerned with the use of light to control mechanical objects. As a field, it has b...
The field of levitation optomechanics---or levitodynamics---studies the manipulation and control of ...
Levitated optomechanics, a new experimental physics platform, holds promise for fundamental science ...
In recent years nano-optomechanical systems have proven to be a powerful resource to detect ultra-we...
The idea of extending cavity quantum electrodynamics experiments to sub-wavelength sized nanomechani...
Accurate delivery of small targets in high vacuum is a pivotal task in many branches of science and ...
In recent years the zoology of tamed quantum systems has witnessed the arrival of a new member. In t...
Recently, remarkable advances have been made in coupling a number of high-Q modes of nano-mechanical...
There have been recent rapid developments in stable trapping of levitated nanoparticles in high vacu...
In this work I report on a hybrid trap platform for sensitive optomechanics experiments with applica...
We describe recent experiments that have demonstrated cavity optomechanical cooling of the center-of...
Optically levitated systems provide an ideal environment for isolating objects extremely well from t...
The coupling of a levitated submicron particle and an optical cavity field promises access to a uni...
Free space gradient force traps are hugely versatile experimental systems. Their realisation opens u...
Experiments in the field of cavity optomechanics have recently demonstrated the cooling of macroscopi...
Optomechanics is concerned with the use of light to control mechanical objects. As a field, it has b...
The field of levitation optomechanics---or levitodynamics---studies the manipulation and control of ...
Levitated optomechanics, a new experimental physics platform, holds promise for fundamental science ...
In recent years nano-optomechanical systems have proven to be a powerful resource to detect ultra-we...
The idea of extending cavity quantum electrodynamics experiments to sub-wavelength sized nanomechani...
Accurate delivery of small targets in high vacuum is a pivotal task in many branches of science and ...
In recent years the zoology of tamed quantum systems has witnessed the arrival of a new member. In t...
Recently, remarkable advances have been made in coupling a number of high-Q modes of nano-mechanical...
There have been recent rapid developments in stable trapping of levitated nanoparticles in high vacu...