Date 10/04/2018 – 11/04/2018
Time 10:00 – 18:30
Location Kreativ space in Vienna
Description
Working group meeting WG2@QTSpace
The workshop will host the targeted discussion of experts in quantum experiments with optomechanics (levitated and cantilever), as well as matter-wave interferometry. It will also invite theoreticians working on experimental concepts for large-mass matterwave interferometry experiments. The workshop has two goals: 1) to discuss and potentially decide the best experimental realization of large-mass quantum experiments in space to achieve the fundamental physics goals as defined during the Bratislava event in early 2018, and 2) to bring together experts on all relevant fields of research to hold an informed discussion and to form a group which should continue to work together toward the experimental realization of large-mass quantum experiments in space. The workshop is primarily to bring together the scientific community, while also partners from national and European space agencies, funding agencies and industry will be welcomed. The output of this workshop will be relevant for the ESA CDF study on MAQRO, which is planned for early 2018 and which will be ongoing during the event of this workshop. Therefore the workshop will be used to inform the wider community on the developments during the CDF.
Getting there:
For the address “Floßgasse 9”, see the map on this page. By public transport: take the subway line U2 or U4 to the station “Schottenring” and take the exit “Herminengasse“. From there, it’s a rather short walk. When you enter the building, follow the signs we will put up or follow the exiting signs towards the “Studio”. It’s through the ground floor to the backyard. Once inside the backyard, go to the right and past the outdoor tables – the seminar room is down a few stairs.
Contact:
Registration deadline: March 31st, 2018
This meeting is supported by the COST action QTSpace (www.qtspace.eu).
Organizers: Hendrik Ulbricht, Mauro Paternostro, Rainer Kaltenbaek
Program:
| April 10th | |
| 10:00 – 10:15 | QTSpace (A. Bassi), opening of the workshops (R. Kaltenbaek) |
| 10:15 – 10:45 | Quantum Physics Platform CDF Study (QPPF) (T. Voirin, T. Oosterbroek) |
| 10:45 – 11:15 | MAQRO mission proposal update (J. Bateman) |
| 11:15 – 11:45 | Definition of scientific goals and limits from decoherence (S. Donadi) |
| 11:45 – 12:00 | Input from Bratislava meeting (M. Paternostro) |
| 12:00 – 12:30 | Discussion on ‘Goals and procedure towards a space mission’ |
| 12:30 – 14:00 | Lunch |
| 14:00 – 14:30 | Molecule interferometry and nanoparticle manipulation (M. Arndt, University of Vienna) |
| 14:30 – 14:50 | Towards State preparation in Levitated Optomechanics (M. Rashid, University of Southampton) |
| 14:50 – 15:10 | Charge control and free-fall of optically trapped nanoparticles (M. Frimmer, ETH Zürich) |
| 15:10 – 15:30 | Cavity cooling of levitated nanoparticles (N. Meyer, ICFO Barcelona) |
| 15:30 – 16:00 | Coffee break |
| 16:00 – 16:20 | Laser refrigeration of levitated nanocrystals (A. Rahman, UCL) |
| 16:20 – 16:40 | Pure nanodiamonds for levitated optomechanics in vacuum (G. Morley, University of Warwick) |
| 16:40 – 17:00 | Colloidal Nanocrystals: From Synthesis to Properties (Q. Akkerman, IIT) |
| 17:00 – 17:20 | Optical control of nanoparticle motion in cavities and hollow core fibers (N. Kiesel, University of Vienna) |
| April 11th | |
| 10:00 – 10:25 | Quantum information processing with optomechanical systems (S. Gröblacher, TU Delft) |
| 10:25 – 10:50 | Cooling a macroscopic mechanical resonator close to its quantum ground state (R. Metzdorff, ENS Paris) |
| 10:50 – 11:15 | Vibrational issues for levitated and non-levitated mechanical resonators (T. Oosterkamp, Leiden University) |
| 11:15 – 11:40 | Bounds on collapse models from ultracold mechanical resonators (A. Vinante, University of Southampton) |
| 11:40 – 12:10 | Coffee break |
| 12:10 – 12:35 | Atomic quantum gases in microgravity – experiments and technology (A. Peters, Humboldt University Berlin) |
| 12:35 – 13:00 |
Compensation of gravity gradients and rotations in precision atom interferometry (A. Roura, Ulm University) |
| 13:00 – 14:30 | Lunch |
| 14:30 – 15:00 | Quantum information with satellites, from fundamental to communication aspects (Rupert Ursin, IQOQI Vienna) |
| 15:00 – 15:30 | Panel discussion: “Optomechanics in space – what needs to be developed?” |
Confirmed speakers/participants:
- Quinten Akkerman (Istituto Italiano di Tecnologia, Italy)
- Markus Arndt (VCQ, Faculty of Physics, University of Vienna, Austria)
- Markus Aspelmeyer (VCQ, Faculty of Physics, University of Vienna, Austria)
- Angelo Bassi (University of Trieste, Italy)
- James Bateman (Swansea University, United Kingdom)
- Alessio Belenchia (IQOQI Vienna, Austrian Academy of Sciences, Austria)
- Matteo Carlesso (University of Trieste, Italy)
- Bob Dirks (TNO, Netherlands)
- Sandro Donadi (Ulm University, Germany)
- Yaakov Fein (University of Vienna, Austria)
- Martin Frimmer (ETH Zürich, Switzerland)
- Giulio Gasbarri (University of Trieste, Italy)
- Domenico Gerardi (Airbus Defence & Space, Germany)
- Stefan Gerlich (University of Vienna, Austria)
- Simon Gröblacher (TU Delft, Netherlands)
- Gerald Hechenblaikner (ESO, Germany)
- Oliver Jennrich (ESA/ESTEC, Netherlands)
- Ulrich Johann (formerly Airbus D & S, Germany)
- Rainer Kaltenbaek (IQOQI Vienna, Austrian Academy of Sciences, Austria)
- José Leitão (Instituto de Telecomunicações, Portugal)
- Rémi Metzdorff (Laboratoire Kastler Brossel, UPMC, France)
- Nadine Meyer (ICFO, Spain)
- Gavin Morley (University of Warwick, United Kingdom)
- Sebastian Philipp Neumann (IQOQI Vienna, Austrian Academy of Sciences, Austria)
- Raffaele Nolli (University of Birmingham, United Kingdom)
- Tim Oosterbroek (ESA/ESTEC, Netherlands)
- Tjerk Oosterkamp (Leiden University, Netherlands)
- Mauro Paternostro (Queen’s University Belfast, United Kingdom)
- Achim Peters (Humboldt University Berlin, Germany)
- Anis Rahman (UCL, United Kingdom)
- Andrey Rakhubovskiy (University Olomouc, Czech Republic)
- Muddassar Rashid (University of Southampton, United Kingdom)
- Albert Roura (University of Ulm, Germany)
- Sahar Sahebdivan (University of Vienna, Austria)
- Thilo Schuldt (ZARM, Germany)
- Geza Thoth (Wigner Research Center for Physics, Hungary)
- Hendrik Ulbricht (University of Southampton, United Kingdom)
- Rupert Ursin (IQOQI Vienna, Austrian Academy of Sciences, Austria)
- Andrea Vinante (University of Southampton, United Kingdom)
- David Vitali (Università di Camerino)
- Thomas Voirin (ESA/ESTEC, Netherlands)
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