Michel Devoret

Mesoscopic Physics

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15 May
19 Jun
Lectures
Tuesdays at 9:30 a.m.
 
 
 
 
15 May
19 Jun
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Assuming that a single object can be in two places simultaneously, quantum mechanics challenges our intuitive understanding of the trajectories of moving solid bodies. The principle, known as superposition, perfectly explains the behavior of elementary particles such as electrons. This is also true of microscopic composite particles such as atoms and molecules. These superposed states are in conflict with our everyday experience; up to what size or mass can they be observed? This is one of the core issues in the latest developments in mesoscopic physics, especially in regards to macroscopic quantum objects...
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Lectures

Nanomechanical Resonators

Tuesdays at 9:30 a.m.

First lecture: May 15
Last lecture: June 19

 
 
 
 

Seminars

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Tuesdays, at 11:00 a.m.

First seminar: May 15
Last seminar: June 19

May 15 Rob Schoelkopf (Yale University, USA)
Quantum optics and quantum computation with superconducting circuits.
May 22 Konrad Lehnert (JILA, Boulder, USA)
Micro-electromechanics: a new quantum technology.
May 29 Olivier Arcizet (Institut Néel, Grenoble)
A single NV defect coupled to a nanomechanical oscillator: hybrid nanomechanics.
June 5 Ivan Favero (MPQ, Université Paris Diderot)
From micro to nano-optomechanical systems: photons interacting with mechanical resonators.
June 12 A. Douglas Stone (Yale University, USA)
Lasers and anti-lasers: a mesoscopic physicist's perspective on scattering from active and passive media.
June 19 Tobias J. Kippenberg (EPFL, Lausanne, Suisse)
Cavity optomechanics: exploring the coupling of light and micro- and nanomechanical oscillators.

 
 
 
 

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