BACKGROUND Levitation of large objects has become a widely used technique in science
and engineering, and the control of levitated nano-and micro-objects in vacuum has gained …

Nanomechanics has brought mesoscopic physics into the world of vibrations. Because
nanomechanical systems are small, fluctuations are significant, the vibrations already …

The ability to accurately control the dynamics of physical systems by measurement and
feedback is a pillar of modern engineering. Today, the increasing demand for applied …

The quantum ground state of a massive mechanical system is a stepping stone for
investigating macroscopic quantum states and building high fidelity sensors. With the recent …

Arrays of optically trapped nanoparticles have emerged as a platform for the study of
complex nonequilibrium phenomena. Analogous to atomic many-body systems, one of the …

The Jaynes–Cummings Model (JCM) has recently been receiving increased attention as
one of the simplest, yet intricately nonlinear, models of quantum physics. Emphasising the …

Optical tweezers are tools made of light that enable contactless pushing, trapping, and
manipulation of objects, ranging from atoms to space light sails. Since the pioneering work …

The last decade has seen unprecedented effort in dark matter model building at all mass
scales coupled with the design of numerous new detection strategies. Transformative …

Phonon lasers, which exploit coherent amplifications of phonons, are a means to explore
nonlinear phononics, image nanomaterial structures and operate phononic devices …

Non-Hermitian dynamics, as observed in photonic, atomic, electrical and optomechanical
platforms, holds great potential for sensing applications and signal processing. Recently …