Non-hermitian physics

Y Ashida, Z Gong, M Ueda - Advances in Physics, 2020 - Taylor & Francis
A review is given on the foundations and applications of non-Hermitian classical and
quantum physics. First, key theorems and central concepts in non-Hermitian linear algebra …

Mesoscopic physics of nanomechanical systems

A Bachtold, J Moser, MI Dykman - Reviews of Modern Physics, 2022 - APS
Nanomechanics has brought mesoscopic physics into the world of vibrations. Because
nanomechanical systems are small, fluctuations are significant, the vibrations already …

Quantum control of a nanoparticle optically levitated in cryogenic free space

F Tebbenjohanns, ML Mattana, M Rossi, M Frimmer… - Nature, 2021 - nature.com
Tests of quantum mechanics on a macroscopic scale require extreme control over
mechanical motion and its decoherence,–. Quantum control of mechanical motion has been …

Real-time optimal quantum control of mechanical motion at room temperature

L Magrini, P Rosenzweig, C Bach… - Nature, 2021 - nature.com
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 …

Cooling of a levitated nanoparticle to the motional quantum ground state

U Delić, M Reisenbauer, K Dare, D Grass, V Vuletić… - Science, 2020 - science.org
Quantum control of complex objects in the regime of large size and mass provides
opportunities for sensing applications and tests of fundamental physics. The realization of …

Current fluctuations in open quantum systems: Bridging the gap between quantum continuous measurements and full counting statistics

GT Landi, MJ Kewming, MT Mitchison, PP Potts - PRX Quantum, 2024 - APS
Continuously measured quantum systems are characterized by an output current, in the form
of a stochastic and correlated time series, which conveys crucial information about the …

New horizons: Scalar and vector ultralight dark matter

D Antypas, A Banerjee, C Bartram… - arXiv preprint arXiv …, 2022 - arxiv.org
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 …

Harnessing electro-optic correlations in an efficient mechanical converter

AP Higginbotham, PS Burns, MD Urmey, RW Peterson… - Nature Physics, 2018 - nature.com
An optical network of superconducting quantum bits (qubits) is an appealing platform for
quantum communication and distributed quantum computing, but developing a quantum …

Continuous force and displacement measurement below the standard quantum limit

D Mason, J Chen, M Rossi, Y Tsaturyan, A Schliesser - Nature Physics, 2019 - nature.com
Quantum mechanics dictates that the precision of physical measurements must always
comply with certain noise constraints. In the case of interferometric displacement …

Approaching the motional ground state of a 10-kg object

C Whittle, ED Hall, S Dwyer, N Mavalvala, V Sudhir… - Science, 2021 - science.org
The motion of a mechanical object, even a human-sized object, should be governed by the
rules of quantum mechanics. Coaxing them into a quantum state is, however, difficult …