The first direct measurement of gravitational waves by the LIGO and Virgo collaborations
has opened up new avenues to explore our Universe. This white paper outlines the …

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 …

Recent progress in observing and manipulating mechanical oscillators at quantum regime
provides new opportunities of studying fundamental physics, for example to search for low …

Control of long-lived, high-frequency phonons using light offers a path towards creating
robust quantum links, and could lead to tools for precision metrology with applications to …

There are a number of theoretical predictions for astrophysical and cosmological objects,
which emit high frequency (1 0 6-1 0 9 Hz) gravitation waves (GW) or contribute somehow to …

The quantization of gravity is widely believed to result in gravitons--particles of discrete
energy that form gravitational waves. But their detection has so far been considered …

The past decade witnessed a breathtakingly fast progress in the area of quantum
optomechanics. In particular, the first generation of large-scale laser interferometric …

Trapped charged particles have been at the forefront of quantum information processing
(QIP) for a few decades now, with deterministic two-qubit logic gates reaching record …

Integrated acoustic circuits leverage guided acoustic waves for applications ranging from
radio frequency filters to quantum state transfer, biochemical sensing, and nanomechanical …

Nanomechanical systems can support highly coherent microwave-frequency excitations at
cryogenic temperatures. However, generating sufficient coupling between these devices …