This is a review of state-of-the-art theory and experiment of the motion of cold and ultracold
atoms coupled to the radiation field within a high-finesse optical resonator in the dispersive …

Recent progress and future prospects of matter-wave interferometry with complex organic
molecules and inorganic clusters are reviewed. Three variants of a near-field interference …

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 …

The coupling of a levitated submicron particle and an optical cavity field promises access to
a unique parameter regime both for macroscopic quantum experiments and for high …

We report three-dimensional (3D) cooling of a levitated nanoparticle inside an optical cavity.
The cooling mechanism is provided by cavity-enhanced coherent scattering off an optical …

Matter-wave interferometry performed with massive objects elucidates their wave nature and
thus tests the quantum superposition principle at large scales. Whereas standard quantum …

We provide a general quantum theory to describe the coupling of light with the motion of a
dielectric object inside a high-finesse optical cavity. In particular, we derive the total …

Laser cooling has given a boost to atomic physics throughout the last 30 years, as it allows
one to prepare atoms in motional states, which can only be described by quantum …

We present a general approach to derive Lindblad master equations for a subsystem whose
dynamics is coupled to dissipative bosonic modes. The derivation relies on a Schrieffer …

Although the study of ultracold quantum gases trapped by light is a prominent direction of
modern research, the quantum properties of light were widely neglected in this field …