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Mechanical Systems in the Quantum Regime
March 21-26, 2010
Hotel Galvez
Galveston, TX
Chairs:
Keith C. Schwab & David McClelland

Vice Chairs:
Tobias J. Kippenberg & Konrad W. Lehnert

There has been a rapid increase in both interest and progress in the area of mechanical systems at quantum limits. This meeting will provide a snapshot of the most exciting experimental results and new theoretical ideas (and sometimes, a reminder of what has been explored by earlier generations.) The systems which will be considered span from single trapped atoms to macroscopic kilogram-scale device, coupled to quantum optical fields or quantum electronics. Applications of this work is far reaching: ultra-sensitive detection of microscopic forces, to gravitational waves, to studies of the foundations of quantum physics.

Tentative topics which will be covered are: experimental progress to prepare quantum states of mechanical structures (ground state, squeezing, entanglement, ect.) back-action evasion techniques, novel electro-mechanical and opto-mechanical structures, quantized motion of atomic systems, new theoretical ideas.

SUNDAY
4:00 pm - 8:00 pmArrival and Check-in (Office Closed 6:00 pm - 7:45 pm)
6:00 pmDinner
7:30 pm - 7:40 pmWelcome / Introductory Comments by GRC Site Staff
7:40 pm - 9:30 pmMACRO-opto-mechanics
7:40 pm - 7:50 pmDiscussion Leader: Tobias Donner (JILA)
Overview
7:50 pm - 8:30 pmJack Harris (Yale)
"Strong quadratic and quartic coupling in ultralow-loss optomechanical systems"
8:30 pm - 8:40 pm Discussion
8:40 pm - 9:20 pmMarkus Aspelmeyer (University of Vienna)
"Towards Macroscopic Quantum Experiments - conceptual and experimental challenges"
9:20 pm - 9:30 pm Discussion
MONDAY
7:30 am - 8:30 amBreakfast
8:30 amGroup Photo
9:00 am - 12:30 pmmicro-opto-mechanics
9:00 am - 9:15 amDiscussion Leader: Khaled Karrai (Attocube Systems AG)
9:15 am - 9:55 amOskar Painter (Caltech)
"Optomechanics in planar optomechanical crystals"
9:55 am - 10:10 am Discussion
10:10 am Coffee Break
10:40 am - 11:20 amHong Tang (Yale)
"Circuit Cavity Optomechanical System"
11:20 am - 11:35 am Discussion
11:35 am - 12:15 pmHo Bun Chan (University of Florida - Gainsville)
"Geometry dependent Casimir forces on a micromechanical oscillator"
12:15 pm - 12:30 pm Discussion
12:30 pmLunch
1:30 pm - 4:00 pmFree Time
4:00 pm - 6:00 pmPoster Session
6:00 pmDinner
7:30 pm - 9:30 pmCoupling Atoms to Mechanics
7:30 pm - 7:40 pmDiscussion Leader: Mukund Vengalattore (Cornell)
7:40 pm - 8:20 pmPhillip Treutline (Max-Planck-Institut für Quantenoptik)
"Interfacing ultracold atoms and mechanical oscillators on an atom chip"
8:20 pm - 8:35 pm Discussion
8:35 pm - 9:15 pmPierre Meystre (University of Arizona)
"Cavity optomechanics with ultracold atoms"
9:15 pm - 9:30 pm Discussion
TUESDAY
7:30 am - 8:30 amBreakfast
9:00 am - 12:30 pmNew Theory
9:00 am - 9:15 amDiscussion Leader: Aash Clerk (McGill)
9:15 am - 9:55 amFlorian Marquardt (University of Munich)
"Dynamics of Optomechanical Arrays"
9:55 am - 10:10 am Discussion
10:10 am Coffee Break
10:40 am - 11:20 amIgnacio Wilson-Rae (Technische Universität München)
"Exciton-assisted optomechanics and quantum dissipation with suspended nanotubes"
11:20 am - 11:35 am Discussion
11:35 am - 12:15 pmGerard Milburn (University of Queensland)
"Quantum measurement and control of nanomechanical and opto-mechanical resonators"
12:15 pm - 12:30 pm Discussion
12:30 pmLunch
1:30 pm - 4:00 pmFree Time
4:00 pm - 6:00 pmPoster Session
6:00 pmDinner
7:30 pm - 9:30 pmEntanglement with Mechanics
7:30 pm - 7:40 pmDiscussion Leader: Christoph Bruder (Basel)
7:40 pm - 8:20 pmAndrew Cleland (University of California, Santa Barbara)
"Six billionths of a second"
8:20 pm - 8:35 pm Discussion
8:35 pm - 9:15 pm Pierre-Francois Cohadon (Ecole Normale Supérieure)
"Light-mirror correlations and entanglement induced by radiation pressure"
9:15 pm - 9:30 pm Discussion
WEDNESDAY
7:30 am - 8:30 amBreakfast
9:00 am - 12:30 pmGravitation and Mechanics
9:00 am - 9:15 amDiscussion Leader: Carlton Caves (University of New Mexico)
9:15 am - 9:55 amDavid Blair (University of Western Australia)
"Acousto-Opto-Mechanics"
9:55 am - 10:10 am Discussion
10:10 am Coffee Break
10:40 am - 11:20 am Sam Waldman (MIT)
"Observing the signature of holographic spacetime using interferometry"
11:20 am - 11:35 am Discussion
11:35 am - 12:15 pm Nergis Mavalvala (Massachusetts Institute of Technology)
"Quantum mechanics on giant scales"
12:15 pm - 12:30 pm Discussion
12:30 pmLunch
1:30 pm - 4:00 pmFree Time
4:00 pm - 6:00 pmPoster Session
6:00 pmDinner
7:00 pm - 7:30 pmBusiness Meeting
(Nominations for the next Vice Chair; Fill out Conference Evaluation Forms; Discuss future Site & Scheduling preferences; Election of the next Vice Chair)
7:30 pm - 9:30 pmMolecular-scale Mechanics
7:30 pm - 7:40 pmDiscussion Leader: Jime Hone (Columbia)
7:40 pm - 8:20 pmHerre Van der Zandt (TU-Delft)
"High-quality carbon nanotube mechanical resonators"
8:20 pm - 8:35 pm Discussion
8:35 pm - 9:15 pmAdrian Bachtold (Institut Català de Nanotecnologia)
"Nanotube resonator"
9:15 pm - 9:30 pm Discussion
THURSDAY
7:30 am - 8:30 amBreakfast
9:00 am - 12:30 pmAdvances in Detection
9:00 am - 9:15 amDiscussion Leader: Raffi Budakian (University of Illinois- Urbana Champagne)
9:15 am - 9:45 amJared Hertzberg (Cornell)
"Back-action evading detection near the zero-point level"
9:45 am - 9:55 am Discussion
9:55 am - 10:25 amAlex Rimberg (Dartmouth)
"A Macroscopic Mechanical Resonator Driven by Mesoscopic Electrical Backaction"
10:25 am - 10:35 am Discussion
10:35 am - 11:05 am Coffee Break
11:05 am - 11:35 am John Teufel (NIST)
"Microwave Cavity Optomechanics"
11:35 am - 11:45 am Discussion
11:45 am - 12:15 pmEva Weig (LMU Munchen)
"Gradient Force transduction and self-oscillation of nanomechanical resonators"
12:15 pm - 12:30 pm Discussion
12:30 pmLunch
1:30 pm - 4:00 pmFree Time
4:00 pm - 6:00 pmPoster Session
6:00 pmDinner
7:30 pm - 9:30 pmDissipation and Decoherence
7:30 pm - 7:40 pmDiscussion Leader: Yuri Levin (University of Leiden)
7:40 pm - 8:20 pmMiles Blencowe (Dartmouth)
"Damping and Decoherence of a Nanomechanical Resonator Due to a Few Two-Level Systems"
8:20 pm - 8:35 pm Discussion
8:35 pm - 9:15 pmJeevak Parpia (Cornell)
"Stressed out nitride"
9:15 pm - 9:30 pm Discussion
FRIDAY
7:30 am - 8:30 amBreakfast
9:00 amDepart
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