Sunday
2:00 pm - 9:00 pm
Arrival and Check-in
6:00 pm - 7:00 pm
Dinner
7:30 pm - 7:40 pm
Introductory Comments by GRC Staff / Welcome and Introduction from the Chairs
7:40 pm - 9:30 pm
Nonlinear, Topological, and Non-Reciprocal Systems
Discussion Leader: Yogesh Patil (Yale University, United States)
7:40 pm - 8:00 pm
Introduction by Discussion Leader
8:00 pm - 8:35 pm
Ewold Verhagen (AMOLF, The Netherlands)
"Chirality and Non-Hermitian Topology in Optomechanical Networks"
8:35 pm - 8:45 pm
Discussion
8:45 pm - 9:20 pm
Mark Dykman (Michigan State University, United States)
"Parametric Oscillators: From Anomalous Tunneling to the Asymmetric Ising Model"
9:20 pm - 9:30 pm
Discussion
Monday
7:30 am - 8:30 am
Breakfast
9:00 am - 12:30 pm
Mechanical Systems for Quantum Information
Discussion Leader: Konrad Lehnert (JILA, University of Colorado, United States)
9:00 am - 9:20 am
Introduction by Discussion Leader
9:20 am - 9:50 am
Klemens Hammerer (Leibniz Universität Hannover, Germany)
"Quantum Retrodiction and Light-Matter Entanglement in Optomechanics"
9:50 am - 10:00 am
Discussion
10:00 am - 10:30 am
Birgit Stiller (Max Planck Institute for the Science of Light, Germany)
"Light-Sound Interactions for Quantum Technologies and Optical Computing"
10:30 am - 10:35 am
Discussion
10:35 am - 11:05 am
Coffee Break
11:05 am - 11:35 am
Florian Marquardt (Max Planck Institute for the Science of Light, Germany)
"Automated Discovery of Optimized Scattering Setups"
11:35 am - 11:45 am
Discussion
11:45 am - 12:15 pm
Paul Barclay (University of Calgary, Canada)
"Diamond Optomechanics: From Spin-Mechanics to Nonlinear Optics"
12:15 pm - 12:30 pm
Discussion
12:30 pm - 1:30 pm
Lunch
1:30 pm - 4:00 pm
Free Time
3:00 pm - 4:00 pm
The GRC Power Hour™
The GRC Power Hour™ is designed to address diversity and inclusion in the scientific workplace by providing a safe environment for informal and meaningful conversations amongst colleagues of all career stages. The program supports the professional growth of all members of our communities, including ethnicity, race and/or gender identity by providing an open forum for discussion and mentoring.
Organizer: Eva Weig (Technical University of Munich, Germany)
4:00 pm - 6:00 pm
Poster Session
6:00 pm - 7:00 pm
Dinner
7:30 pm - 9:30 pm
Quantum Transduction and Information Processing with Mechanical Systems
Discussion Leader: John Teufel (NIST Boulder, United States)
7:30 pm - 7:45 pm
Introduction by Discussion Leader
7:45 pm - 8:15 pm
Cindy Regal (JILA, University of Colorado Boulder, United States)
"Optomechanics in the Presence of Thermal Gradients"
8:15 pm - 8:20 pm
Discussion
8:20 pm - 8:50 pm
Simon Groeblacher (Delft University of Technology, The Netherlands)
"Nonlinearites in Hybrid Optomechanical Systems"
8:50 pm - 8:55 pm
Discussion
8:55 pm - 9:25 pm
Gary Steele (Delft University of Technology, The Netherlands)
"Hot off the VNA: Phonon Lasers and Photon-Pressure Circuit QED"
9:25 pm - 9:30 pm
Discussion
Tuesday
7:30 am - 8:30 am
Breakfast
8:30 am - 9:00 am
Group Photo
9:00 am - 12:30 pm
Searches for New Fundamental Physics
Discussion Leader: Jacob Taylor (NIST, United States)
9:00 am - 9:20 am
Introduction by Discussion Leader
9:20 am - 9:50 am
Daniel Carney (Berkeley National Lab, United States)
"The Next Ten Years: Optomechanics Near the SQL in Fundamental Physics"
9:50 am - 10:00 am
Discussion
10:00 am - 10:30 am
John Davis (University of Alberta, Canada)
"HeLIOS: Searching for Wavelike Dark Matter Using Superfluid Electromechanics"
10:30 am - 10:35 am
Discussion
10:35 am - 11:05 am
Coffee Break
11:05 am - 11:35 am
David Moore (Yale University, United States)
"Levitated Optomechanical Sensors for Nuclear and Particle Physics"
11:35 am - 11:45 am
Discussion
11:45 am - 12:15 pm
Dalziel Wilson (University of Arizona, United States)
"The Invisible Drummer: A Membrane-Based Ultralight Dark Matter Detector"
12:15 pm - 12:30 pm
Discussion
12:30 pm - 1:30 pm
Lunch
1:30 pm - 4:00 pm
Free Time
4:00 pm - 6:00 pm
Poster Session
6:00 pm - 7:00 pm
Dinner
7:30 pm - 9:30 pm
Atomic and Levitated Systems
Discussion Leader: Markus Aspelmeyer (University of Vienna / Austrian Academy of Sciences, Austria)
7:30 pm - 7:45 pm
Introduction by Discussion Leader
7:45 pm - 8:15 pm
Tracy Northup (University of Innsbruck, Austria)
"Levitated Nanoparticles and Ions in an Ion Trap"
8:15 pm - 8:20 pm
Discussion
8:20 pm - 8:50 pm
Uros Delic (University of Vienna, Austria)
"Collective Quantum Effects in Nanoparticle Tweezer Arrays"
8:50 pm - 8:55 pm
Discussion
8:55 pm - 9:25 pm
Andrew Geraci (Northwestern University, United States)
"Ultra-Sensitive Force Measurements and Searches for New Physics with Optically-Levitated Dielectric Particles"
9:25 pm - 9:30 pm
Discussion
Wednesday
7:30 am - 8:30 am
Breakfast
9:00 am - 12:30 pm
Quantum Mechanical Sensors
Discussion Leader: Albert Schliesser (University of Copenhagen, Denmark)
9:00 am - 9:20 am
Introduction by Discussion Leader
9:20 am - 9:50 am
Eva Weig (Technical University of Munich, Germany)
"Silicon Carbide for Spin-Nano and Optomechanics"
9:50 am - 10:00 am
Discussion
10:00 am - 10:30 am
David Vitali (University of Camerino, Italy)
"Quantum Sensing and State Manipulation in Cavity Optomechanics"
10:30 am - 10:35 am
Discussion
10:35 am - 11:05 am
Coffee Break
11:05 am - 11:35 am
Warwick Bowen (University of Queensland, Australia)
"What Can Quantum Liquids Tell us About Fluid Dynamics and Turbulence?"
11:35 am - 11:45 am
Discussion
11:45 am - 12:15 pm
Michael Roukes (California Institute of Technology, United States)
"Macromolecules as Mesoscopic Quantum Systems"
12:15 pm - 12:30 pm
Discussion
12:30 pm - 1:30 pm
Lunch
1:30 pm - 4:00 pm
Free Time
4:00 pm - 6:00 pm
Poster Session
6:00 pm - 7:00 pm
Dinner
7:30 pm - 9:30 pm
Advances in Devices and Materials
Discussion Leader: Yiwen Chu (ETH Zürich, Switzerland)
7:30 pm - 8:00 pm
Oskar Painter (California Institute of Technology, United States)
"Phononic Engineering for Mitigating Quantum Noise in Solid-State Materials and Devices"
8:00 pm - 8:10 pm
Discussion
8:20 pm - 8:50 pm
Richard Norte (Delft University of Technology, The Netherlands)
"Extreme-Aspect-Ratio Optomechanics: New Dimensions in Sensing and Propulsion"
8:50 pm - 9:00 pm
Discussion
9:00 pm - 9:30 pm
Hong Tang (Yale University, United States)
"Phononics Towards THz Frequencies"
9:30 pm - 9:40 pm
Discussion
Thursday
7:30 am - 8:30 am
Breakfast
8:30 am - 9:00 am
Business Meeting
Nominations for the Next Vice Chair(s); Complete the GRC Evaluation Forms; Discuss Future Dates and Venue; Election of the Next Vice Chair(s)
9:00 am - 12:30 pm
Integrated Phononic Circuits and Devices
Discussion Leader: Anja Metelmann (Karlsruhe Institute of Technology, Germany)
9:00 am - 9:20 am
Introduction by Discussion Leader
9:20 am - 9:50 am
Mo Li (University of Washington, Seattle, United States)
"Optomechanical Integrated Circuits for Microwave-Optical Conversion and Beam Steering"
9:50 am - 10:00 am
Discussion
10:00 am - 10:30 am
Coffee Break
10:30 am - 11:00 am
Matt Eichenfield (University of Arizona and Sandia National Labs, United States)
"Quantum Acoustoelectric Interactions and Devices"
11:00 am - 11:10 am
Discussion
11:10 am - 11:40 am
Hiroshi Yamaguchi (Nippon Telegraph and Telephone Corporation, Japan)
"Phononic Crystal Devices for Acoustic Integration Circuit"
11:40 am - 11:50 am
Discussion
11:50 am - 12:05 pm
Witlef Wieczorek (Chalmers University of Technology, Sweden)
"New Opportunities in Optomechanics with Tensile-Strained III-V Materials"
12:05 pm - 12:10 pm
Discussion
12:10 pm - 12:25 pm
Nils Johan Engelsen (Chalmers University of Technology, Sweden)
"Quantum Optomechanics at Room Temperature"
12:25 pm - 12:30 pm
Discussion
12:30 pm - 1:30 pm
Lunch
1:30 pm - 4:00 pm
Free Time
4:00 pm - 6:00 pm
Poster Session
6:00 pm - 7:00 pm
Dinner
7:30 pm - 9:30 pm
The Future of Opto- and Electro- Mechanical Detectors
Discussion Leader: Vivishek Sudhir (Massachusetts Institute of Technology, United States)
7:30 pm - 7:45 pm
Introduction by Discussion Leader
7:45 pm - 8:15 pm
Lee McCuller (Caltech, United States)
"Wielding Frequency Dependent Squeezing Against Quantum Back-Action in the LIGO Gravitational Wave Observatories"
8:15 pm - 8:20 pm
Discussion
8:20 pm - 8:50 pm
Samuel Deleglise (Laboratoire Kastler Brossel/CNRS, France)
"Towards Quantum Control of an Ultracoherent Mechanical Resonator with a Fluxonium Qubit"
8:50 pm - 8:55 pm
Discussion
8:55 pm - 9:25 pm
Quntao Zhuang (University of Southern California, United States)
"Quantum Optomechnical Sensors Enhanced by Entanglement and Squeezing"
9:25 pm - 9:30 pm
Discussion
Friday
7:30 am - 8:30 am
Breakfast
9:00 am
Departure