The Vienna Doctoral Programme on Complex Quantum Systems
invites to a
Students TALK
by
David Grass
Feedback cooling and transport of nanoparticles inside hollow core photonic crystal fibers
Optically levitated nanospheres in ultra-high vacuum offer a promising route towards testing
fundamental questions in physics. Realizing such experiments requires a ultra-high vacuum
compatible loading mechanism of nanoparticles into an optical trap, which has not been realized
to date. Here I present a novel approach based on hollow core photonic crystal fibers. They allow
optical trapping and transport of nanoparticles, 3d feedback cooling of their centre-of-mass
motion and deterministic loading and positioning in an ultra-high vacuum environment.