Seminar: Cavity Optomechanics
Due to the corona pandemic and the associated emergency mode of the University of Konstanz, the seminar will take place online via the Zoom platform until further notice. The first virtual meeting for preliminary discussion and topic allocation will take place on Wednesday, April 29, at 1:30 p.m. For registration please send an e-mail to Felix Rochau or Jana Huber . You will then receive a link for participating in the course.
After that, the lecture period is as follows:
Time: Friday 13:30-15:00
Room:
Coordinators: Felix Rochau, Jana Huber and Prof. Eva Weig
Content:
Cavity optomechanics deals with the parametric coupling of a mechanical degree of freedom with an optical cavity. It equally appears in macroscopic systems like gravitational wave detectors (LIGO), but also in nanostructured resonators and can be implemented in a multitude of systems. A key aspect of the field is the optomechanical cooling of a mechanical vibration via light-induced backaction. Key applications range from the development of sensors for mass or acceleration or microwave-to-optical conversion to fundamental questions of quantum mechanics such as the entanglement of macroscopic objects of the influence of gravitation. The seminar will give an overview over this rapidly growing field. Literature will include the newly published textbook “Cavity Optomechanics” (Springer Verlag) as well as a selection of state-of-the-art original publications from leading research groups.
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