The field of optomechanics, in particular the cooling of small mechanical oscillators, is currently one of the most exciting and rapidly growing areas of physics.
This project aims to experimentally reach this regime with optically trapped nanospheres. In addition to the fundamental interest, we are also interested in making highly sensitive measurements of weak forces at the quantum limit (in other words with a displacement limited only by the width of the ground state of the mechanical oscillator).
We are currently exploring cavity cooling of nanoscale polarisable particles in the 100 nm size range which interact strongly with a cavity field, allowing both trapping and cooling by the same field.
Funding for a PhD stipend and fees is available for up to 4 years to EU/UK students.
Please contact Professor Peter Barker at P.Barker@ucl.ac.uk for further information.
At University College London, Atomic, molecular and optical physics
Field(s): laser physics, mesoscopic physics, optics and optoelectronics, quantum mechanics
Application deadline: Nov 16 (Tue), 2010
Submitted: Sep 16, 2010
Contact: Professor Peter Barker
E-mail: p.barker@ucl.ac.uk
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PhD Studentship in Quantum Cavity Optomechanics
