Tuesday, October 06, 2009
4:00 PM -
5:00 PM
Watson 104
Applied Physics Seminar
Series: Applied Physics Seminar Series
Schroedinger's Mirrors—Extending Quantum Experiments Using Massive Mechanical Resonators
Markus Aspelmeyer,
professor of physics ,
University of Vienna,
Speaker's Bio:
Markus Aspelmeyer received his PhD in solid state physics from the Ludwig-Maximilians-Universitaet (LMU) in Munich, Germany, and a Bachelor in Philosophy from the Munich School of Philosophy. In 2002 he joined Anton ZeilingerÂ’s group at the University of Vienna, Austria, with a Feodor Lynen Post-Doctoral Fellowship of the Alexander von Humboldt Foundation. He moved to the Austrian Academy of SciencesÂ’ Institute for Quantum Optics and Quantum Information (IQOQI) in Vienna in 2005, where he established a research team working on quantum effects in micro- and nanomechanical systems. Since 2009 he has been a Full Professor at the Faculty of Physics of the University of Vienna. For his work in quantum optics, quantum information and quantum-opto-mechanics he has received several prizes, among them the Fresnel Prize of the European Physical Society, the Ignaz Lieben Prize of the Austrian Academy of Sciences and the Fritz-Kohlrausch Prize of the Austrian Physical Society. His research interests include experiments on the foundations of quantum physics and quantum experiments on nano- and micromechanical systems.
Markus Aspelmeyer received his PhD in solid state physics from the Ludwig-Maximilians-Universitaet (LMU) in Munich, Germany, and a Bachelor in Philosophy from the Munich School of Philosophy. In 2002 he joined Anton ZeilingerÂ’s group at the University of Vienna, Austria, with a Feodor Lynen Post-Doctoral Fellowship of the Alexander von Humboldt Foundation. He moved to the Austrian Academy of SciencesÂ’ Institute for Quantum Optics and Quantum Information (IQOQI) in Vienna in 2005, where he established a research team working on quantum effects in micro- and nanomechanical systems. Since 2009 he has been a Full Professor at the Faculty of Physics of the University of Vienna. For his work in quantum optics, quantum information and quantum-opto-mechanics he has received several prizes, among them the Fresnel Prize of the European Physical Society, the Ignaz Lieben Prize of the Austrian Academy of Sciences and the Fritz-Kohlrausch Prize of the Austrian Physical Society. His research interests include experiments on the foundations of quantum physics and quantum experiments on nano- and micromechanical systems.
"Schroedinger's Mirrors—Extending Quantum Experiments Using Massive Mechanical Resonators," Markus Aspelmeyer, professor of physics , University of Vienna.
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