Publications

2012

Macroscopic quantum resonators (MAQRO)
R.Kaltenbaek, G.Hechenblaikner, N.Kiesel, O.Romero-Isart, U.Johann, M.Aspelmeyer

arXiv:1201.4756v1 [quant-ph]


"Fabrication of GaAs-on-insulator via low temperature wafer bonding and sacrificial etching of Ge by XeF2"

Y. Bai, G. D. Cole, M. T. Bulsara, and E. A. Fitzgerald

Journal of the Electrochemical Society, vol. 159, no. 2, pp. H183-H190, 2012

2011

Selective linear or quadratic coupling in reflective optomechanics

M.R. Vanner

Physical Review X 1, 021011 (2011)

 

Quantum entanglement and teleportation in pulsed cavity optomechanics
S. Hofer, W. Wieczorek, M. Aspelmeyer and K. Hammerer
Phys. Rev. A 84, 052327 (2011)

 

Cavity optomechanics: Mechanical memory sees the light

Garrett D. Cole & Markus Aspelmeyer

Nature Nanotechnology 6, 690-691 (2011)

 

Licht macht Druck

N.Kiesel, W.Wieczorek, S.Gröblacher, M. Aspelmeyer

Physik in unserer Zeit, 6/2011 (42)

 

Probing Planck-scale physics with quantum optics

Igor Pikovski, Michael R. Vanner, Markus Aspelmeyer, Myungshik Kim, Caslav Brukner

arXiv:1111.1979v1 [quant-ph]

 

Laser cooling of a nanomechanical oscillator into its quantum ground state

J. Chan, T. P. Mayer Alegre, A. H. Safavi-Naeini, J. T. Hill, A. Krause, S.Gröblacher, M. Aspelmeyer, and O.Painter

Nature 478, 89-92 (2011)

featured by Nature News&Views Article by Florian Marquardt (ibid. p. 47-48)

 

Pulsed quantum optomechanics

M. R. Vanner, I. Pikovski, G. D. Cole, M. S. Kim, Č. Brukner, K. Hammerer, G. J. Milburn, and M. Aspelmeyer

PNAS USA 108, 16182 (2011)

selected as Research Highlight by Nature Photonics (vol.5, no.11, p.644, Nov.2011)

 

Large Quantum Superpositions and Interference of Massive Nano-Objects
Oriol Romero-Isart, Anika C. Pflanzer, Florian Blaser, Rainer Kaltenbaek, Nikolai Kiesel, Markus Aspelmeyer, J. Ignacio Cirac
Physical Review Letters 107, 020405 (2011)

Featured in: Physics, New Scientist

 

Pulsed Laser Cooling for Cavity-Optomechnical Resonators
Javier Cerrillo, Shai Machnes, Markus Aspelmeyer, Witlef Wieczorek, Martin B. Plenio, Alex Retzker
arXiv:1104.5448v1 [quant-ph]

 

Phonon-tunnelling dissipation in mechanical resonators
G. D. Cole, I. Wilson-Rae, K. Werbach, M.R. Vanner, M. Aspelmeyer
Nature Communications, Vol. 2, 231, (2011)

 

Optically Levitating Dielectrics in the Quantum Regime: Theory and Protocols
O. Romero-Isart, A. C. Pflanzer, M. L. Juan, R. Quidant, N. Kiesel, M. Aspelmeyer, J. I. Cirac
Physical Review A 83, 013803 (2011)

 

Photonic crystal slab quantum well infrared photodetector
S. Kalchmair, H. Detz, G. D. Cole, A. M. Andrews, P. Klang, M. Nobile, R. Gansch, C. Ostermaier, W. Schrenk and G. Strasser
Appl. Phys. Lett. 98, 011105 (2011)

2010

Born to be right
M. Aspelmeyer
Physik Journal, 11/2010

 

Single-photon opto-mechanics in the strong coupling regime
U. Akram, N. Kiesel, M. Aspelmeyer, an G.J. Milburn
New Journal of Physics 12, 083030(2010)

  

Femtosecond laser fabrication of high reflectivity micromirrors
D.Brodoceanu, G.D.Cole, N.Kiesel, M.Aspelmeyer, and D.Bäuerle
Applied Physics Letters 97, 041104 (2010)

 

Free-standing AlxGa1-xAs heterostructures by gas-phase etching of germanium
G. D. Cole,Y. Bai, M. Aspelmeyer, and Eugene A. Fitzgerald
Applied Physics Letters 96, 261102 (2010)

 

50 ideas to change science: Nanotechnology
A. Geim, J. Zaanen, G. Bell, M. du Sautoy, M. Aspelmeyer
New Scientist 208, 2782 (2010)

 

Quantum optomechanics - throwing a glance
M. Aspelmeyer, S. Gröblacher, K. Hammerer, and N. Kiesel
JOSA B, Vol. 27, Issue 6, pp. A189-A197 (2010); in: JOSA B Feature Issue on Quantum Optical Information Technologies, P. Grangier, A. Jordan, G. Morigi (Eds.)

selected for the Virtual Journal of Nanoscale Science & Technology (Vol. 21, Issue 26, 2010)

 

"The surf is up"
Markus Aspelmeyer
Nature 464, 685-686 (1 April 2010)

 

Logical independence and quantum randomness
T. Paterek, J. Kofler, R. Prevedel, P. Klimek, M. Aspelmeyer, A. Zeilinger, C. Brukner
New J. Phys.; 12, 013019 (2010)

selected as Research Highlight by  Europhysics News (Vol. 41, No. 2, April 2010)

selected as New Journal of Physics "Best of 2010"

 

Une incroyable illusion de réalité

A. Zeilinger, M. Aspelmeyer

Les dossiers de la Recherche "La lumière quantique", Février 2010 N°38

 

Megahertz monocrystalline optomechnaical resonators with minimal dissipation
G. D. Cole, I. Wilson-Rae, M. R. Vanner, S. Gröblacher, J. Pohl, M. Zorn. M. Weyers, A. Peters, and M. Aspelmeyer
23rd IEEE International Conference on Microelectromechanical Systems, Hong Kong SAR, China, 24-28 January 2010, TP133

2009

Observation of strong coupling between a micromechanical resonator and an optical cavity field
S. Gröblacher, K. Hammerer, M. R. Vanner, M. Aspelmeyer
Nature 460, 724-727 (2009)

 

Demonstration of an ultracold micro-optomechanical oscillator in a cryogenic cavity
S. Gröblacher, J. B. Hertzberg, M. R. Vanner, G. D. Cole, S. Gigan, K. C. Schwab, M. Aspelmeyer
Nature Physics 5, 485-488 (2009)

featured by Nature Physics News & Views article by Andrew Cleland; ibid. page 458

 

Quantum Tomography: Measured Measurement
M. Aspelmeyer
Nature Physics 5, 11-12 (2009)

 

How to extend quantum experiments
M. Arndt, M. Aspelmeyer, A. Zeilinger
Fortschr. Phys. 57, 1153 (2009)

 

Phase-noise induced limitations on resolved-sideband cavity cooling of mechanical resonators
P. Rabl, C. Genes, K. Hammerer, M. Aspelmeyer
Phys. Rev. A 80, 063819 (2009)

selected for the Virtual Journal of Nanoscale Science & Technology (Issue 25, Vol.20, 2009)

 

Anti-symmetrization reveals hidden entanglement
A. Fedrizzi, T. Herbst, M. Aspelmeyer, M. Barbieri, T. Jennewein, A. Zeilinger
New J. Phys. 11, 103052 (2009)

 

Establishing Einstein-Podolsky-Rosen channels between Nanomechanics and Atomic Ensembles
K. Hammerer, M. Aspelmeyer, E. S. Polzik, P. Zoller
Phys. Rev. Lett. 102, 020501 (2009)

 

Performing high-quality multi-photon experiments with parametric down-conversion
T. Jennewein, R. Ursin, M. Aspelmeyer, A. Zeilinger
J. Phys. B: At. Mol. Opt. Phys. 42, 114008 (2009)

 

High-fidelity entanglement swapping with fully independent sources
R. Kaltenbaek, R. Prevedel, M. Aspelmeyer, A. Zeilinger
Phys. Rev. A 79, 040302 (R) (2009)