Search for European Projects

13 European Projects Found

Searched on 125080 European Projects

 FINISHED 

FUTURE ATOMIC CLOCK TECHNOLOGY (FACT)

Start date: Oct 1, 2013, End date: Sep 30, 2017,

During the last decades atomic clocks and frequency standards have become an important resource for advanced economies with impact ranging from satellite navigation (GPS, GLONASS, Galileo) to high speed communication networks, where they ensure synchronisation of data packets at ever higher bit rates. In this field the wake of the new millennium has been marked by the invention of frequency comb t ...
Read Project

 15

 FINISHED 

Interfacing Quantum Optical, Electrical, and Mechanical Systems (iQUOEMS)

Start date: Oct 1, 2013, End date: Sep 30, 2016,

This project aims at the efficient realization of quantum interfaces for high-fidelity conversion and coherent manipulation of quantum states of phonons and of photons at vastly distinct wavelengths. We will consider different experimental platforms, e.g. photonic crystal cavities, nonlinear crystalline resonators, graphene-based nanoelectromechanical systems, and nanomembranes, with the aim of im ...
Read Project

 6

 FINISHED 

Cavity Quantum Optomechanics (cQOM)

Start date: Jun 1, 2012, End date: May 31, 2016,

Over the past year a new research field has emerged: cavity Optomechanics which brings the quantum regime of mechanical oscillators in reach and may allow to explore new fundamental measurements concepts, may lead to novel transducers and test quantum mechanics on a macroscopic scale. In this research field, which utilizes mechanical oscillators coupled to laser fields, Europe has played a pioneer ...
Read Project

 11

 FINISHED 

Simulators and Interfaces with Quantum Systems (SIQS)

Start date: May 1, 2013, End date: Apr 30, 2016,

The overarching goal of our project is to develop systems based on direct and deterministic interactions between individual quantum entities, which by involving large-scale entanglement can outperform classical systems in a series of relevant applications.We plan to achieve that by improving technologies from atomic, molecular and optical physics as well as from solid-state physics, and by develop ...
Read Project

 32

 FINISHED 

Soliton Kerr Physics in microresonator-bases frequency combs (SOLICOMB)

Start date: Mar 1, 2014, End date: Feb 29, 2016,

Optical frequency combs provide equidistant markers and enable connecting optical to radio frequencies (RF) and vice versa. Today, frequency combs are becoming enabling tools for several applications in metrology and spectroscopy. A new class of Kerr-frequency comb sources, based on parametric frequency conversion in optical silica micro-resonators, has been demonstrated in 2007 by the host group. ...
Read Project

 1

 FINISHED 

Quantum Coherence and Decoherence in Cavity Optomechanics (QCDOM)

Start date: Dec 1, 2013, End date: Nov 30, 2015,

Rapid progress in the field of optomechanics has undergone a paradigm shift in the last two years. It is now possible to use light to prepare and sense the quantum ground state of a nanomechanical oscillator. Alongside parallel developments in electromechanics, this success marks the emergence of a third wave of quantum technology based on mechanical systems, following in the footsteps of atomic ...
Read Project

 1

 FINISHED 

Towards Neutral-atom Space Optical Clocks: Development of high-performance transportable and breadboard optical clocks and advanced subsystems (SOC2)

Start date: Mar 1, 2011, End date: Oct 31, 2015,

"A range of new applications will be enabled by ultra-precise optical clocks, some of which by using them in space, near or far distant from Earth. They cover the fields of fundamental physics (tests of General Relativity), time and frequency metrology (comparison of distant terrestrial clocks, operation of a master clock in space), geophysics (mapping of the gravitational potential of the Earth), ...
Read Project

 17

 FINISHED 

Optomechanics at the Quantum Level (OQL)

Start date: Sep 1, 2012, End date: Aug 31, 2014,

...ical states of motion parallel the successes in controlling the motion of trapped atomic ions. The goals of this project to explore optomechanics at the quantum level are well suited to both Prof. Tobias Kippenberg of the host institute and the applicant Dr. John Jost. Prof. Tobias Kippenberg is one of the leaders in the field of optomechanics, having developed and used an optomechanical system ( ...
Read Project

 1

 FINISHED 

Microresonator based Frequency Comb Generators (µComb)

Start date: Jun 1, 2010, End date: May 31, 2014,

Optical frequency combs have revolutionized optical frequency metrology in just a few years. They have made it possible to directly count light field oscillations of several 100 million cycles per second. Traditionally they have been created with mode locked ultra short pulse lasers. In this project we propose to investigate frequency comb generation based on monolithic micro resonators. As recent ...
Read Project

 2

 FINISHED 

Quantum Phenomena in Optomechanical Systems (QPOS)

Start date: May 1, 2012, End date: Apr 30, 2014,

"Cavity optomechanics is a flourishing research field concerned with the study of macroscopic objects in a regime where quantum mechanical effects become apparent. A strong interaction between the optical field and the mechanical motion of optomechanical resonators, usually mediated by radiation pressure, enables both new photonic technologies as well as fundamental experiments that are at the hea ...
Read Project

 1

 FINISHED 

Ultrastrong optomechanical coupling for quantum optomechanics experiments and novel radiation-pressure devices (USOM)

Start date: Jan 1, 2012, End date: Dec 31, 2013,

...nanofocusing of light and the realization of angle-independent negative index metamaterials at optical frequencies. The host is the Laboratory of Photonics and Quantum Measurement at the EPFL, led by Tobias Kippenberg."
Read Project

 1

 FINISHED 

Monolithic Frequency Comb Generators In the Mid-Infrared (IRcomb)

Start date: Oct 1, 2011, End date: Sep 30, 2013,

"Optical frequency combs have become pivotal tools in a wide range of studies, from metrology, gas sensing to astronomy. In 2007 the host laboratory has demonstrated an entirely new approach to generate frequency combs from optical micro-resonators. The physical process responsible for the comb generation is parametric four-wave mixing.The micro-resonator frequency combs not only represent conside ...
Read Project

 1

 FINISHED 

Quantum Measurements and Ground State Cooling of Mechanical Oscillators (QM)

Start date: Mar 1, 2010, End date: Dec 31, 2011,

...e harmonic oscillator. This research will directly build on the recognized contributions of the participating Swiss research group, which is the Laboratoy of Photonics and Quantum Measurements of Dr. Tobias J. Kippenberg at the EPFL. The research group has over the past 4 years made many seminal and widely recognized contributions to the field of cavity optomechanics. The applicant is a French sci ...
Read Project

 1