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most citedEnhanced optomechanical coupling between an optically levitated particle and an ultrahigh Q optical microcavity

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8 papers

physics.optics2026

Interference-Based 3D Optical Cold Damping of a Levitated Nanoparticle

Youssef Ezzo, Seyed Khalil Alavi, Sungkun Hong

Achieving efficient three-dimensional feedback cooling of levitated nanoparticles is a key requirement for precision sensing and quantum control in levitated optomechanics. Here we…

quant-ph2025

Interference-enhanced optical force detection of weak light fields using a levitated nanoparticle

Seyed K. Alavi, Youssef Ezzo, Ashik Pulikkathara +1

Optically levitated nanoparticles in vacuum provide a highly sensitive platform for probing weak light-matter interactions. In this work, we present an interference-based method to…

physics.optics2025

Inverse Microparticle Design for Enhanced Optical Trapping and Detection Efficiency in All Six Degrees of Freedom

Moosung Lee, Benjamin A. Stickler, Thomas Pertsch +1

Achieving quantum-limited motional control of optically trapped particles beyond the sub-micrometer scale is an outstanding problem in levitated optomechanics. A key obstacle is so…

physics.optics2025

Efficient, inverse large-scale optimization of diffractive lenses

Marco Gerhardt, Sungkun Hong, Moosung Lee

Scalable photonic optimization holds the promise of significantly enhancing the performance of diffractive lenses across a wide range of photonic applications. However, the high co…

physics.optics2025

Optical levitation of fluorescent silicon carbide nanoparticles in vacuum

Seyed Khalil Alavi, Cheng-I Ho, Iuliia Neumann +4

Levitated optomechanics is an emerging field in quantum science that explores the quantum motion of mesoscopic particles levitated in a vacuum. Expanding this approach to particles…

physics.optics2025★ 1 cited

Compact vacuum levitation and control platform with a single 3D-printed fiber lens

Seyed Khalil Alavi, Jose Manuel Monterrosas Romero, Pavel Ruchka +3

Levitated dielectric particles in a vacuum have emerged as a new platform in quantum science, with applications ranging from precision acceleration and force sensing to testing qua…

physics.optics2024

Modelling Optomechanical Responses in Optical Tweezers Beyond Paraxial Limits

Moosung Lee, Tobias Hanke, Sara Launer +1

Optically levitated dielectric nanoparticles have become valuable tools for precision sensing and quantum optomechanical experiments. To predict the dynamic properties of a particl…

physics.optics2024★ 3 cited

Enhanced optomechanical coupling between an optically levitated particle and an ultrahigh Q optical microcavity

Seyed Khalil Alavi, Zijie Sheng, Haneul Lee +2

Exploring the dynamics of an optically levitated dielectric micro- and nanoparticle is an exciting new subject in quantum science. Recent years have witnessed rapid advancements in…