Conference Description
The Mechanical Systems in the Quantum Regime GRC is a premier, international scientific conference focused on advancing the frontiers of science through the presentation of cutting-edge and unpublished research, prioritizing time for discussion after each talk and fostering informal interactions among scientists of all career stages. The conference program includes a diverse range of speakers and discussion leaders from institutions and organizations worldwide, concentrating on the latest developments in the field. The conference is five days long and held in a remote location to increase the sense of camaraderie and create scientific communities, with lasting collaborations and friendships. In addition to premier talks, the conference has designated time for poster sessions from individuals of all career stages, and afternoon free time and communal meals allow for informal networking opportunities with leaders in the field.
Mechanical systems across a wide range of size scales and technologies now exhibit uniquely quantum coherent behaviors. Researchers have already begun to harness these new resources for quantum information, sensing, metrology, and fundamental physics. Still, major challenges remain in understanding how dissipation, quantum coherence, and nonlinearity manifest in these wildly diverse systems. This meeting will bring together scientists to discuss the latest experimental and theoretical advances in mechanical, phononic, and related systems that can be used to address outstanding challenges of nanoscale to cosmic proportions – quantum information transduction and processing; sensors that utilize ideas from quantum technologies or need to operate beyond quantum limits; understanding the behavior of increasingly complex combinations of mechanical and other quantum degrees of freedom; and detecting extremely weak interactions from gravity, dark matter, and other fundamentally new physics.
The topics, speakers, and discussion leaders for the conference sessions are displayed below. The conference chair is currently developing their detailed program, which will include the complete meeting schedule, as well as the talk titles for all speakers. The detailed program will be available by November 4, 2023. Please check back for updates.
Nonlinear, Topological, and Non-Reciprocal Systems
Discussion Leaders
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Aashish Clerk (University of Chicago, United States)
Speakers
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Ewold Verhagen (AMOLF, The Netherlands)
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Mark Dykman (Michigan State University, United States)
Mechanical Systems for Quantum Information
Discussion Leaders
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Konrad Lehnert (JILA, University of Colorado, United States)
Speakers
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Klemens Hammerer (Leibniz Universität Hannover, Germany)
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Birgit Stiller (Max Planck Institute for the Science of Light, Germany)
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Florian Marquardt (Max Planck Institute for the Science of Light, Germany)
Quantum Transduction and Information Processing with Mechanical Systems
Discussion Leaders
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John Teufel (NIST Boulder, United States)
Speakers
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Cindy Regal (JILA, University of Colorado Boulder, United States)
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Simon Groeblacher (Delft University of Technology, The Netherlands)
Searches for New Fundamental Physics
Discussion Leaders
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Yiwen Chu (ETH Zürich, Switzerland)
Speakers
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Daniel Carney (Berkeley National Lab, United States)
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Dalziel Wilson (University of Arizona, United States)
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David Moore (Yale University, United States)
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John Davis (University of Alberta, Dept of Physics, Canada)
Atomic and Levitated Systems
Discussion Leaders
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Markus Aspelmeyer (University of Vienna / Austrian Academy of Sciences, Austria)
Speakers
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Tracy Northup (University of Innsbruck, Austria)
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Uros Delic (University of Vienna, Austria)
Quantum Advantages in Sensing
Discussion Leaders
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Albert Schliesser (University of Copenhagen, Denmark)
Speakers
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Warwick Bowen (University of Queensland, Australia)
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David Vitali (University of Camerino, Italy)
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Eva Weig (Technical University of Munich, Germany)
Advances in Devices and Materials
Discussion Leaders
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Tobias Kippenberg (Swiss Federal Institute of Technology Lausanne (EPFL), Switzerland)
Speakers
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Oskar Painter (California Institute of Technology, United States)
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Richard Norte (Delft University of Technology, The Netherlands)
Integrated Phononic Circuits & Devices
Discussion Leaders
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Peter Rakich (Yale University, United States)
Speakers
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Mo Li (University of Washington, Seattle, United States)
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Matt Eichenfield (University of Arizona and Sandia National Labs, United States)
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Hiroshi Yamaguchi (NTT Basic Research Laboratories, Japan)
The Future of Opto- and Electro- Mechanical Detectors
Discussion Leaders
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Vivishek Sudhir (Massachusetts Institute of Technology, United States)
Speakers
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Quntao Zhuang (University of Southern California, United States)
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Andrew Geraci (Northwestern University, United States)
The GRC Power Hour™
Organizers
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Eva Weig (Technical University of Munich, Germany)
