Albert Schliesser

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Albert Schliesser is a post-doctoral fellow at the Ecole Polytechnique Fédérale de Lausanne in the Laboratory of Photonics and Quantum Measurement and a guest at the Laser Spectroscopy division of the Max-Planck-Institute of Quantum Optics. He obtained his Ph.D. from Ludwig Maximilians University and is a recipient of the Otto-Hahn medal and the EPS thesis prize. His research interests include optical micoresonators, cavity optomechanics, frequency comb generation and spectroscopy, as well as near-field optical techniques.


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Hybrid Atom-Optomechanics

Coupling a silicon nitride membrane resonator with a gas of ultracold atoms offers a novel approach to controlling mechanical systems at the quantum level. Read More »