Project Details
Projekt
Levitated ferrimagnetic particles in hollow-core photonic crystal fibres (B02)
Subject Area
Experimental Condensed Matter Physics
Optics, Quantum Optics and Physics of Atoms, Molecules and Plasmas
Optics, Quantum Optics and Physics of Atoms, Molecules and Plasmas
Term
from 2021 to 2025
Project identifier
Deutsche Forschungsgemeinschaft (DFG) - Project number 429529648
In this project, we aim to develop a new platform to investigate the cooperative interplay between photons, phonons and magnons by means of microscopic particles of yttrrium-iron-garnet (YIG). Since YIG particles are not only ferrimagnetic but also transparent they can be trapped inside a hollow-core photonic crystal fibre by optical tweezer techniques. This will ensure efficient light-matter interactions, whilst allowing operating one single particle or trapping a chain of particles and explore their collective cooperativity via the optical binding effect. The initial exploratory experiments will provide a secure basis for subsequent studies of quantum cooperativity at the single photon, phonon and magnon level.
DFG Programme
CRC/Transregios
Applicant Institution
Friedrich-Alexander-Universität Erlangen-Nürnberg
Project Heads
Professor Dr. Nicolas Joly; Professor Dr. Philip St. J. Russell
