Trap-to-trap free falls with an optically levitated nanoparticle
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| author | Mattana, M. Luisa Zambon, Nicola Carlon Rossi, Massimiliano Bonvin, Eric Devaud, Louisiane Frimmer, Martin Novotny, Lukas |
| author_facet | Mattana, M. Luisa Zambon, Nicola Carlon Rossi, Massimiliano Bonvin, Eric Devaud, Louisiane Frimmer, Martin Novotny, Lukas |
| contents | We perform free-fall experiments with a charge-neutral, optically levitated nanoparticle. This is achieved using an optical tweezer that can be rapidly toggled on and off and vertically displaced, enabling the particle to be released and recaptured after each free fall. The particle is insensitive to electric fields due to its charge neutrality and, during free evolution, is not subject to photon recoil heating. We achieve free-fall durations of up to 0.25 ms and observe a nearly two hundred-fold increase in the particle's position uncertainty at recapture. The current limit on the free-fall time arises from the performance of the initial cooling step. By implementing linear feedback techniques and reducing the background pressure, we expect to perform millisecond-scale free-fall experiments in ultra-high vacuum, opening new opportunities for generating large delocalizations of levitated objects. |
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| spellingShingle | Trap-to-trap free falls with an optically levitated nanoparticle Mattana, M. Luisa Zambon, Nicola Carlon Rossi, Massimiliano Bonvin, Eric Devaud, Louisiane Frimmer, Martin Novotny, Lukas Quantum Physics Optics We perform free-fall experiments with a charge-neutral, optically levitated nanoparticle. This is achieved using an optical tweezer that can be rapidly toggled on and off and vertically displaced, enabling the particle to be released and recaptured after each free fall. The particle is insensitive to electric fields due to its charge neutrality and, during free evolution, is not subject to photon recoil heating. We achieve free-fall durations of up to 0.25 ms and observe a nearly two hundred-fold increase in the particle's position uncertainty at recapture. The current limit on the free-fall time arises from the performance of the initial cooling step. By implementing linear feedback techniques and reducing the background pressure, we expect to perform millisecond-scale free-fall experiments in ultra-high vacuum, opening new opportunities for generating large delocalizations of levitated objects. |
| title | Trap-to-trap free falls with an optically levitated nanoparticle |
| topic | Quantum Physics Optics |
| url | https://arxiv.org/abs/2507.12995 |