We offer this seminar course in both summer and winter semester. 

The topic list of the course comprises important contributions in the
field and is frequently updated with new literature. The following list
may therefore be subject to change until the start of the next
semester.

Available topics as of 25.02.2025:

1. A nanomechanical mass sensor with yoctogram resolution
(https://doi.org/10.1038/nnano.2012.42)
2. Weighing of biomolecules, single cells and single nanoparticles in
fluid (https://doi.org/10.1038/nature05741)
3. Nanomechanical mass measurements through feature-based time series
clustering (https://doi.org/10.1063/5.0176303)
4. Thermal IR detection with nanoelectromechanical silicon nitride
trampoline resonators (https://doi.org/10.1109/JSEN.2022.3223439)
5. Approaching the standard quantum limit of mechanical torque sensing
(https://doi.org/10.1038/ncomms13165)
6. Ultracoherent nanomechanical resonators via soft clamping and
dissipation dilution (https://doi.org/10.1038/nnano.2017.101)
7. Membrane-based scanning force microscopy
(https://link.aps.org/doi/10.1103/PhysRevApplied.15.L021001)
8. Vertical nanopillars for in situ probing of nuclear mechanics in
adherent cells (https://doi.org/10.1038/nnano.2015.88)
9. Magnetic resonance imaging with optical preamplification and
detection (https://doi.org/10.1038/s41598-019-54200-3)
10. Optomechanical inertial sensors (https://doi.org/10.1364/AO.393061)
11. Superfluid helium ultralight dark matter detector
(https://link.aps.org/doi/10.1103/PhysRevD.109.095011)
12. Searches for massive neutrinos with mechanical quantum sensors
(https://link.aps.org/doi/10.1103/PRXQuantum.4.010315)

We will introduce these topics on the first day of this course. 

The exact date and location can be found on tumonline.

We offer this seminar course in both summer and winter semester.  

The topic list of the course comprises important contributions in the
field and is frequently updated with new literature. The following list
may therefore be subject to change until the start of the next
semester.

Available topics as of 25.02.2025:

1. Quantum ground state and single-phonon control of a mechanical
resonator (https://doi.org/10.1038/nature08967)
2. Cooling of a levitated nanoparticle to the motional quantum ground
state (https://doi.org/10.1038/s41567-019-0673-7)
3. Non-Hermitian dynamics and non-reciprocity of optical coupled
nanoparticles (https://doi.org/10.1038/s41567-024-02589-8)
4. Schrödinger cat states of a 16-microgram mechanical oscillator
(https://www.science.org/doi/abs/10.1126/science.adf7553)
5. Microwave-to-optics conversion using a mechanical oscillator in its
quantum ground state (https://doi.org/10.1038/s41567-019-0673-7)
6. Optically heralded microwave photon addition
(https://doi.org/10.1038/s41567-023-02129-w)
7. Non-classical microwave-optical photon pair generation with a chip-
scale transducer (https://doi.org/10.1038/s41567-024-02409-z)
8. Optomechanical ground-state cooling in a continuous and efficient
electro-optic transducer
(https://link.aps.org/doi/10.1103/PhysRevX.12.021062)
9. Creation and control of multi-phonon Fock states in a bulk acoustic-
wave resonator (https://doi.org/10.1038/s41586-018-0717-7)
10. Quantum state preparation and tomography of entangled mechanical
resonators (https://doi.org/10.1038/s41586-022-04500-y)
11. A mechanical qubit
(https://www.science.org/doi/abs/10.1126/science.adr2464)

We will introduce these topics on the first day of this course. 

The exact date and location can be found on tumonline.