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Exploring Macroscopic Quantum Mechanics in Optomechanical Devices

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Measuring weak forces lies in the heart of modern physics: on the small scale, atomic-force microscopy probes microscopic structures, or even Casimir force, by measuring the displacement of a micro-mechanical cantilever; on the large scale, gravitational-wave (GW) detectors search for ripples in spacetime, by measuring the differential displacements of spatially-separated test masses induced by tiny gravitational tidal forces.

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Miao, H. (2012). Introduction. In: Exploring Macroscopic Quantum Mechanics in Optomechanical Devices. Springer Theses. Springer, Berlin, Heidelberg. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-642-25640-0_1

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