Abstract: Jacobs

Prof. Kurt Jacobs – Boston University

“Putting the Quantum into Mechanics”

In the last few years great advances have been made in the construction and measurement of nano-mechanical resonators and mesoscopic superconducting circuits. To observe quantum behavior of mechanical resonators, one must induce nonlinear dynamics in these systems, or make measurements of nonlinear observables. We will describe a variety of ways to do this using superconducting devices, along with the quantum mechanical effects that result.