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Department(s)/lab(s): Physics and Astronomy | Ulbricht Lab @ Southampton
Summary:

Hendrik Ulbricht's group pioneers levitated optomechanics and macroscopic quantum systems. Research: (1) optical levitation of nanoparticles for zeptonewton force sensing and quantum-to-classical transition tests; (2) magnetic levitation of micromagnets (diamagnetically stabilised) as ultralight dark matter detectors and magnetometers (fT/√Hz sensitivity demonstrated with LeMaMa levitated ferromagnet); (3) spin entanglement witness for quantum gravity (BMV experiment — levitated diamond with NV centre); (4) tests of the Diósi-Penrose model of wavefunction collapse. Multiple Reviews of Modern Physics; active in macroscopic quantum physics community.

Created at: May 15, 2025, 7 a.m. Updated at: May 15, 2025, 7 a.m. Metadata: Scraped 2025-05-15; Reviews of Modern Physics 2025; levitated ferromagnet dark matter; BMV gravity entanglement