Technique - (1) Levitated ferromagnet / micromagnet magnetomechanics

Type: Experimental

Description: Diamagnetic levitation of ferromagnetic particles; optomechanical readout; ultralight dark matter and gravity sensing.

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.