Research Areas - (1) Levitated Micromagnet Dark Matter / Ultralight Field Search

Full path: Physics > Quantum Optics > Optomechanics > Optically Levitated Nanoparticle Sensing > Levitated Ferromagnet Magnetometry > Levitated Micromagnet Dark Matter / Ultralight Field Search

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.