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SUMMARY:ICFO | MARKUS ASPELMEYER
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DESCRIPTION:PROFILE: \nMarkus Aspelmeyer is Professor of Physics at the Uni
 versity of Vienna and Scientific Director at the Institute for Quantum Opt
 ics and Quantum Information (IQOQI) of the Austrian Academy of Sciences in
  Vienna. He studied physics and philosophy in Munich\, Germany. After a Ph
 D in solid state physics from LMU Munich he switched fields to quantum opt
 ics. By combining these two backgrounds he became one of the early pioneer
 s of the field of quantum optomechanics. Aspelmeyer is co-founder of Cryst
 alline Mirror Solutions (now Thorlabs Crystalline Solutions)\, which provi
 des novel optics for laser precision measurements. He is a Fellow of the A
 merican Physical Society\, and Member of the Austrian Academy of Sciences 
 and the Academy of Sciences and Humanities in Hamburg. His current researc
 h is focused on the intriguing puzzles around quantum physics and gravity.
 \nABSTRACT:\nNo experiment today provides evidence that gravity requires a
  quantum description. The growing ability to achieve quantum optical contr
 ol over massive solid-state objects may change that situation -- by enabli
 ng experiments that directly probe the phenomenology of quantum states of 
 gravitational source masses. This can lead to experimental outcomes that a
 re inconsistent with the predictions of a purely classical field theory of
  gravity. Such 'Quantum Cavendish' experiments will rely on delocalized mo
 tional quantum states of sufficiently massive objects and gravity experime
 nts on the micrometer scale. I review the current status in the lab and th
 e challenges to be overcome for future experiments.\nHosted by Prof. Dr. O
 riol Romero-Isart
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