Abstract
The toolbox of quantum optics allows to achieve coherent quantum control over massive mechanical resonators by using radiation pressure of light inside optical cavities. Only recently, cavity-assisted ground state cooling of mechanical motion has been achieved both in the micro- and in the nanomechanical domain [1, 2]. Together with the strong coupling regime [3], this opens up a new parameter regime for macroscopic quantum physics with respect to size and mass of the objects under investigation. I will discuss the prospects of generating macroscopic quantum superposition states [4] and quantum entanglement [5], both for micromechanical interfaces for quantum information processing and for new tests of the foundations of quantum physics.
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