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Glass sphere is cooled to its motional quantum ground state

03 Feb 2020
Trapped object
Caught in a trap: a levitated nanoparticle has been cooled to its quantum ground state. (Courtesy: Lorenzo Magrini and Yuriy Coroli/University of Vienna)
A glass sphere about 150 nm in diameter has been cooled to its motional quantum ground state using

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