Quantum Sensors and Tests of Fundamental Physics II

Presentations

• New limits on scalar ultralight dark matter using Fabry-Pérot optical cavities

  Oral-In-person

  March 17, 2026, 10:30 AM – March 17, 2026, 10:42 AM

  Publication: arXiv:2412.20623

  Presenters

  • Tejas Deshpande

    • Northwestern University

  Authors

  • Tejas Deshpande

    • Northwestern University

  • Andra Ionescu

    • Northwestern University

  • Nicholas Miller

    • Northwestern University

  • Zhiyuan Wang

    • Northwestern University

  • Gerald Gabrielse

    • Northwestern University

  • Andrew Geraci

    • Northwestern University

  • Tim Kovachy

    • Northwestern University

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• Single-Clock Redshift Experiment for Measuring Planck's Constant and Testing the Quantum Nature of Gravitation

  Oral-In-person

  March 17, 2026, 10:42 AM – March 17, 2026, 10:54 AM

  Publication: Working title of the scientific monograph: "Fundamental Gravitation under the Microscope of Quantum Mechanics." It will be published by AstroQuant Publishing, New York, USA, in early 2026.

  Presenters

  • Vasily Yanchilin

    • AstroQuant Research Group, USA

  Authors

  • Vasily Yanchilin

    • AstroQuant Research Group, USA

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• Gravitationally Induced Decoherence Tested with a Torsional Pendulum

  Oral-In-person

  March 17, 2026, 10:54 AM – March 17, 2026, 11:06 AM

  Presenters

  • Thomas Bsaibes

    • University of Maryland College Park

  Authors

  • Thomas Bsaibes

    • University of Maryland College Park

  • Jack Manley

    • National Institue for Standards and Technology

  • Charles Condos

    • University of Arizona

  • Gayathrini Premawardhana

    • University of Maryland, College Park

  • Matthew Tao

    • University of California, Berkeley

  • Garrett Louie

    • University of California, Berkeley

  • James Egelhoff

    • University of California, Berkeley

  • Jon Pratt

    • NIST

  • Holger Müller

    • University of California, Berkeley

  • Daniel Carney

    • Berkeley National Laboratory

  • Jacob Taylor

    • University of Maryland, College Park

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• Balancing force sensing and spin-motion entanglement in levitated diamond

  Oral-In-person

  March 17, 2026, 11:06 AM – March 17, 2026, 11:18 AM

  Presenters

  • Gayathrini Premawardhana

    • University of Maryland, College Park

  Authors

  • Gayathrini Premawardhana

    • University of Maryland, College Park

  • Jonathan Beaumariage

    • University of Pittsburgh

  • Gurudev Dutt

    • University of Pittsburgh

  • David Pekker

    • University of Pittsburgh

  • Thomas Purdy

    • University of Pittsburgh

  • Jacob Taylor

    • University of Maryland, College Park

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• Exploring the Potential of Germanium Quantum Sensors for Probing High-Frequency Gravitational Waves

  Oral-In-person

  March 17, 2026, 11:18 AM – March 17, 2026, 11:30 AM

  Presenters

  • Athul Prem

    • University of South Dakota

  Authors

  • Athul Prem

    • University of South Dakota

  • Dongming Mei

    • University of South Dakota

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• Entanglement, Correlations, and Time Dilation in Two-Mode Quantum Systems

  Oral-In-person

  March 17, 2026, 11:30 AM – March 17, 2026, 11:42 AM

  Publication: https://arxiv.org/abs/2506.14705

  Presenters

  • Joseph Balsells

    • Cornell University

  Authors

  • Joseph Balsells

    • Cornell University

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• Spin squeezing-enhanced clock comparison at the 10^-18 level

  Oral-In-person

  March 17, 2026, 11:42 AM – March 17, 2026, 11:54 AM

  Publication: Y. A. Yang, M. Miklos, Yee Ming Tso, Stella Kraus, Joonseok Hur, and Jun Ye, Clock precision beyond the standard quantum limit at 10^-18 level, Accepted to PRL (2025)

  Presenters

  • Maya Miklos

    • JILA, University of Colorado Boulder

  Authors

  • Maya Miklos

    • JILA, University of Colorado Boulder

  • Yang Yang

    • JILA, University of Colorado Boulder

  • Yee Ming Tso

    • JILA, University of Colorado Boulder

  • Stella Kraus

    • JILA, University of Colorado Boulder

  • Joonseok Hur

    • JILA, University of Colorado Boulder

  • Jun Ye

    • JILA, University of Colorado Boulder

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• Simultaneous Operation of Clock and Gravimetry in a Wannier-Stark Optical Lattice Clock

  Oral-In-person

  March 17, 2026, 11:54 AM – March 17, 2026, 12:06 PM

  Presenters

  • William Warfield

    • JILA

  Authors

  • William Warfield

    • JILA

  • Alexander Aeppli

    • University of Colorado, Boulder

  • Kai Zhou

    • JILA

  • Jun Ye

    • JILA, University of Colorado Boulder

  • Kyungtae Kim

    • JILA

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• Quantum sensing with critical systems: advantages and challenges

  Oral-In-person

  March 17, 2026, 12:06 PM – March 17, 2026, 12:18 PM

  Presenters

  • Yinan Chen

    • Caltech

  Authors

  • Yinan Chen

    • Caltech

  • Sara Murciano

    • Caltech

  • Pablo Sala de Torres-Solanot

    • University of California, Berkeley

  • Jason Alicea

    • Caltech

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