Quantum acoustics

Presentations

• Design Concepts for Hybrid Superconducting-Mechanical Cat Qubits (Part 1)

  Oral-In-person

  March 20, 2026, 12:00 PM – March 20, 2026, 12:12 PM

  Presenters

  • Richard Parada

    • Caltech

  Authors

  • Richard Parada

    • Caltech

  • Bastien Bakker

    • Caltech

  • John Parker

    • Caltech

  • Parthorn Ammawat

  • Oskar Painter

    • Caltech

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• Design Concepts for Hybrid Superconducting-Mechanical Cat Qubits (Part 2)

  Oral-In-person

  March 20, 2026, 12:12 PM – March 20, 2026, 12:24 PM

  Presenters

  • Bastien Bakker

    • Caltech

  Authors

  • Bastien Bakker

    • Caltech

  • Richard Parada

    • Caltech

  • John Parker

    • Caltech

  • Parthorn Ammawat

  • Oskar Painter

    • Caltech

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• Giant atom dynamics in a hybrid superconducting-phononic circuits

  Oral-In-person · Withdrawn

  March 20, 2026, 12:24 PM – March 20, 2026, 12:36 PM

  Presenters

  • bo zhang

    • Tsinghua university

  Authors

  • bo zhang

    • Tsinghua university

  • lintao xiao

    • Tsinghua University

  • Weiting Wang

    • Tsinghua University

  • yu zeng

  • Xinbiao Xu

  • Jiaqi Wang

  • Chang-Ling Zou

  • Luyan Sun

    • Tsinghua University

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• Engineering high-Q surface acoustic wave (SAW) resonators for superconducting circuits, Part 1

  Oral-In-person

  March 20, 2026, 12:36 PM – March 20, 2026, 12:48 PM

  Presenters

  • Betul Sen

    • Yale University

  Authors

  • Betul Sen

    • Yale University

  • Xinghan Guo

    • Yale University

  • Peter Rakich

    • Yale University

  • Robert Schoelkopf

    • Yale University

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• Engineering high-Q surface acoustic wave (SAW) resonators for superconducting circuits, part 2

  Oral-In-person

  March 20, 2026, 12:48 PM – March 20, 2026, 1:00 PM

  Presenters

  • Xinghan Guo

    • Yale University

  Authors

  • Xinghan Guo

    • Yale University

  • Betul Sen

    • Yale University

  • Peter Rakich

    • Yale University

  • Robert Schoelkopf

    • Yale University

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• Theory of Fluxonium-Acoustic Hybrid Systems

  Oral-In-person

  March 20, 2026, 1:00 PM – March 20, 2026, 1:12 PM

  Presenters

  • Constantin Schrade

    • Louisiana State University

  Authors

  • Constantin Schrade

    • Louisiana State University

  • Yinqi Chen

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  • Camryn Undershute

    • Michigan State University

  • Alexander Carrothers

    • Michigan State University

  • Johannes Pollanen

    • Michigan State University

  • András Gyenis

    • Univ of Copenhagen

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• Temperature and power dependence of high-overtone transverse bulk acoustic modes in lithium niobate

  Oral-In-person

  March 20, 2026, 1:12 PM – March 20, 2026, 1:24 PM

  Presenters

  • Monawar Mesbah

    • Michigan State University

  Authors

  • Monawar Mesbah

    • Michigan State University

  • Pranaya Kishore Rath

    • Michigan State University

  • Camryn Undershute

    • Michigan State University

  • Johannes Pollanen

    • Michigan State University

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• Pound–Drever–Hall-Based Spectroscopy of Multi-Mode Surface Acoustic Wave Resonators

  Oral-In-person

  March 20, 2026, 1:24 PM – March 20, 2026, 1:36 PM

  Presenters

  • Pranaya Kishore Rath

    • Michigan State University

  Authors

  • Pranaya Kishore Rath

    • Michigan State University

  • James Philips

  • Taekwan Yoon

    • Zurich Instruments, Inc.

  • Kent Shirer

    • Zurich Instruments, Inc.

  • Arash Fereidouni

    • Zurich Instruments, Inc.

  • Johannes Pollanen

    • Michigan State University

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• Hybrid quantum systems with ultracoherent mechanical resonators

  Invited-In-person · Invited

  March 20, 2026, 1:36 PM – March 20, 2026, 2:12 PM

  Publication: 1. Tsaturyan, Y., Barg, A., Polzik, E. S. & Schliesser, A. Ultracoherent nanomechanical resonators via soft clamping and dissipation dilution. Nat. Nanotechnol. 12, 776–783 (2017).
  2. Rossi, M., Mason, D., Chen, J., Tsaturyan, Y. & Schliesser, A. Measurement-based quantum control of mechanical motion. Nature 563, 53–58 (2018).
  3. Rossi, M., Mason, D., Chen, J. & Schliesser, A. Observing and Verifying the Quantum Trajectory of a Mechanical Resonator. Phys. Rev. Lett. 123, 163601 (2019).
  4. Mason, D., Chen, J., Rossi, M., Tsaturyan, Y. & Schliesser, A. Continuous force and displacement measurement below the standard quantum limit. Nat. Phys. 15, 745 (2019).
  5. Seis, Y. et al. Ground state cooling of an ultracoherent electromechanical system. Nat. Commun. 13, 1507 (2022).
  6. Hahne, F. et al. Measuring high field gradients of cobalt nanomagnets in a spin-mechanical setup. Preprint at https://doi.org/10.48550/arXiv.2508.19156 (2025).
  
  

  Presenters

  • Albert Schliesser

    • Niels Bohr Institute

  Authors

  • Albert Schliesser

    • Niels Bohr Institute

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• Investigating the high power response of quantum acoustic systems

  Oral-In-person

  March 20, 2026, 2:12 PM – March 20, 2026, 2:24 PM

  Presenters

  • Alexander Carrothers

    • Michigan State University

  Authors

  • Alexander Carrothers

    • Michigan State University

  • Camryn Undershute

    • Michigan State University

  • Austin Schleusner

    • Michigan State University

  • Pranaya Kishore Rath

    • Michigan State University

  • Johannes Pollanen

    • Michigan State University

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• An Ultra-Cold Mechanical Quantum Sensor for Tests of New Physics

  Oral-In-person

  March 20, 2026, 2:24 PM – March 20, 2026, 2:36 PM

  Publication: Omahen, A., Storz, S., et al. (2025). An Ultra-Cold Mechanical Quantum Sensor for Tests of New Physics. arXiv preprint arXiv:2507.02653

  Presenters

  • Andraz Omahen

    • ETH Zurich

  Authors

  • Andraz Omahen

    • ETH Zurich

  • Simon Storz

    • ETH Zurich

  • Marius Bild

    • ETH Zurich

  • Dario Scheiwiller

  • Matteo Fadel

    • ETH Zurich

  • Yiwen Chu

    • ETH Zurich

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• Resonant Two-Mode Measurements in a Hybrid Quantum Acoustic Device

  Oral-In-person

  March 20, 2026, 2:36 PM – March 20, 2026, 2:48 PM

  Presenters

  • Stefano Marti

    • ETH Zurich

  Authors

  • Stefano Marti

    • ETH Zurich

  • Milo Sennhauser

  • Matteo Fadel

    • ETH Zurich

  • Yiwen Chu

    • ETH Zurich

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