Photonics Setup (IMAGE)

University of Innsbruck

Photonics Setup

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The vacuum chamber with the experimental setup to levitate a particle inside of a cavity. The cavity consists of two mirrors coated to be extremely reflective for infrared light. The cylindrical part in the center holds a lens at its tip to focus the infrared laser down to a point at which the particle is trapped.

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Johannes Piotrowski

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