Gravity and Quantum: Some Low-Energy Endeavours

In this webinar hosted by the Optical Metrology Technical Group, Prof. Animesh Datta will discuss recent efforts to understand the interface between quantum and gravitational physics. Prof. Datta's talk will focus on the inferences that may be drawn about the nature of spacetime and gravity from experiments exploring this interface. The experiments use massless (optical) and massive probes and range from table-top and terrestrial Michelson interferometers to proposed quantum optomechanical experiments in space.

What You Will Learn:
• Optical interference for sensing applications

Who Should Attend:
• Masters students
• Ph.D. students
• Postdocs
• Professionals from the research and manufacturing industries

About the Presenter: Animesh Datta from University of Warwick

Animesh Datta is a Professor of Theoretical Physics and leads the quantum information science group at the University of Warwick, UK. He was an EPSRC Early Career Fellow from 2014-19. He is interested in most aspects of quantum information science, and investigates topics theoretically with fundamental aspects in mind, but also driven by experimental challenges and technological ramifications that require new theoretical rethinking. His current research activities focus on quantum sensing (theory and practice of multi-parameter quantum metrology, imaging, spectroscopy), quantum sensing at the gravity-quantum interface, quantum simulation, computation, and verification, and quantumness in complex systems, including quantum effects in biology. He is an Associate Editor of Optica Quantum and an Editorial Board Member of the Proceedings of the Royal Society A: Mathematical, Physical & Engineering Sciences.