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Non-reciprocal interactions and entanglement between optically levitated nanoparticles


Optically levitating dielectric nanoparticles in ultra-high vacuum, where their motion can be cooled into the deep quantum regime, provides a promising platform for force and torque sensing and for high-mass tests of quantum physics. In this talk I will discuss recent results on the coupled dynamics of co-levitated nanoparticles interacting via optical binding and via electrostatic forces. I will show how non-reciprocal interactions [1,2] and mechanical entanglement [3,4] between two particles can be generated and observed by controlling the light fields suspending them.