Quantum Interfaces with Nano-opto-electro-mechanical devices: Applications and Fundamental Physics

Optomechanical and electromechanical systems play an important role within current information and communication technologies, enabling applications in disparate fields, from sensing to wireless communication . These systems have recently entered the quantum regime, and squeezed and entangled states of radiation and mechanical degrees of freedom have been generated and detected. These devices offer therefore a unique playground, either for new technological solution in the field of classical and quantum information processing, and for investigating fundamental aspects of quantum theory. Here we will afford both aspects focusing either on their use as a flexible interface between electrical, optical and mechanical degrees of freedom, and as experimental platforms for testing the basic principles of quantum mechanics.