Current work
Right now I am working on the CANNEX project. The aim of the CANNEX project is the design and construction of a novel type of experimental setup which is able to measure forces between macroscopic parallel plates. At surface separations of 1-100 µm the projected force sensitivity of 0.1 pN will allow to take a look beyond the boundaries of known Physics and set new limits to hypothetical Chameleon interactions.
Current work
Research Interests
- High precision metrology
- Casimir and Non-Newtonian force measurements
- Quantum information
- Experimental Cosmology
- Optics and laser
My publications
- Force sensor for chameleon and Casimir force experiments with parallel-plate configuration, Attaallah Almasi, Philippe Brax, Davide Iannuzzi, and Rene I. P. Sedmik Phys. Rev. D 91, 102002 (2015)
- Investigation of the effects of hydrodynamic and parasitic electrostatic forces on the dynamics of a high aspect ratio MEMS accelerometer, F. Cerini, M. Ferrari, V. Ferrari, A. Russo, M. A. Urquia, R. Ardito, B. De Masi, A. Almasi, D. Iannuzzi, R. Sedmik, Procedia engineering, Eurosensors, paper 5517, (2014)
- Locality of surface interactions on colloidal probes, Rene I. P. Sedmik, Attaallah Almasi, and Davide Iannuzzi, Phys. Rev. B 88, 165429 (2013)
- Quantum Storage of Photonic Polarization Qubits in a Solid, M. Gundogan, P.M. Ledingham, A. Almasi, M. Cristiani and H. de Riedmatten, Phys.Rev.Lett. 108, 190504 (2012), Highlighted in Physics
- Quantum Storage of Polarization Qubits in a Doped Solid, M. Gundogan, P. M. Ledingham, A. Almasi, M. Cristiani, H. de Riedmatten, Conference on quantum communication, measurement and computing, Vienna, Austria (2012)
- Quantum Storage of Photonic Polarization Qubits in a Doped Solid, M. Gundogan, P. M. Ledingham, A. Almasi, M. Cristiani, H. de Riedmatten, Quantum Information and measurement, Berlin, Germany (2012)