Quantum Signature of a Squeezed Mechanical Oscillator
Year: 2020
Authors: Chowdhury A., Vezio P., Bonaldi M., Borrielli A., Marino F., Morana B., Prodi G. A., Sarro P. M., Serra E., Marin F.
Autors Affiliation: CNR INO, Lgo Enrico Fermi 6, I-50125 Florence, Italy; European Lab Nonlinear Spect LENS, Via Carrara 1, I-50019 Sesto Fiorentino, FI, Italy; Inst Mat Elect & Magnetism, Nanosci Trento FBK Div, I-38123 Povo, Trento, Italy; Ist Nazl Fis Nucl, Trento Inst Fundamental Phys & Applicat, I-38123 Povo, Trento, Italy; Ist Nazl Fis Nucl, Sez Firenze, Via Sansone 1, I-50019 Sesto Fiorentino, FI, Italy; Delft Univ Technol, Dept Microelect & Comp Engn ECTM DIMES, Feldmanweg 17, NL-2628 CT Delft, Netherlands; Univ Trento, Dipartimento Fis, I-38123 Povo, Trento, Italy; Univ Firenze, Dipartimento Fis & Astron, Via Sansone 1, I-50019 Sesto Fiorentino, FI, Italy.
Abstract: Recent optomechanical experiments have observed nonclassical properties in macroscopic mechanical oscillators. A key indicator of such properties is the asymmetry in the strength of the motional sidebands produced in the probe electromagnetic field, which is originated by the noncommutativity between the oscillator ladder operators. Here we extend the analysis to a squeezed state of an oscillator embedded in an optical cavity, produced by the parametric effect originated by a suitable combination of optical fields. The motional sidebands assume a peculiar shape, related to the modified system dynamics, with asymmetric features revealing and quantifying the quantum component of the squeezed oscillator motion.
Journal/Review: PHYSICAL REVIEW LETTERS
Volume: 124 (2) Pages from: 23601-1 to: 23601-6
More Information: Research performed within the Project QuaSeRT funded by the QuantERA ERA-NET Cofund in Quantum Technologies implemented within the European Union’s Horizon 2020 Programme. The research has been partially supported by INFN (HUMOR project).KeyWords: Noise;Quantum Optomechanics; Quantum optics DOI: 10.1103/PhysRevLett.124.023601ImpactFactor: 9.161Citations: 20data from “WEB OF SCIENCE” (of Thomson Reuters) are update at: 2024-09-15References taken from IsiWeb of Knowledge: (subscribers only)
