Cavity-assisted squeezing of a mechanical oscillator

By K. Jaehne, C. Genes, Klemens Hammerer, M. Wallquist, Eugene Simon Polzik, Peter Zoller. 2009

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We investigate the creation of squeezed states of a vibrating membrane or a movable mirror in an optomechanical system. An optical cavity is driven by the squeezed light and couples via the radiation pressure to the membrane or mirror, effectively providing a squeezed heat bath for the mechanical oscillator. Under the conditions of laser cooling to the ground state, we find an efficient transfer of squeezing with roughly 60% of light squeezing conveyed to the membrane or mirror (on a dB scale). We determine the requirements on the carrier frequency and the bandwidth of squeezed light. Beyond the conditions of ground-state cooling, we predict mechanical squashing to be observable in current systems.

Subfields: Atomic and Molecular Physics, and Optics, Electrical and Electronic Engineering

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1. Herre S. J. van der Zant
2. Menno Poot
3. Rui Huang
4. Qiang Lu

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• Mechanical systems in the quantum regime (2011, background): “Backaction does not just impose limits, it can also work to one’s advantage: it can squeeze the resonator motion [183–187], couple and synchronize multiple resonators [188,189], and backaction can cool the resonator as we will show.”