2021/04/06 by Anisur Rahman, Rahman, A. T. M. Anishur, P. F. Barker +1 · 1 citation
Physics and Astronomy · #Mechanical and Optical Resonators #Advanced Thermodynamics and Statistical Mechanics #Quantum Electrodynamics and Casimir Effect
paper · pdf · doi:10.48550/arxiv.2104.02708
In 1909 Einstein described the thermalization of a mirror within a blackbody cavity by collisions with thermal photons. While the time to thermalize the motion of even a microscale or nanoscale object is so long that it is not feasible, we show that it is using the high intensity light from an amplified thermal light source with a well-defined chemical potential. We predict damping of the center-of mass motion due to this effect on times scales of seconds for small optomechanical systems, such as levitated nanoparticles, allowing experimental observation.