2015/07/03 by Gang Li, Tao Wang, Li, Gang +3
Computer Science · Physics and Astronomy · #FOS: Physical sciences #Force Microscopy Techniques and Applications #Mechanical and Optical Resonators #Quantum Information and Cryptography #Quantum Physics (quant-ph)
paper · pdf · doi:10.48550/arxiv.1507.00850
openalex publication_date 2015/07/03 · openalex created_date 2025/10/10 · openalex updated_date 2026/07/28
Most studies for postselected weak measurement focus on using pure Gaussian state as a pointer, which can only give an amplification limit reaching the level of the ground state fluctuation. When the pointer is initialised in a thermal state, we find that the amplification limit after the postselection can reach the level of thermal fluctuation, indicating that the amplification effect achieving the level of thermal fluctuation is also increased with the temperature grow, and also give the amplification mechanism different from the one with pure Gaussian state pointer. To illustrate these results, we propose two schemes to implement room temperature amplification of the mechanical oscillator's displacement caused by a single photon in optomechanical system. The two schemes can both enhance the mechanical oscillator's original displacement by nearly seven orders of magnitude, attaining sensitivity to displacements of 0.26 nm. Such amplification effect can be used to observe the impact of a single photon on a room temperature mechanical oscillator which is hard to detect in traditional measurement.