2008/04/08 by M. Bhattacharya, P. Meystre, Pierre Meystre · 2 citations
Chemistry · Engineering · Physics and Astronomy · #Advanced MEMS and NEMS Technologies #Chemistry #Computer science #Coupling (piping) #Extension (predicate logic) #Force Microscopy Techniques and Applications #Laser #Materials science #Mechanical and Optical Resonators #Membrane #Optical cavity #Optomechanics #Physics #Quantum #Quantum mechanics #quant-ph
paper · pdf · doi:10.1103/physreva.78.041801
4 pages, 2 figures
arxiv created 2008/04/08 · openalex publication_date 2008/10/01 · arxiv updated 2009/12/01 · openalex created_date 2025/10/10 · openalex updated_date 2026/08/05
We investigate theoretically the extension of cavity optomechanics to multiple membrane systems. We describe the simplest case of two membranes in a cavity, in terms of the coupling of the light fields to the breathing and center-of-mass modes of the membrane array. We show that these normal modes can be optically addressed individually and also be cooled, trapped, and characterized, e.g., via quantum nondemolition measurements. The extension to a larger number of membranes is briefly discussed.