2009/10/31 by Francesco Marino, F. S. Cataliotti, Francesco S. Cataliotti +4 · 41 citations
Engineering · Physics and Astronomy · #Advanced Fiber Laser Technologies #Coupling (piping) #Fabry–Pérot interferometer #Field (mathematics) #Finesse #Laser #Mechanical and Optical Resonators #Noise (video) #Optical cavity #Optics #Photonic and Optical Devices #Physics #Quantum #Quantum electrodynamics #Quantum limit #Quantum mechanics #Quantum optics #Radiation #Radiation pressure #Resonator #Sensitivity (control systems) #quant-ph
paper · pdf · doi:10.1103/physrevlett.104.073601
published in Physical Review Letters 104(7), 073601 (American Physical Society)
arxiv created 2010/02/01 · openalex publication_date 2010/02/16 · arxiv updated 2012/03/12 · openalex created_date 2025/10/10 · openalex updated_date 2026/08/05
The radiation pressure coupling between a low-mass moving mirror and an incident light field has been experimentally studied in a high-finesse Fabry-Perot cavity. Using classical intensity noise in order to mimic radiation pressure quantum fluctuations, the physics of ponderomotive squeezing comes into play as a result of the opto-mechanical correlations between the field quadratures. The same scheme can be used to probe ponderomotive squeezing at the quantum level, thus opening new routes in quantum optics and high sensitivity measurement experiments.