Dynamic Dissipative Cooling of a Mechanical Resonator in Strong Coupling Optomechanics

2013/03/15 by Yong‐Chun Liu, Yong-Chun Liu, Yun‐Feng Xiao +3 · 4 citations
Engineering · Physics and Astronomy · #Advanced MEMS and NEMS Technologies #Coupling (piping) #Dissipation #Dissipative system #Force Microscopy Techniques and Applications #Materials science #Mechanical and Optical Resonators #Mesoscopic physics #Optoelectronics #Optomechanics #Physics #Quantum #Quantum mechanics #Resonator #physics.optics #quant-ph

paper · pdf · doi:10.1103/physrevlett.110.153606

published as Phys. Rev. Lett. 110, 153606 (2013) · accepetd in Physical Review Letters

arxiv created 2013/03/15 · openalex publication_date 2013/04/12 · arxiv updated 2013/12/03 · openalex created_date 2025/10/10 · openalex updated_date 2026/08/05

Abstract

Cooling of mesoscopic mechanical resonators represents a primary concern in cavity optomechanics. In this Letter, in the strong optomechanical coupling regime, we propose to dynamically control the cavity dissipation, which is able to significantly accelerate the cooling process while strongly suppressing the heating noise. Furthermore, the dynamic control is capable of overcoming quantum backaction and reducing the cooling limit by several orders of magnitude. The dynamic dissipation control provides new insights for tailoring the optomechanical interaction and offers the prospect of exploring mesoscopic quantum physics.

Citations

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