Nonlinear nanomechanical resonators for quantum optoelectromechanics

2012/06/30 by Simon Rips, S. Rips, I. Wilson‐Rae +3 · 5 citations
Engineering · Physics and Astronomy · #Force Microscopy Techniques and Applications #Mechanical and Optical Resonators #Nonlinear system #Optoelectronics #Photonic and Optical Devices #Physics #Quantum #Quantum mechanics #Resonator #Statistical physics #cond-mat.mes-hall #quant-ph

paper · pdf · doi:10.1103/physreva.89.013854

published as Phys. Rev. A 89, 013854 (2014) · 15 pages, 6 figures

arxiv created 2013/11/19 · openalex publication_date 2014/01/31 · arxiv updated 2014/03/06 · openalex created_date 2025/10/10 · openalex updated_date 2026/08/05

Abstract

We present a scheme for tuning and controlling nanomechanical resonators by subjecting them to electrostatic gradient fields, provided by nearby tip electrodes. We show that this approach enables access to a regime of optomechanics where the intrinsic nonlinearity of the nanoresonator can be explored. In this regime, one or several laser-driven cavity modes coupled to the nanoresonator and suitably adjusted gradient fields make it possible to control the motional state of the nanoresonator at the single-phonon level. Some applications of this platform have been presented previously [S. Rips, M. Kiffner, I. Wilson-Rae, and M. J. Hartmann, New J. Phys. 14, 023042 (2012); S. Rips and M. J. Hartmann, Phys. Rev. Lett. 110, 120503 (2013)]. Here we provide a detailed description of the corresponding setup and its optomechanical coupling mechanisms together with an in-depth analysis of possible sources of damping or decoherence and a discussion of the readout of the nanoresonator state.

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