Optomechanical laser cooling with mechanical modulations

2014/12/15 by Marc Bienert, Pablo Barberis-Blostein
Engineering · Physics and Astronomy · #Acoustics #Adiabatic process #Advanced Fiber Laser Technologies #Coupling (piping) #Frequency modulation #Laser #Laser cooling #Materials science #Mechanical and Optical Resonators #Modulation (music) #Optics #Optomechanics #Photonic and Optical Devices #Physics #Quantum electrodynamics #Quantum mechanics #Radio frequency #Range (aeronautics) #Resolved sideband cooling #Resonance (particle physics) #Resonator #quant-ph

paper · pdf · doi:10.1103/physreva.91.023818

10 pages, 5 figures

arxiv created 2014/12/15 · openalex publication_date 2015/02/17 · arxiv updated 2015/05/12 · openalex created_date 2025/10/10 · openalex updated_date 2026/08/05

Abstract

We theoretically study the laser cooling of optomechanical cavities when the mechanical resonance frequency and damping depend on time. In the regime of weak optomechanical coupling we extend the theory of laser cooling using an adiabatic approximation. We discuss the modifications of the cooling dynamics and compare it with numerical simulations in a wide range of modulation frequencies.

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