Strong Coupling of a Mechanical Oscillator and a Single Atom

2009/05/31 by Klemens Hammerer, K. Hammerer, M. Wallquist +11 · 2 citations
Engineering · Physics and Astronomy · #Atom (system on chip) #Atom laser #Atomic physics #Cavity quantum electrodynamics #Computer science #Coupling (piping) #Field (mathematics) #Finesse #Force Microscopy Techniques and Applications #Laser #Materials science #Mechanical and Optical Resonators #Open quantum system #Optical cavity #Optomechanics #Photonic and Optical Devices #Physics #Quantum #Quantum mechanics #Quantum optics #cond-mat.mes-hall #quant-ph

paper · pdf · doi:10.1103/physrevlett.103.063005

published as PRL 103, 063005 (2009) · 4 pages, 2 figures, minro changes, accepted by PRL

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Abstract

We propose and analyze a setup to achieve strong coupling between a single trapped atom and a mechanical oscillator. The interaction between the motion of the atom and the mechanical oscillator is mediated by a quantized light field in a laser driven high-finesse cavity. In particular, we show that high fidelity transfer of quantum states between the atom and the mechanical oscillator is in reach for existing or near future experimental parameters. Our setup provides the basic toolbox from atomic physics for coherent manipulation, preparation, and measurement of micromechanical and nanomechanical oscillators.

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