2016/03/04 by Stefano Longhi, Shane M. Eaton
Computer Science · Physics and Astronomy · #Dissipative system #Hamiltonian (control theory) #Mechanical and Optical Resonators #Optical cavity #Optical phase space #Quantum #Quantum Information and Cryptography #Quantum dynamics #Quantum limit #Quantum optics #Quantum optics and atomic interactions #Realization (probability) #Resonator #physics.optics #quant-ph
paper · pdf · doi:10.1364/ol.41.001712
The article is dedicated to Professor Orazio Svelto on the occasion of his 80th birthday. To appear in Optics Letters
arxiv created 2016/03/04 · openalex publication_date 2016/04/04 · arxiv updated 2016/05/04 · openalex created_date 2016/06/24 · openalex updated_date 2026/08/05
An optical realization of the damped quantum oscillator, based on transverse light dynamics in an optical resonator with slowly-moving mirrors, is theoretically suggested. The optical resonator setting provides a simple implementation of the time-dependent Caldirola-Kanai Hamiltonian of the dissipative quantum oscillator and enables the visualization of the effects of damped oscillations in the classical (ray optics) limit and wave packet collapse in the quantum (wave optics) regime.