Optical squeezing of a mechanical oscillator by dispersive interaction

2008/03/08 by M. Bhattacharya, Bhattacharya, M., Pierre-Louis Giscard +3
Engineering · Physics and Astronomy · #Advanced Fiber Laser Technologies #FOS: Physical sciences #Mechanical and Optical Resonators #Photonic and Optical Devices #Quantum Physics (quant-ph)

paper · pdf · doi:10.48550/arxiv.0803.1219

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Abstract

We consider a small partially reflecting vibrating mirror coupled dispersively to a single optical mode of a high finesse cavity. We show this arrangement can be used to implement quantum squeezing of the mechanically oscillating mirror.

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