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Sideband cooling of micromechanical motion to the quantum ground state

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  • J. D. Teufel

    (National Institute of Standards and Technology (NIST))

  • T. Donner

    (JILA, University of Colorado and NIST
    University of Colorado)

  • Dale Li

    (National Institute of Standards and Technology (NIST))

  • J. W. Harlow

    (JILA, University of Colorado and NIST
    University of Colorado)

  • M. S. Allman

    (National Institute of Standards and Technology (NIST)
    University of Colorado)

  • K. Cicak

    (National Institute of Standards and Technology (NIST))

  • A. J. Sirois

    (National Institute of Standards and Technology (NIST)
    University of Colorado)

  • J. D. Whittaker

    (National Institute of Standards and Technology (NIST)
    University of Colorado)

  • K. W. Lehnert

    (JILA, University of Colorado and NIST
    University of Colorado)

  • R. W. Simmonds

    (National Institute of Standards and Technology (NIST))

Abstract

Micromechanical motion grounded It has been a long-standing goal in the field of cavity optomechanics to cool down a mechanical resonator to its motional quantum ground state by using light. Teufel et al. have now achieved just that with a recently developed system in which a drum-like flexible aluminium membrane is incorporated in a superconducting circuit. Ground-state cooling of a mechanical resonator was demonstrated for the first time last year in a different type of device, but the quantum states in this new device should be much longer lived, allowing direct tests of fundamental principles of quantum mechanics. As a first step, the authors perform a quantum-limited position measurement that is only a factor of about five away from the Heisenberg limit.

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  • J. D. Teufel & T. Donner & Dale Li & J. W. Harlow & M. S. Allman & K. Cicak & A. J. Sirois & J. D. Whittaker & K. W. Lehnert & R. W. Simmonds, 2011. "Sideband cooling of micromechanical motion to the quantum ground state," Nature, Nature, vol. 475(7356), pages 359-363, July.
    • Handle: RePEc:nat:nature:v:475:y:2011:i:7356:d:10.1038_nature10261
    DOI: 10.1038/nature10261
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