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Squeezed light from a silicon micromechanical resonator

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  • Amir H. Safavi-Naeini

    (Kavli Nanoscience Institute and Thomas J. Watson, Sr, Laboratory of Applied Physics, California Institute of Technology
    Institute for Quantum Information and Matter, California Institute of Technology)

  • Simon Gröblacher

    (Kavli Nanoscience Institute and Thomas J. Watson, Sr, Laboratory of Applied Physics, California Institute of Technology
    Institute for Quantum Information and Matter, California Institute of Technology)

  • Jeff T. Hill

    (Kavli Nanoscience Institute and Thomas J. Watson, Sr, Laboratory of Applied Physics, California Institute of Technology
    Institute for Quantum Information and Matter, California Institute of Technology)

  • Jasper Chan

    (Kavli Nanoscience Institute and Thomas J. Watson, Sr, Laboratory of Applied Physics, California Institute of Technology)

  • Markus Aspelmeyer

    (Vienna Center for Quantum Science and Technology, Faculty of Physics, University of Vienna, A-1090 Wien, Austria)

  • Oskar Painter

    (Kavli Nanoscience Institute and Thomas J. Watson, Sr, Laboratory of Applied Physics, California Institute of Technology
    Institute for Quantum Information and Matter, California Institute of Technology
    Max Planck Institute for the Science of Light, Günther-Scharowsky-Straße 1/Bldg 24, D-91058 Erlangen, Germany)

Abstract

Quantum fluctuations of a laser are transferred onto the motion of a mechanical resonator and interfere with the fluctuations of the light reflected from the resonator, leading to ‘squeezed’ light with optical noise suppressed below the standard quantum limit.

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  • Amir H. Safavi-Naeini & Simon Gröblacher & Jeff T. Hill & Jasper Chan & Markus Aspelmeyer & Oskar Painter, 2013. "Squeezed light from a silicon micromechanical resonator," Nature, Nature, vol. 500(7461), pages 185-189, August.
    • Handle: RePEc:nat:nature:v:500:y:2013:i:7461:d:10.1038_nature12307
    DOI: 10.1038/nature12307
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    1. Liao, Qinghong & Song, Menglin & Bao, Weida, 2023. "Generation of second-order sideband and slow-fast light effects in a PT-symmetric optomechanical system," Chaos, Solitons & Fractals, Elsevier, vol. 166(C).
    2. Hubert S. Stokowski & Timothy P. McKenna & Taewon Park & Alexander Y. Hwang & Devin J. Dean & Oguz Tolga Celik & Vahid Ansari & Martin M. Fejer & Amir H. Safavi-Naeini, 2023. "Integrated quantum optical phase sensor in thin film lithium niobate," Nature Communications, Nature, vol. 14(1), pages 1-11, December.
    3. Christian Bærentsen & Sergey A. Fedorov & Christoffer Østfeldt & Mikhail V. Balabas & Emil Zeuthen & Eugene S. Polzik, 2024. "Squeezed light from an oscillator measured at the rate of oscillation," Nature Communications, Nature, vol. 15(1), pages 1-7, December.

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