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Cooling of a mirror in cavity optomechanics with a chirped pulse

Quantum Physics 2013-08-30 v2

Abstract

We investigate the response of a harmonically confined mirror to an optical pulse in cavity optomechanics. We show that when the pulsed coupling strength takes the form of a chirped pulse, thermal fluctuations of the mirror can be significantly transferred to the cavity field. In addition, the frequency modulation of the pulse could enable a better cooling performance by suppressing the sensitivity of the dependence of detuning and pulse areas. Using numerical investigations, we find that the pulsed-cooling is mainly limited by the cavity-field decay rate.

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@article{arxiv.1108.5835,
  title  = {Cooling of a mirror in cavity optomechanics with a chirped pulse},
  author = {Jie-Qiao Liao and C. K. Law},
  journal= {arXiv preprint arXiv:1108.5835},
  year   = {2013}
}

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6 pages, 4 figures