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Dynamic dissipative cooling of a mechanical oscillator in strong-coupling optomechanics

Quantum Physics 2013-12-03 v1 Optics

Abstract

Cooling of mesoscopic mechanical resonators represents a primary concern in cavity optomechanics. Here in the strong optomechanical coupling regime, we propose to dynamically control the cavity dissipation, which is able to significantly accelerate the cooling process while strongly suppressing the heating noise. Furthermore, the dynamic control is capable of overcoming quantum backaction and reducing the cooling limit by several orders of magnitude. The dynamic dissipation control provides new insights for tailoring the optomechanical interaction and offers the prospect of exploring macroscopic quantum physics.

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@article{arxiv.1303.3657,
  title  = {Dynamic dissipative cooling of a mechanical oscillator in strong-coupling optomechanics},
  author = {Yong-Chun Liu and Yun-Feng Xiao and Xingsheng Luan and Chee Wei Wong},
  journal= {arXiv preprint arXiv:1303.3657},
  year   = {2013}
}

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