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Optically probing Schwinger angular momenta in a micromechanical resonator

Mesoscale and Nanoscale Physics 2019-11-06 v1 Optics

Abstract

We report an observation of phononic Schwinger angular momenta, which fully represent twomode states in a micromechanical resonator. This observation is based on simultaneous optical detection of the mechanical response at the sum and difference frequency of the two mechanical modes. A post-selection process for the measured signals allows us to extract a component of phononic Schwinger angular momenta. It also enables us to conditionally prepare two-mode squeezed (correlated) states from a randomly excited (uncorrelated) state. The phononic Schwinger angular momenta could be extended to high-dimensional symmetry (e.g. SU(N) group) for studying multipartite correlations in non-equilibrium dynamics with macroscopic objects.

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@article{arxiv.1905.12178,
  title  = {Optically probing Schwinger angular momenta in a micromechanical resonator},
  author = {Motoki Asano and Ryuichi Ohta and Takuma Aihara and Tai Tsuchizawa and Hajime Okamoto and Hiroshi Yamaguchi},
  journal= {arXiv preprint arXiv:1905.12178},
  year   = {2019}
}
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