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Remark on laser linewidth hazard in opto-mechanical cooling

Quantum Physics 2008-08-07 v3

Abstract

I discuss the robustness of the pumped cavity dynamics against phase diffusion of the laser and conclude that opto-mechanical cooling has extreme sensitivity compared to laser cooling of atoms. Certain proposals of ground state opto-mechanical cooling by single cavity would require an unrealistic sharp laser linewidth or equivalently, a very low level of phase noise. A systematic way to cancel classical excess phase noise is the interferometric twin-cavity pumping, initiated for optically trapped macro-mirrors of future gravitational-wave detectors.

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@article{arxiv.0803.3760,
  title  = {Remark on laser linewidth hazard in opto-mechanical cooling},
  author = {Lajos Diósi},
  journal= {arXiv preprint arXiv:0803.3760},
  year   = {2008}
}

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2pp; slightly modified, PRA accepted version

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