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Twofold mechanical squeezing in a cavity optomechanical system

Quantum Physics 2018-08-15 v2

Abstract

We investigate the dynamics of an optomechanical system where a cavity with a movable mirror involves a degenerate optical parametric amplifier and is driven by a periodically modulated laser field. Our results show that the cooperation between the parametric driving and periodically modulated cavity driving results in a two-fold squeezing on the movable cavity mirror that acts as a mechanical oscillator. This allows the fluctuation of the mechanical oscillator in one quadrature (momentum or position) to be reduced to a level that cannot be reached by solely applying either of these two drivings. In addition to the fundamental interests, e.g., study of quantum effects at the macroscopic level and exploration of the quantum-to-classical transition, our results have potential applications in ultrasensitive sensing of force and motion.

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@article{arxiv.1803.05147,
  title  = {Twofold mechanical squeezing in a cavity optomechanical system},
  author = {Chang-Sheng Hu and Zhen-Biao Yang and Huaizhi Wu and Yong Li and Shi-Biao Zheng},
  journal= {arXiv preprint arXiv:1803.05147},
  year   = {2018}
}

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8 pages, 3 figures

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