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We consider an optomechanical system that is composed of a mechanical and an optical mode interacting through a linear and quadratic optomechanical dispersive couplings. The system is operated in an unresolved side band limit with a high…

Quantum Physics · Physics 2019-12-12 U. Satya Sainadh , M. Anil Kumar

We investigate the reduction of measurement-added noise in force sensing by analyzing its power spectral density (PSD) within a hybrid optomechanical system. The setup comprises of an optomechanical cavity equipped with a movable mirror…

Quantum Physics · Physics 2024-09-18 Alolika Roy , Amarendra K. Sarma

Cavity optomechanical (COM) sensors, enhanced by quantum squeezing or entanglement, have become powerful tools for measuring ultra-weak forces with high precision and sensitivity. However, these sensors usually rely on linear COM couplings,…

Quantum squeezing in mechanical systems is not only a key signature of macroscopic quantum effects, but can also be utilized to advance the metrology of weak forces. Here we show that strong mechanical squeezing in the steady state can be…

Quantum Physics · Physics 2015-01-26 Xin-You Lü , Jie-Qiao Liao , Lin Tian , Franco Nori

We theoretically investigate quantum measurement noise in a hybrid optomechanical system, focusing on radiation pressure back action and its impact on force sensing. The setup consists of an optomechanical cavity with a movable mirror, a…

Quantum Physics · Physics 2025-12-24 Alolika Roy , Amarendra K. Sarma

The Heisenberg uncertainty principle sets a lower bound on the sensitivity of continuous optical measurements of force. This bound, the standard quantum limit, can only be reached when a mechanical oscillator subjected to the force is…

We study the detection of weak coherent forces by means of an optomechanical device formed by a highly reflecting isolated mirror shined by an intense and highly monochromatic laser field. Radiation pressure excites a vibrational mode of…

Quantum Physics · Physics 2009-11-13 Marco Lucamarini , David Vitali , Paolo Tombesi

Cavity magnomechanics, exhibiting remarkable experimental tunability, rich magnonic nonlinearities, and compatibility with various quantum systems, has witnessed considerable advances in recent years. However, the potential benefits of…

Quantum Physics · Physics 2024-04-02 Qian Zhang , Jie Wang , Tian-Xiang Lu , Franco Nori , Hui Jing

In precision force sensing of multi-mechanical mode optomechanical systems, coherent interference can decouple certain degenerate vibrational modes from the cavity field, leading to incomplete information regarding the measured signal. In…

Quantum Physics · Physics 2025-10-10 Ding-hui Xu , Zheng Liu , Chang-shui Yu

A continuous quantum field, such as a propagating beam of light, may be characterized by a squeezing spectrum that is inhomogeneous in frequency. We point out that homodyne detectors, which are commonly employed to detect quantum squeezing,…

Quantum Physics · Physics 2016-07-19 L. F. Buchmann , S. Schreppler , J. Kohler , N. Spethmann , D. M. Stamper-Kurn

We theoretically study how quantum measurement noise can be engineered in a hybrid cavitymagnomechanical platform for precision force sensing. The proposed configuration consists of a driven optomechanical cavity, with a movable mirror on…

Quantum Physics · Physics 2026-04-20 Alolika Roy , Amarendra K. Sarma

We investigate quantum-squeezing-enhanced weak-force sensing via a nonlinear optomechanical resonator containing a movable mechanical mirror and an optical parametric amplifier (OPA). Herein, we determined that tuning the OPA parameters can…

Quantum Physics · Physics 2019-09-02 Wen Zhao , Sheng-Dian Zhang , Adam Miranowicz , Hui Jing

We propose to use cavity optomechanical systems in the regime of optical bistability for the detection of weak harmonic forces. Due to the optomechanical coupling an external force on the mechanical oscillator modulates the resonance…

Quantum Physics · Physics 2014-12-11 Samuel Aldana , Christoph Bruder , Andreas Nunnenkamp

We propose a sensing scheme for detecting weak forces that achieves Heisenberg-limited sensitivity without relying on entanglement or other non-classical resources. Our scheme utilizes coherent averaging across a chain of N optomechanical…

Quantum Physics · Physics 2026-02-10 Marta Maria Marchese , Daniel Braun , Stefan Nimmrichter , Dennis Rätzel

In the realm weak force sensing, an important issue is to suppress fundamental noise (quantum noise and thermal noise), as they limit the accuracy of force measurement. In this paper, we investigate a weak force sensing scheme that combines…

Quantum Physics · Physics 2024-08-08 Zheng Liu , Yu-qiang Liu , Yi-jia Yang , Chang-shui Yu

Optomechanical sensors are capable of transducing external perturbations to resolvable optical signals. A particular regime of interest is that of high-bandwidth force detection, where an impulse is delivered to the system over a short…

We study the quantum limits in an optomechanical sensor based on a detuned high-finesse cavity with a movable mirror. We show that the radiation pressure exerted on the mirror by the light in the detuned cavity induces a modification of the…

Quantum Physics · Physics 2007-05-23 Olivier Arcizet , Tristan Briant , Antoine Heidmann , Michel Pinard

Optomechanical detectors have reached the standard quantum limit in position and force sensing where measurement backaction noise starts to be the limiting factor for the sensitivity. A strategy to circumvent measurement backaction, and…

Quantum Physics · Physics 2014-06-11 Maximilian H. Wimmer , Daniel Steinmeyer , Klemens Hammerer , Michèle Heurs

Broadband multidimensional variational measurement allows to overcome Standard Quantum Limit (SQL) of a classical mechanical force detection, resulting from quantum back action, which perturbs evolution of a mechanical oscillator. In this…

Quantum Physics · Physics 2023-10-10 Aleksandr A. Movsisian , Sergey P. Vyatchanin

Cavity optomechanics has opened new avenues of research in both fundamental physics and precision measurement by significantly advancing the sensitivity achievable in detecting attonewton forces, nanoparticles, magnetic fields, and…

Applied Physics · Physics 2020-08-14 Feng Zhou , Yiliang Bao , Ramgopal Madugani , David A. Long , Jason J. Gorman , Thomas W. LeBrun
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