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We consider a generic optomechanical system, consisting of a driven optical cavity and a movable mirror attached to a cantilever. Systems of this kind (and analogues) have been realized in many recent experiments. It is well known that…

Mesoscale and Nanoscale Physics · Physics 2009-11-13 Max Ludwig , Björn Kubala , Florian Marquardt

The coupling of mechanical oscillators with light has seen a recent surge of interest, as recent reviews report.[1, 2] This coupling is enhanced when confining light in an optical cavity where the mechanical oscillator is integrated as…

The mechanical properties of light have found widespread use in the manipulation of gas-phase atoms and ions, helping create new states of matter and realize complex quantum interactions. The field of cavity-optomechanics strives to scale…

Optics · Physics 2015-08-24 Kejie Fang , Matthew H. Matheny , Xingsheng Luan , Oskar Painter

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…

Quantum Physics · Physics 2018-08-15 Chang-Sheng Hu , Zhen-Biao Yang , Huaizhi Wu , Yong Li , Shi-Biao Zheng

Macroscopic mechanical objects and electromagnetic degrees of freedom couple to each other via radiation pressure. Optomechanical systems with sufficiently strong coupling are predicted to exhibit quantum effects and are a topic of…

Quantum Physics · Physics 2009-11-13 J. D. Thompson , B. M. Zwickl , A. M. Jayich , Florian Marquardt , S. M. Girvin , J. G. E. Harris

Cavity optomechanics explores the coupling between the optical field and the mechanical oscillation to induce cooling and regenerative oscillation in a mechanical oscillator. So far, optomechanics relies on the detuning between the cavity…

We review recent progress in the field of optomechanics, where one studies the effects of radiation on mechanical motion. The paradigmatic example is an optical cavity with a movable mirror, where the radiation pressure can induce cooling,…

Mesoscale and Nanoscale Physics · Physics 2015-05-13 Björn Kubala , Max Ludwig , Florian Marquardt

Optomechanical systems are a promising candidate for the implementation of quantum interfaces for storing and redistributing quantum information. Here we focus on the case of a high-finesse optical cavity with a thin vibrating…

Quantum Physics · Physics 2015-05-20 M. Karuza , C. Biancofiore , M. Galassi , R. Natali , G. Di Giuseppe , P. Tombesi , D. Vitali

A cavity optomechanical system is initiated by a radiation pressure of a cavity field onto a mirror element acting as a quantum resonator. This radiation pressure can control the thermodynamic character of the mirror to some extent, such as…

Quantum Physics · Physics 2015-06-18 Hou Ian

Optomechanical systems provide a means for studying and controlling quantum effects in the motion of macroscopic objects. To date, quantum optomechanical effects have been studied in objects made from solids and gases. Here we describe…

We study the quantum dynamics of the cavity optomechanical system formed by a Fabry-Perot cavity with a thin vibrating membrane at its center. We first derive the general multimode Hamiltonian describing the radiation pressure interaction…

Quantum Physics · Physics 2011-09-14 C. Biancofiore , M. Karuza , M. Galassi , R. Natali , P. Tombesi , G. Di Giuseppe , D. Vitali

In this review article, we present the recent theoretical developments and some breakthrough experiments in cavity QED systems (optical and optomechanical systems) and also focus on the experimental realization of the theoretical proposals.

Quantum Gases · Physics 2014-11-04 Kamanasish Debnath , Aranya B. Bhattacherjee

We investigate theoretically the extension of cavity optomechanics to multiple membrane systems. We describe such a system in terms of the coupling of the collective normal modes of the membrane array to the light fields. We show these…

Quantum Physics · Physics 2009-11-13 M. Bhattacharya , P. Meystre

In most optomechanical systems a movable mirror is a part of an optical cavity, and its oscillation modulates either the resonance frequency of the cavity, or its coupling to the environment. There exists the third option -- which we call a…

Quantum Physics · Physics 2019-12-04 Xiang Li , Mikhail Korobko , Yiqiu Ma , Roman Schnabel , Yanbei Chen

While the levitating mirror has seen renewed interest lately, relatively little is known about its quantum behaviour. In this paper we present a quantum theory of a one dimensional levitating mirror. The mirror forms a part of a Fabry-Perot…

Quantum Physics · Physics 2022-12-08 C. T. Marco Ho , Ryan J. Marshman , Robert B. Mann , Timothy C. Ralph

In this work we investigate an optomechanical system consisting of two cavities coupled to the same mechanical resonator. We consider each cavity being weakly pumped as well as a small tunneling rate between the cavities. In such…

Quantum Physics · Physics 2015-06-18 T. Figueiredo Roque , A. Vidiella-Barranco

Exploring the dynamics of an optically levitated dielectric micro- and nanoparticle is an exciting new subject in quantum science. Recent years have witnessed rapid advancements in attaining quantum-limited optical detection and control of…

Optics · Physics 2025-04-22 Seyed Khalil Alavi , Zijie Sheng , Haneul Lee , Hansuek Lee , Sungkun Hong

We review the emerging field of optomechanics, where the radiation pressure of light circulating inside an optical cavity is employed to cool, manipulate and read out micro- and nanomechanical oscillators. These systems display a rich…

Mesoscale and Nanoscale Physics · Physics 2009-05-06 Florian Marquardt , S. M. Girvin

Cavity opto-mechanics studies the coupling between a mechanical oscillator and a cavity field, with the aim to shed light on the border between classical and quantum physics. Here we report on a cavity opto-mechanical system in which a…

Quantum Physics · Physics 2008-11-08 Ferdinand Brennecke , Stephan Ritter , Tobias Donner , Tilman Esslinger

A major goal in optomechanics is to observe and control quantum behavior in a system consisting of a mechanical resonator coupled to an optical cavity. Work towards this goal has focused on increasing the strength of the coupling between…

Quantum Physics · Physics 2015-05-18 Jack C. Sankey , Cheng Yang , Benjamin M. Zwickl , Andrew M. Jayich , Jack G. E. Harris