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Slow light propagation is an important phenomenon in quantum optics. Here, we theoretically study the properties of slow light in a simple optomechanical system considering an effect of non-rotating wave approximation (NRWA) that was…

Quantum Physics · Physics 2021-02-23 Xiao-Bo Yan

The ability to control the motion of mechanical systems through its interaction with light has opened the door to a plethora of applications in fundamental and applied physics. With experiments routinely reaching the quantum regime, the…

According to quantum mechanics, if we keep observing a continuous variable we generally disturb its evolution. For a class of observables, however, it is possible to implement a so-called quantum nondemolition measurement: by confining the…

Quantum Physics · Physics 2018-05-30 A. Pontin , M. Bonaldi , A. Borrielli , L. Marconi , F. Marino , G. Pandraud , G. A. Prodi , P. M. Sarro , E. Serra , F. Marin

Mechanical rotation and oscillation have far lower frequencies than light does; thus they are not coupled to each other conventionally. In this Letter, we show the torsional mechanical oscillation of an optical cavity can be coupled to the…

Quantum Physics · Physics 2022-11-28 Daigo Oue , Mamoru Matsuo

It has been predicted and experimentally demonstrated that by injecting squeezed light into an optomechanical device it is possible to enhance the precision of a position measurement. Here, we present a fundamentally different approach…

Quantum Physics · Physics 2015-12-16 V. Peano , H. G. L. Schwefel , Ch. Marquardt , F. Marquardt

We explain the probe field transmission spectrum under the influence of a strong pump field in a hybrid optomechanical system, composed of an optical cavity, a mechanical resonator, and a two-level atom. We show fast (superluminal) and slow…

Quantum Physics · Physics 2015-08-26 M. Javed Akram , M. Miskeen Khan , Farhan Saif

Efficient switching and routing of photons of different wavelengths is a requirement for realizing a quantum internet. Multimode optomechanical systems can solve this technological challenge and enable studies of fundamental science…

Optics · Physics 2020-06-02 David P. Lake , Matthew Mitchell , Barry C. Sanders , Paul E. Barclay

Induced transparency is a common but remarkable effect in optics. It occurs when a strong driving field is used to render an otherwise opaque material transparent. The effect is known as electromagnetically induced transparency in atomic…

The promise of innovative applications has triggered the development of many modern technologies capable of exploiting quantum effects. But in addition to future applications, such quantum technologies have already provided us with the…

Quantum Physics · Physics 2016-08-08 Mónica Benito , Carlos Sánchez Muñoz , Carlos Navarrete-Benlloch

In contrast to the optomechanically induced transparency (OMIT) defined conventionally, the inverse OMIT behaves as coherent absorption of the input lights in the optomechanical systems. We characterize a feasible inverse OMIT in a…

Quantum Physics · Physics 2015-07-10 Qin Wu , Jian-Qi Zhang , Jin-Hui Wu , Mang Feng , Zhi-Ming Zhang

We report a study of a cavity optomechanical system driven by narrow-band electromagnetic fields, which are applied either in the form of uncorrelated noise, or as a more structured spectrum. The bandwidth of the driving spectra is smaller…

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…

Cavity optomechanical systems enable fine manipulation of nanomechanical degrees of freedom with light, adding operational functionality and impacting their appeal in photonic technologies. We show that distinct mechanical modes can be…

Optics · Physics 2022-10-05 Karl Pelka , Guilhem Madiot , Rémy Braive , André Xuereb

We analytically study the optomechanically induced transparency (OMIT) in the $N$-cavity system with the \textit{N}th cavity driven by pump, probing laser fields and the \textit{1}st cavity coupled to mechanical oscillator. We also consider…

Quantum Physics · Physics 2016-06-21 Amjad Sohail , Yang Zhang , Jun Zhang , Chang-shui Yu

Levitated optomechanics, a rapidly expanding field that employs light to monitor and manipulate the mechanical motion of levitated objects, is increasingly relevant across physics, engineering, and other fields. This technique, which…

Optics · Physics 2024-07-18 Yuanbin Jin , Kunhong Shen , Peng Ju , Tongcang Li

The symmetron, one of the light scalar fields introduced by dark energy theories, is thought to modify the gravitational force when it couples to matter. However, detecting the symmetron field is challenging due to its screening behavior in…

General Relativity and Quantum Cosmology · Physics 2024-11-28 Jiawei Li , Ka-di Zhu

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

We study the slow-fast light effect and multi-transparency induced by magnomechanical systems. The system incorporates two magnons, which are collective magnetic excitations, placed alongside a degenerate optical parametric amplifier (OPA)…

Quantum Physics · Physics 2024-07-08 M'bark Amghar , Noura Chabar , Mohamed Amazioug

The force exerted on a material by an incident beam of light is dependent upon the material's velocity in the laboratory frame of reference. This velocity dependence is known to be diffcult to measure, as it is proportional to the incident…

Optics · Physics 2012-05-28 S. A. R. Horsley , M. Artoni , G. C. La Rocca

We model optomechanical systems as linear optical amplifiers. This provides a unified treatment of diverse optomechanical phenomena. We emphasize, in particular, the relationship between ponderomotive squeezing and optomechanically induced…