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Quantum sensing with milligram scale optomechanical systems

Quantum Physics 2020-06-30 v1 Instrumentation and Methods for Astrophysics Optics

Abstract

Probing the boundary between classical and quantum mechanics has been one of the central themes in modern physics. Recently, experiments to precisely measure the force acting on milligram scale oscillators with optical cavities are attracting interest as promising tools to test quantum mechanics, decoherence mechanisms, and gravitational physics. In this paper, we review the present status of experiments using milligram scale optomechanical systems. We compare the feasibility of reaching the quantum regime with a pendulum, torsion pendulum, and optically levitated mirror. Considerations for designing a high QQ pendulum, condition for torsion pendulums to have better force sensitivity than pendulums, and constraints in designing optical levitation of a mirror are presented.

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@article{arxiv.2003.13906,
  title  = {Quantum sensing with milligram scale optomechanical systems},
  author = {Yuta Michimura and Kentaro Komori},
  journal= {arXiv preprint arXiv:2003.13906},
  year   = {2020}
}

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14 pages, 6 figures

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