• DocumentCode
    2256837
  • Title

    Quantum optomechanical measurement of the phonon number dynamics of a mesoscopic mechanical resonator

  • Author

    Gangat, Adil A. ; Stace, Tom M. ; Milburn, Gerard J.

  • Author_Institution
    Dept. of Phys., Univ. of Queensland, St. Lucia, QLD, Australia
  • fYear
    2011
  • fDate
    1-6 May 2011
  • Firstpage
    1
  • Lastpage
    2
  • Abstract
    We analyse the generic case of an optomechanical system with coupling quadratic in the mechanical displacement. Using the stochastic master equation formalism, we establish constraints necessary to observe quantum jumps in the phonon number.
  • Keywords
    master equation; mesoscopic systems; optical resonators; quantum optics; mechanical displacement; mesoscopic mechanical resonator; phonon number dynamics; quadratic coupling; quantum jumps; quantum optomechanical measurement; stochastic master equation; Cavity resonators; Couplings; Mechanical variables measurement; Optical resonators; Phonons; Quantum mechanics;
  • fLanguage
    English
  • Publisher
    ieee
  • Conference_Titel
    Lasers and Electro-Optics (CLEO), 2011 Conference on
  • Conference_Location
    Baltimore, MD
  • Print_ISBN
    978-1-4577-1223-4
  • Type

    conf

  • Filename
    5951321