Title :
Cavity optomechanics: Cooling of a micromechanical oscillator close to the quantum limit
Author :
Arcizet, O. ; Rivière, R. ; Schliesser, A. ; Kippenberg, T.J.
Author_Institution :
Max-Planck-Inst. fur Quantenopt., Garching, Germany
Abstract :
Using resolved-sideband laser cooling, a micromechanical oscillator is cooled to an average occupation of 63 quanta, and simultaneously measured close to the limit imposed by the Heisenberg uncertainty principle.
Keywords :
laser cooling; micro-optomechanical devices; micromechanical resonators; oscillators; Heisenberg uncertainty principle; cavity optomechanics; micromechanical oscillator; quantum limit; sideband laser cooling; Cooling; Fluctuations; Laser modes; Laser noise; Mechanical variables measurement; Micromechanical devices; Optical interferometry; Optical noise; Oscillators; Quantum mechanics;
Conference_Titel :
LEOS Annual Meeting Conference Proceedings, 2009. LEOS '09. IEEE
Conference_Location :
Belek-Antalya
Print_ISBN :
978-1-4244-3680-4
Electronic_ISBN :
1092-8081
DOI :
10.1109/LEOS.2009.5343284
