Print Email Facebook Twitter Quantum Signature of a Squeezed Mechanical Oscillator Title Quantum Signature of a Squeezed Mechanical Oscillator Author Chowdhury, A. (CNR-INO) Vezio, P. (European Laboratory for Non-linear Spectroscopy (LENS)) Bonaldi, M. (Fondazione Bruno Kessler; Trento Institute for Fundamental Physics and Applications (INFN-TIFPA)) Borrielli, A. (Fondazione Bruno Kessler; Trento Institute for Fundamental Physics and Applications (INFN-TIFPA)) Marino, F. (CNR-INO; Sezione di Firenze) Morana, B. (TU Delft Electronic Components, Technology and Materials; Fondazione Bruno Kessler) Prodi, G. A. (Trento Institute for Fundamental Physics and Applications (INFN-TIFPA); Università di Trento) Sarro, Pasqualina M (TU Delft Electronic Components, Technology and Materials) Serra, E. (TU Delft Electronic Components, Technology and Materials; Trento Institute for Fundamental Physics and Applications (INFN-TIFPA)) Marin, F. (CNR-INO; European Laboratory for Non-linear Spectroscopy (LENS); INFN; University of Florence) Date 2020-01-13 Abstract Recent optomechanical experiments have observed nonclassical properties in macroscopic mechanical oscillators. A key indicator of such properties is the asymmetry in the strength of the motional sidebands produced in the probe electromagnetic field, which is originated by the noncommutativity between the oscillator ladder operators. Here we extend the analysis to a squeezed state of an oscillator embedded in an optical cavity, produced by the parametric effect originated by a suitable combination of optical fields. The motional sidebands assume a peculiar shape, related to the modified system dynamics, with asymmetric features revealing and quantifying the quantum component of the squeezed oscillator motion. To reference this document use: http://resolver.tudelft.nl/uuid:ccf35388-21ab-478b-b74c-010785ae2602 DOI https://doi.org/10.1103/PhysRevLett.124.023601 Embargo date 2022-04-12 ISSN 0031-9007 Source Physical Review Letters, 124 (2) Bibliographical note Green Open Access added to TU Delft Institutional Repository ‘You share, we take care!’ – Taverne project https://www.openaccess.nl/en/you-share-we-take-care Otherwise as indicated in the copyright section: the publisher is the copyright holder of this work and the author uses the Dutch legislation to make this work public. Part of collection Institutional Repository Document type journal article Rights © 2020 A. Chowdhury, P. Vezio, M. Bonaldi, A. Borrielli, F. Marino, B. Morana, G. A. Prodi, Pasqualina M Sarro, E. Serra, F. Marin Files PDF Supp_Mat_v1.pdf 229.8 KB PDF PhysRevLett.124.023601.pdf 1.13 MB Close viewer /islandora/object/uuid:ccf35388-21ab-478b-b74c-010785ae2602/datastream/OBJ1/view