• DocumentCode
    1669304
  • Title

    Quantum-coherent coupling of a mechanical oscillator to an optical cavity mode

  • Author

    Verhagen, Ewold ; Deléglise, Samuel ; Weis, Stefan ; Schliesser, Albert ; Kippenberg, Tobias J.

  • Author_Institution
    Ecole Polytech. Fed. de Lausanne (EPFL), Lausanne, Switzerland
  • fYear
    2012
  • Firstpage
    1
  • Lastpage
    2
  • Abstract
    We demonstrate an optomechanical microresonator in which optical and mechanical degrees of freedom exchange energy at a rate exceeding the relevant decoherence rates in the system, enabling quantum control of a mechanical oscillator with light.
  • Keywords
    light coherence; microcavities; micromechanical resonators; decoherence rates; mechanical oscillator; optical cavity mode; optomechanical microresonator; quantum control; quantum-coherent coupling; Cavity resonators; Couplings; Optical coupling; Optical pumping; Optical resonators; Oscillators; Quantum mechanics;
  • fLanguage
    English
  • Publisher
    ieee
  • Conference_Titel
    Lasers and Electro-Optics (CLEO), 2012 Conference on
  • Conference_Location
    San Jose, CA
  • Print_ISBN
    978-1-4673-1839-6
  • Type

    conf

  • Filename
    6326252