Title :
Sensitive phonon detection in a spiderweb optomechanical resonator
Author :
Rosenberg, Jessie ; Lin, Qiang ; Painter, Oskar
Author_Institution :
Dept. of Appl. Phys., California Inst. of Technol., Pasadena, CA, USA
Abstract :
We report position-squared coupling six orders of magnitude larger than previously demonstrated, allowing measurement of as few as 652 phonons and presenting a practical route toward probing of single-phonon jumps and characterization of phonon statistics.
Keywords :
micromechanical resonators; optical dispersion; optical modulation; phonons; scanning electron microscopes; phonon statistics; sensitive phonon detection; single-phonon jumps; spiderweb optomechanical resonator; Phonons;
Conference_Titel :
Lasers and Electro-Optics (CLEO) and Quantum Electronics and Laser Science Conference (QELS), 2010 Conference on
Conference_Location :
San Jose, CA
Print_ISBN :
978-1-55752-890-2
Electronic_ISBN :
978-1-55752-890-2
