Quantum optomechanical correlations induced by radiation pressure between light and mirrors

T. Briant; P. Verlot; A. Tavernarakis; P.-F. Cohadon; A. Heidmann

doi:10.1117/12.816413

2 February 2009 Quantum optomechanical correlations induced by radiation pressure between light and mirrors

T. Briant, P. Verlot, A. Tavernarakis, P.-F. Cohadon, A. Heidmann

Proceedings Volume 7225, Advanced Optical Concepts in Quantum Computing, Memory, and Communication II; 72250M (2009) https://doi.org/10.1117/12.816413
Event: SPIE OPTO: Integrated Optoelectronic Devices, 2009, San Jose, California, United States

Abstract

Radiation pressure exerted by light in interferometric measurements is responsible for displacements of mirrors which appear as an additional back-action noise and limit the sensitivity of the measurement. We experimentally study these effects by monitoring in a very high-finesse optical cavity the displacements of a mirror with a sensitivity at the 10^-20m/√Hz level. This unique sensitivity is a step towards the first observation of the fundamental quantum effects of radiation pressure and the resulting standard quantum limit in interferometric measurements. Our experiment may become a powerful facility to test quantum noise reduction schemes, and we already have demonstrated radiation-pressure induced correlations between two optical beams sent into the same moving mirror cavity. Our scheme can be extended down to the quantum level and has applications both in high-sensitivity measurements and in quantum optics.

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T. Briant, P. Verlot, A. Tavernarakis, P.-F. Cohadon, and A. Heidmann "Quantum optomechanical correlations induced by radiation pressure between light and mirrors", Proc. SPIE 7225, Advanced Optical Concepts in Quantum Computing, Memory, and Communication II, 72250M (2 February 2009); https://doi.org/10.1117/12.816413

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