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Quantum back-action in measurements of zero-point mechanical oscillations

Khalili, Farid Ya. and Miao, Haixing and Yang, Huan and Safavi-Naeini, Amir H. and Painter, Oskar and Chen, Yanbei (2012) Quantum back-action in measurements of zero-point mechanical oscillations. Physical Review A, 86 (3). Art. No. 033840 . ISSN 1050-2947. doi:10.1103/PhysRevA.86.033840. https://resolver.caltech.edu/CaltechAUTHORS:20121102-094112588

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Abstract

Measurement-induced back-action, a direct consequence of the Heisenberg uncertainty principle, is the defining feature of quantum measurements. We use quantum measurement theory to analyze the recent experiment of Safavi-Naeini et al. [Phys. Rev. Lett. 108 033602 (2012)], and show that the results of this experiment not only characterize the zero-point fluctuation of a near-ground-state nanomechanical oscillator, but also demonstrate the existence of quantum back-action noise—through correlations that exist between sensing noise and back-action noise. These correlations arise from the quantum coherence between the mechanical oscillator and the measuring device, which build up during the measurement process, and are key to improving sensitivities beyond the standard quantum limit.


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http://arxiv.org/abs/1206.0793v1arXivDiscussion Paper
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ORCID:
AuthorORCID
Miao, Haixing0000-0003-2879-5821
Safavi-Naeini, Amir H.0000-0001-6176-1274
Painter, Oskar0000-0002-1581-9209
Chen, Yanbei0000-0002-9730-9463
Additional Information:© 2012 American Physical Society. Received 8 June 2012; published 25 September 2012. We thank A. Schliesser, M. Gorodetsky, and T. Kippenberg for fruitful discussions. F.Ya.K. is supported by the Russian Foundation for Basic Research Grant No. 08-02-00580-a and NSF Grant No. PHY-0967049. H.M., H.Y., and Y.C. are supported by NSF Grants No. PHY-0555406, No. PHY-0956189, and No. PHY-1068881, as well as the David and Barbara Groce Startup Fund at Caltech. The research of A.S.-N. and O.P. has been supported by the DARPA/MTO ORCHID program through a grant from AFOSR, and the Kavli Nanoscience Institute at Caltech. A.S-N. also gratefully acknowledges support from NSERC. We acknowledge funding provided by the Institute for Quantum Information and Matter, an NSF Physics Frontiers Center with support of the Gordon and Betty Moore Foundation.
Group:Institute for Quantum Information and Matter, TAPIR, Kavli Nanoscience Institute
Funders:
Funding AgencyGrant Number
Russian Foundation for Basic Research08-02-00580-a
NSFPHY-0967049
NSFPHY-0555406
NSFPHY-0956189
NSFPHY-1068881
Caltech David and Barbara Groce Startup FundUNSPECIFIED
Defense Advanced Research Projects Agency (DARPA)UNSPECIFIED
Air Force Office of Scientific Research (AFOSR)UNSPECIFIED
Kavli Nanoscience InstituteUNSPECIFIED
Natural Sciences and Engineering Research Council of Canada (NSERC)UNSPECIFIED
Institute for Quantum Information and Matter (IQIM)UNSPECIFIED
NSF Physics Frontiers CenterUNSPECIFIED
Gordon and Betty Moore FoundationUNSPECIFIED
Issue or Number:3
Classification Code:PACS: 42.50.Lc, 03.65.Ta, 42.50.Wk, 42.50.Pq
DOI:10.1103/PhysRevA.86.033840
Record Number:CaltechAUTHORS:20121102-094112588
Persistent URL:https://resolver.caltech.edu/CaltechAUTHORS:20121102-094112588
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Deposited By: Tony Diaz
Deposited On:02 Nov 2012 19:53
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