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Optomechanical backaction-evading measurement without parametric instability

Steinke, Steven K. and Schwab, K. C. and Meystre, Pierre (2013) Optomechanical backaction-evading measurement without parametric instability. Physical Review A, 88 (2). Art. No. 023838. ISSN 1050-2947. doi:10.1103/PhysRevA.88.023838. https://resolver.caltech.edu/CaltechAUTHORS:20130917-103836848

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Abstract

We review a scheme for performing a backaction-evading measurement of one mechanical quadrature in an optomechanical setup. The experimental application of this scheme has been limited by parametric instabilities caused in general by a slight dependence of the mechanical frequency on the electromagnetic energy in the cavity. We find that a simple modification to the optical drive can effectively eliminate the parametric instability even at high intracavity power, allowing realistic devices to achieve sub-zero-point uncertainties in the measured quadrature.


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Schwab, K. C.0000-0001-8216-4815
Additional Information:© 2013 American Physical Society. Received 24 April 2013; published 21 August 2013. This work was supported by the DARPA QuASAR program through a grant from AFOSR and the DARPA ORCHID program through a grant from ARO, the US Army Research Office, and by the NSF. K.C.S. acknowledges funding provided by the Institute for Quantum Information and Matter, an NSF Physics Frontiers Center with support of the Gordon and Betty Moore Foundation through Grant GBF1250.
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Defense Advanced Research Projects Agency (DARPA)UNSPECIFIED
Air Force Office of Scientific Research (AFOSR)UNSPECIFIED
Army Research Office (ARO)UNSPECIFIED
Institute for Quantum Information and Matter (IQIM)UNSPECIFIED
NSF Physics Frontiers CenterUNSPECIFIED
Gordon and Betty Moore FoundationGBF1250
Issue or Number:2
Classification Code:PACS: 42.50.Pq, 03.65.Ta, 42.50.Lc, 42.50.Wk
DOI:10.1103/PhysRevA.88.023838
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Deposited By: Tony Diaz
Deposited On:17 Sep 2013 19:43
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