Cavity Optomechanics: Backaction-Cooling of Mechanical Oscillators

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DATE : Wed, 25 Feb 2009 00:00:00 +0100
Entered in Database : 2009-02-24 23:00:00
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The mutual coupling of optical and mechanical degrees of freedom via radiation pressure has been a subject of interest in the context of quantum limited displacements measurements for Gravity Wave Detection for many decades. Recent advances in nano- and micro-mechanical oscillators have allowed observing for the first time radiation pressure phenomena in an experimental setting and constitute the emerging research field of Cavity Optomechanics.

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