Strong Optomechanical Squeezing of Light

We create squeezed light by exploiting the quantum nature of the mechanical interaction between laser light and a membrane mechanical resonator embedded in an optical cavity. The radiation-pressure shot noise (fluctuating optical force from quantum laser amplitude noise) induces resonator motion wel...

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Bibliographic Details
Main Authors: T. P. Purdy, P.-L. Yu, R. W. Peterson, N. S. Kampel, C. A. Regal
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: American Physical Society 2013-09-01
Series:Physical Review X
Online Access:http://doi.org/10.1103/PhysRevX.3.031012