Cavity Optomechanics of Levitated Nanodumbbells

Author(s)
Wolfgang Lechner, Steven Habraken, Nikolai Kiesel, Markus Aspelmeyer, Peter Zoller
Abstract

Levitated nanospheres in optical cavities open a novel route to study many-body systems out of solution and highly isolated from the environment. We show that properly tuned optical parameters allow for the study of the nonequilibrium dynamics of composite nanoparticles with nonisotropic optical friction. We find optically induced ordering and nematic transitions with nonequilibrium analogs to liquid crystal phases for ensembles of dimers.

Organisation(s)
Quantum Optics, Quantum Nanophysics and Quantum Information
External organisation(s)
Leopold-Franzens-Universität Innsbruck, Österreichische Akademie der Wissenschaften (ÖAW)
Journal
Physical Review Letters
Volume
110
No. of pages
5
ISSN
0031-9007
DOI
https://doi.org/10.1103/PhysRevLett.110.143604
Publication date
04-2013
Peer reviewed
Yes
Austrian Fields of Science 2012
103015 Condensed matter, 103025 Quantum mechanics
Keywords
Portal url
https://ucrisportal.univie.ac.at/en/publications/733cc268-d7fc-4441-8067-3f8fe3d9465c