Levitated cavity optomechanics in high vacuum

Author(s)
Uros Delić, David Grass, Manuel Reisenbauer, Tobias Damm, Martin Weitz, Nikolai Kiesel, Markus Aspelmeyer
Abstract

We report dispersive coupling of an optically trapped nanoparticle to the field of a Fabry–Perot cavity in high vacuum. We demonstrate nanometer-level control in positioning the particle with respect to the cavity field, which allows access to linear, quadratic, and tertiary optomechanical interactions in the resolved sideband regime. We determine all relevant coupling rates of the system, i.e. mechanical and optical losses as well as optomechanical interaction, and obtain a quantum cooperativity of C Q = 0.01. Based on the presented performance, the regime of strong cooperativity (C Q > 1) is clearly within reach by further decreasing the mode volume of the cavity.

Organisation(s)
Quantum Optics, Quantum Nanophysics and Quantum Information
External organisation(s)
Rheinische Friedrich-Wilhelms-Universität Bonn, Österreichische Akademie der Wissenschaften (ÖAW)
Journal
Quantum Science and Technology
Volume
5
No. of pages
11
ISSN
2058-9565
DOI
https://doi.org/10.1088/2058-9565/ab7989
Publication date
03-2020
Peer reviewed
Yes
Austrian Fields of Science 2012
103026 Quantum optics
Keywords
ASJC Scopus subject areas
Atomic and Molecular Physics, and Optics, Electrical and Electronic Engineering, Materials Science (miscellaneous), Physics and Astronomy (miscellaneous)
Portal url
https://ucrisportal.univie.ac.at/en/publications/e9caed84-0820-4770-a279-f58f9c76bf24