Optical side-band cooling of a low frequency optomechanical system

被引：21

作者：

Eerkens, H. J. ^{[1
]}

Buters, F. M. ^{[1
]}

Weaver, M. J. ^{[2
]}

Pepper, B. ^{[2
]}

Welker, G. ^{[1
]}

Heeck, K. ^{[1
]}

Sonin, P. ^{[1
]}

de Man, S. ^{[1
]}

Bouwmeester, D. ^{[1
,2
]}

机构：

[1] Leiden Univ, Huygens Kamerlingh Onnes Lab, NL-2333 CA Leiden, Netherlands

[2] Univ Calif Santa Barbara, Dept Phys, Santa Barbara, CA 93106 USA

来源：

OPTICS EXPRESS | 2015年 / 23卷 / 06期

基金：

美国国家科学基金会;

关键词：

OSCILLATOR;

D O I：

10.1364/OE.23.008014

中图分类号：

O43 [光学];

学科分类号：

070207 ; 0803 ;

摘要：

For experimental investigations of macroscopic quantum superpositions and the possible role of gravitational effects on the reduction of the corresponding quantum wave function it is beneficial to consider large mass, low frequency optomechanical systems. We report optical side-band cooling from room temperature for a 1.5 x 10(-10) kg ( mode mass), low frequency side-band resolved optomechanical system based on a 5 cm long Fabry-Perot cavity. By using high-quality Bragg mirrors for both the stationary and the micromechanical mirror we are able to construct an optomechanical cavity with an optical linewidth of 23 kHz. This, together with a resonator frequency of 315 kHz, makes the system operate firmly in the side-band resolved regime. With the presented optomechanical system parameters cooling close to the ground state is possible. This brings us one step closer to creating and verifying macroscopic quantum superpositions. (C) 2015 Optical Society of America

引用

页码：8014 / 8020

页数：7

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