Cavity Optomechanics: Cooling of a Micromechanical Oscillator into the Quantum Regime
Deleglise, S.; Weis, S.; Verhagen, E.; Gavartin, E.; Riviere, R.; Schliesser, A.; Kippenberg, T. J.
2011

Abstract

Using optical sideband cooling, a micromechanical oscillator is cooled to a phonon occupancy below 10 phonons, corresponding to a probability of finding it in its quantum ground state more than 10% of the time.

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Title Cavity Optomechanics: Cooling of a Micromechanical Oscillator into the Quantum Regime
Author(s) Deleglise, S. ; Weis, S. ; Verhagen, E. ; Gavartin, E. ; Riviere, R. ; Schliesser, A. ; Kippenberg, T. J.
Published in Omn2011: 16Th International Conference On Optical Mems And Nanophotonics
Pages 29-30
Conference 16th International Conference on Optical MEMS and Nanophotonics (OMN), Istanbul, TURKEY, Aug 08-11, 2011
Date 2011
Publisher Ieee Service Center, 445 Hoes Lane, Po Box 1331, Piscataway, Nj 08855-1331 Usa
ISBN 978-1-4577-0336-2
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Language English
DOI https://doi.org/10.1109/OMEMS.2011.6031098
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