Quantum-Coherent Coupling of a Mechanical Oscillator to an Optical Cavity Mode

Verhagen, EwoldDeleglise, SamuelWeis, StefanSchliesser, AlbertKippenberg, Tobias J.2013-03-282013-03-282013-03-28201210.1364/CLEO_AT.2012.JM1K.1https://infoscience.epfl.ch/handle/20.500.14299/91073WOS:000310362401392We demonstrate an optomechanical microresonator in which optical and mechanical degrees of freedom exchange energy at a rate exceeding the relevant decoherence rates in the system, enabling quantum control of a mechanical oscillator with light.Quantum-Coherent Coupling of a Mechanical Oscillator to an Optical Cavity Modetext::conference output::conference proceedings::conference paper