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Laser Cooling of a Nanomechanical Resonator Mode to its Quantum Ground State

Year: 2004

Type: article

Abstract: We show that it is possible to cool a nanomechanical resonator mode to its ground state. The proposed technique is based on resonant laser excitation of a phonon sideband of an embedded quantum dot. The strength of the sideband coupling is determined directly by the difference between the electron-phonon couplings of the initial and final states of the quantum dot optical transition. Possible applications of this scheme include generation of nonclassical states of mechanical motion.

Source: Physical Review Letters

DOI: 10.1103/physrevlett.92.075507

Authors: I. Wilson-Rae, P. Zoller, A. Imamoḡlu

Institutions: Austrian Academy of Sciences, University of California, Santa Barbara, Universität Innsbruck, Institute for Quantum Optics and Quantum Information Innsbruck, ETH Zurich, Institute for Quantum Electronics

Language: English

Topic: Mechanical and Optical Resonators

Subfield: Atomic and Molecular Physics, and Optics

Field: Physics and Astronomy

Domain: Physical Sciences

Open Access status: green

Funders: Universität Innsbruck, University of California, Santa Barbara, Kavli Institute for Theoretical Physics, University of California, Santa Barbara

OpenAlex ID: W2074230820

FWCI: 6.377

Cites: 25

Cited by: 366

Related to: 10