Year: 2014
Type: article
Abstract: We consider how a single photon can probe the quantum nature of a moving mirror in the context of quantum optomechanics. In particular, we demonstrate how the single-photon time-dependent spectrum reveals the time required for the fully resolved spectrum to build up as a result of the single photon creating one phonon after the other. The time-dependent spectrum also manifests the order (in time) in which the blue and red resonances (sidebands) appear in the spectrum identifying the two different mechanisms responsible for the production of these sidebands. Our study includes the coupling of the movable mirror to a mechanical heat bath. We use quantum trajectory theory combined with the input-output formalism for all calculations, but we also show how a dressed-state picture can be used to explain positions and relative strengths of all resonances.
Source: Physical Review A
Authors: Imran M. Mirza, S. J. van Enk
Institution: University of Oregon
Language: English
Subfield: Atomic and Molecular Physics, and Optics
Field: Physics and Astronomy
Domain: Physical Sciences
Open Access status: green
OpenAlex ID: W2752078177