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Radiation Pressure Cooling of a Micromechanical Oscillator Using Dynamical Backaction

Year: 2006

Type: article

Abstract: Cooling of a 58 MHz micromechanical resonator from room temperature to 11 K is demonstrated using cavity enhanced radiation pressure. Detuned pumping of an optical resonance allows enhancement of the blueshifted motional sideband (caused by the oscillator's Brownian motion) with respect to the redshifted sideband leading to cooling of the mechanical oscillator mode. The reported cooling mechanism is a manifestation of the effect of radiation pressure induced dynamical backaction. These results constitute an important step towards achieving ground state cooling of a mechanical oscillator.

Source: Physical Review Letters

DOI: 10.1103/physrevlett.97.243905

Authors: A. Schliesser, P. Del’Haye, N. Nooshi, K. J. Vahala, T. J. Kippenberg

Institutions: Max Planck Institute of Quantum Optics, California Institute of Technology

Language: English

Topic: Mechanical and Optical Resonators

Subfield: Atomic and Molecular Physics, and Optics

Field: Physics and Astronomy

Domain: Physical Sciences

Open Access status: hybrid

Estimated APC paid: $3,750

OpenAlex ID: W2963183898

FWCI: 26.87

Cites: 29

Cited by: 573

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