Library Services | Technical University of Kenya

Your cart is empty.
Normal view MARC view ISBD view

Quantum Opto-Mechanics with Micromirrors [electronic resource] : Combining Nano-Mechanics with Quantum Optics / by Simon Gröblacher.

By: Gröblacher, Simon [author.].
Contributor(s): SpringerLink (Online service).
Material type: materialTypeLabelBookSeries: Springer Theses, Recognizing Outstanding Ph.D. Research: Publisher: Berlin, Heidelberg : Springer Berlin Heidelberg : Imprint: Springer, 2012Description: XII, 143 p. 51 illus., 35 illus. in color. online resource.Content type: text Media type: computer Carrier type: online resourceISBN: 9783642349553.Subject(s): Physics | Quantum theory | Physics | Quantum Optics | Quantum Physics | Quantum Information Technology, SpintronicsDDC classification: 535.15 Online resources: Click here to access online
Contents:
Preamble -- Introduction and Basic Theory -- Experimental Techniques -- High-Reflectivity, High-Q Mechanical Resonators -- Mechanical Laser Cooling in Cryogenic Cavities -- Opto-Mechanics in the Strong Coupling Regime -- Optomechanical Down-Conversion.
In: Springer eBooksSummary: Quantum effects in macroscopic systems have long been a fascination for researchers. Over the past decade mechanical oscillators have emerged as a leading system of choice for many such experiments. The work reported in this thesis investigates the effects of the radiation-pressure force of light on macroscopic mechanical structures. The basic system studied is a mechanical oscillator that is highly reflective and part of an optical resonator. It interacts with the optical cavity mode via the radiation-pressure force. Both the dynamics of the mechanical oscillation and the properties of the light field are modified through this interaction. The experiments use quantum optical tools (such as homodyning and down-conversion) with the goal of ultimately showing quantum behavior of the mechanical center of mass motion. Of particular value are the detailed descriptions of several novel experiments that pave the way towards this goal and are already shaping the field of quantum optomechanics, in particular optomechanical laser cooling and strong optomechanical coupling.
Tags from this library: No tags from this library for this title. Log in to add tags.
No physical items for this record

Preamble -- Introduction and Basic Theory -- Experimental Techniques -- High-Reflectivity, High-Q Mechanical Resonators -- Mechanical Laser Cooling in Cryogenic Cavities -- Opto-Mechanics in the Strong Coupling Regime -- Optomechanical Down-Conversion.

Quantum effects in macroscopic systems have long been a fascination for researchers. Over the past decade mechanical oscillators have emerged as a leading system of choice for many such experiments. The work reported in this thesis investigates the effects of the radiation-pressure force of light on macroscopic mechanical structures. The basic system studied is a mechanical oscillator that is highly reflective and part of an optical resonator. It interacts with the optical cavity mode via the radiation-pressure force. Both the dynamics of the mechanical oscillation and the properties of the light field are modified through this interaction. The experiments use quantum optical tools (such as homodyning and down-conversion) with the goal of ultimately showing quantum behavior of the mechanical center of mass motion. Of particular value are the detailed descriptions of several novel experiments that pave the way towards this goal and are already shaping the field of quantum optomechanics, in particular optomechanical laser cooling and strong optomechanical coupling.

There are no comments for this item.

Log in to your account to post a comment.

2017 | The Technical University of Kenya Library | +254(020) 2219929, 3341639, 3343672 | library@tukenya.ac.ke | Haile Selassie Avenue