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Phys Rev Lett. 2016 Mar 11;116(10):103601. doi: 10.1103/PhysRevLett.116.103601. Epub 2016 Mar 08.

Dynamical Two-Mode Squeezing of Thermal Fluctuations in a Cavity Optomechanical System.

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A Pontin, M Bonaldi, A Borrielli, L Marconi, F Marino, G Pandraud, G A Prodi, P M Sarro, E Serra, F Marin

Affiliations

  1. Dipartimento di Fisica e Astronomia, Università di Firenze, Via Sansone 1, I-50019 Sesto Fiorentino (FI), Italy.
  2. INFN, Sezione di Firenze, Via Sansone 1, I-50019 Sesto Fiorentino (FI), Italy.
  3. Institute of Materials for Electronics and Magnetism, Nanoscience-Trento-FBK Division, 38123 Povo, Trento, Italy.
  4. Istituto Nazionale di Fisica Nucleare (INFN), Trento Institute for Fundamental Physics and Application, I-38123 Povo, Trento, Italy.
  5. CNR-INO, Largo Enrico Fermi 6, I-50125 Firenze, Italy.
  6. Department of Microelectronics and Computer Engineering /ECTM/DIMES, Delft University of Technology, Feldmanweg 17, 2628 CT Delft, Netherlands.
  7. Dipartimento di Fisica, Università di Trento, I-38123 Povo, Trento, Italy.
  8. European Laboratory for Non-Linear Spectroscopy (LENS), Via Carrara 1, I-50019 Sesto Fiorentino (FI), Italy.

PMID: 27015479 DOI: 10.1103/PhysRevLett.116.103601

Abstract

We report the experimental observation of two-mode squeezing in the oscillation quadratures of a thermal micro-oscillator. This effect is obtained by parametric modulation of the optical spring in a cavity optomechanical system. In addition to stationary variance measurements, we describe the dynamic behavior in the regime of pulsed parametric excitation, showing an enhanced squeezing effect surpassing the stationary 3 dB limit. While the present experiment is in the classical regime, our technique can be exploited to produce entangled, macroscopic quantum optomechanical modes.

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