TY - JOUR
T1 - Coupling nanomechanical cantilevers to dipolar molecules
AU - Singh, S.
AU - Bhattacharya, M.
AU - Dutta, O.
AU - Meystre, P.
PY - 2008/12/22
Y1 - 2008/12/22
N2 - We investigate the coupling of a nanomechanical oscillator in the quantum regime with molecular (electric) dipoles. We find theoretically that the cantilever can produce single-mode squeezing of the center-of-mass motion of an isolated trapped molecule and two-mode squeezing of the phonons of an array of molecules. This work opens up the possibility of manipulating dipolar crystals, which have been recently proposed as quantum memory, and more generally, is indicative of the promise of nanoscale cantilevers for the quantum detection and control of atomic and molecular systems.
AB - We investigate the coupling of a nanomechanical oscillator in the quantum regime with molecular (electric) dipoles. We find theoretically that the cantilever can produce single-mode squeezing of the center-of-mass motion of an isolated trapped molecule and two-mode squeezing of the phonons of an array of molecules. This work opens up the possibility of manipulating dipolar crystals, which have been recently proposed as quantum memory, and more generally, is indicative of the promise of nanoscale cantilevers for the quantum detection and control of atomic and molecular systems.
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U2 - 10.1103/PhysRevLett.101.263603
DO - 10.1103/PhysRevLett.101.263603
M3 - Article
AN - SCOPUS:58149280392
VL - 101
JO - Physical Review Letters
JF - Physical Review Letters
SN - 0031-9007
IS - 26
M1 - 263603
ER -