Optomechanical backaction-evading measurement without parametric instability

Steven K. Steinke, K. C. Schwab, Pierre Meystre

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Abstract

We review a scheme for performing a backaction-evading measurement of one mechanical quadrature in an optomechanical setup. The experimental application of this scheme has been limited by parametric instabilities caused in general by a slight dependence of the mechanical frequency on the electromagnetic energy in the cavity. We find that a simple modification to the optical drive can effectively eliminate the parametric instability even at high intracavity power, allowing realistic devices to achieve sub-zero-point uncertainties in the measured quadrature.

Original languageEnglish (US)
Article number023838
JournalPhysical Review A - Atomic, Molecular, and Optical Physics
Volume88
Issue number2
DOIs
StatePublished - Aug 21 2013

ASJC Scopus subject areas

  • Atomic and Molecular Physics, and Optics

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