Toward Active Imaging of Nanomechanical Resonators in the Quantum Regime

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Abstract

In active imaging protocols, information about an object is encoded into the spatial mode of a scattered photon. Recently the quantum limits of active imaging have been explored with levitated nanoparticles, which experience a multimode radiation pressure backaction force (the photon recoil force) due to radiative scattering of the probe field. In this talk, we discuss prospects for quantum limited imaging of tethered nanomechanical resonators, highlighting recent experimental demonstrations of high cooperativity optical lever measurements on high-Q torsion nanoresonators. Goals include observation of spatiotemporal radiation pressure shot noise, ponderomotive entanglement of spatial light modes, feedback cooling using dynamically structured light, and entanglement-enhanced imaging of nanomechanical resonators for multimode sensing.

Original languageEnglish (US)
Title of host publicationActive Photonic Platforms, APP 2025
EditorsGanapathi S. Subramania, Stavroula Foteinopoulou
PublisherSPIE
ISBN (Electronic)9781510690646
DOIs
StatePublished - Sep 16 2025
EventActive Photonic Platforms Conference, APP 2025 - San Diego, United States
Duration: Aug 3 2025Aug 7 2025

Publication series

NameProceedings of SPIE - The International Society for Optical Engineering
Volume13578
ISSN (Print)0277-786X
ISSN (Electronic)1996-756X

Conference

ConferenceActive Photonic Platforms Conference, APP 2025
Country/TerritoryUnited States
CitySan Diego
Period8/3/258/7/25

Keywords

  • nanomechanics
  • optomechanics
  • precision sensing
  • quantum imaging
  • quantum sensing

ASJC Scopus subject areas

  • Electronic, Optical and Magnetic Materials
  • Instrumentation
  • Condensed Matter Physics
  • Computer Science Applications
  • Applied Mathematics
  • Electrical and Electronic Engineering

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