CaltechAUTHORS
Published August 27, 2013 | Version Published
Journal Article Open

Cavity cooling of an optically levitated submicron particle

Creators

  • 1. ROR icon Vienna Center for Quantum Science and Technology

Abstract

The coupling of a levitated submicron particle and an optical cavity field promises access to a unique parameter regime both for macroscopic quantum experiments and for high-precision force sensing. We report a demonstration of such controlled interactions by cavity cooling the center-of-mass motion of an optically trapped submicron particle. This paves the way for a light–matter interface that can enable room-temperature quantum experiments with mesoscopic mechanical systems.

Additional Information

© 2013 National Academy of Sciences. Freely available online through the PNAS open access option. Edited by David A. Weitz, Harvard University, Cambridge, MA, and approved July 16, 2013 (received for review May 14, 2013). Published online before print August 12, 2013, doi: 10.1073/pnas.1309167110 We thank O. Romero-Isart, A. C. Pflanzer, J. I. Cirac, P. Zoller, H. Ritsch, C. Genes, S. Hofer, G. D. Cole, W. Wieczorek, M. Arndt, and T. Wilk for stimulating discussions and support, and J. Schmöle for his graphical contributions. We acknowledge funding from the Austrian Science Fund (FWF) [Sonderforschungsbereich Foundations and Applications of Quantum Science (FOQUS)], the European Commission (Integrated Project Quantum Interfaces, Sensors and Communication based on Entanglement Q-ESSENCE, International Training Network Cavity Quantum Optomechanics cQOM), the European Research Council (ERC Starting Grant Quantum Optomechanics), The John Templeton Foundation (RQ-8251), and the European Space Agency (AO/1-6889/11/NL/CBi). N.K. acknowledges support by the Alexander von Humboldt Stiftung. U.D. and D.G. acknowledge support through the Doctoral Programme Complex Quantum Systems (CoQuS). R.K. acknowledges support from the Austrian Academy of Sciences through an APART Fellowship and from the European Commission through a Marie Curie Reintegration Grant. M.A. and R.K. acknowledge support through the Keck Institute for Space Studies. N.K. and F.B. contributed equally to this work. Author contributions: N.K., F.B., and M.A. designed research; N.K., F.B., U.D., D.G., R.K., and M.A. performed research; N.K., F.B., U.D., D.G., R.K., and M.A. analyzed data; and N.K., F.B., U.D., D.G., R.K., and M.A. wrote the paper. The authors declare no conflict of interest. This article is a PNAS Direct Submission. This article contains supporting information online at www.pnas.org/lookup/suppl/doi:10.1073/pnas.1309167110/-/DCSupplemental.

Attached Files

Published - cavity.pdf

Files

cavity.pdf

Files (357.0 kB)

Name Size
md5:dfcc815a78029878ba67ca5be6c69897
357.0 kB Preview Download

Additional details

Identifiers

PMCID
PMC3761640
Eprint ID
64777
Resolver ID
CaltechAUTHORS:20160225-152846759

Funding

FWF Der Wissenschaftsfonds
Marie Curie Reintegration Grant
EIF-OIF-IIF-IRG-ERG 513676
European Research Council (ERC)
John Templeton Foundation
RQ-8251
European Space Agency (ESA)
AO/1-6889/11/NL/CBi
Österreichische Akademie der Wissenschaften
Keck Institute for Space Studies (KISS)
Alexander von Humboldt Foundation
Doctoral Programme Complex Quantum Systems (CoQuS)

Dates

Created
2016-03-01
Created from EPrint's datestamp field
Updated
2021-11-10
Created from EPrint's last_modified field

Caltech Custom Metadata

Caltech groups
Keck Institute for Space Studies