Resolved-sideband cooling and position measurement of a micromechanical oscillator close to the Heisenberg uncertainty limit

Nature Physics

Volumn 5, Issue 7, 2009, Pages 509-514

  Schliesser, A ^a   Arcizet, O ^a   Riviere R ^a   Anetsberger, G ^a   Kippenberg, T J ^a,b  

^a MAX PLANCK INSTITUT FÜR QUANTENOPTIK   (Germany)

^b EPFL   (Switzerland)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

COOLING SYSTEMS; LASER COOLING; NEMS; OPTICAL DATA PROCESSING; OPTOMECHANICS; OSCILLATORS (MECHANICAL); OSCILLISTORS;

HEISENBERG UNCERTAINTIES; MECHANICAL OSCILLATORS; MICROMECHANICAL OSCILLATORS; NANO ELECTROMECHANICAL SYSTEMS; NANO-ELECTROMECHANICAL; OPTICAL MEASUREMENT; OPTO-MECHANICAL SYSTEMS; QUANTUM CORRELATIONS;

UNCERTAINTY ANALYSIS;

EID: 67650982801     PISSN: 17452473     EISSN: 17452481     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1038/nphys1304     Document Type: Article

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