Mechanical systems in the quantum regime

Physics Reports

Volumn 511, Issue 5, 2012, Pages 273-335

  Poot, Menno ^a,b   van der Zant, Herre S J ^a  

^a DELFT UNIVERSITY OF TECHNOLOGY   (Netherlands)

^b Yale University   (United States)

Author keywords

Active feedback cooling; Macroscopic quantum mechanical effects; Nano electromechanical systems; NEMS; Optomechanics; QEMS; Quantum electromechanical systems; Quantum limited displacement detection; Sideband cooling

Indexed keywords

EID: 84856969975     PISSN: 03701573     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.physrep.2011.12.004     Document Type: Review

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