Measurement-based control of a mechanical oscillator at its thermal decoherence rate

Nature

Volumn 524, Issue 7565, 2015, Pages 325-329

  Wilson, D J ^a   Sudhir, V ^a   Piro, N ^a   Schilling, R ^a   Ghadimi, A ^a   Kippenberg, T J ^a  

^a EPFL   (Switzerland)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

MEASUREMENT METHOD; MECHANICAL PROPERTY; PRESSURE EFFECT; QUANTUM MECHANICS; STABILIZATION; TEMPERATURE EFFECT; UNCERTAINTY ANALYSIS;

ARTICLE; FEEDBACK SYSTEM; MEASUREMENT; MOLECULAR MECHANICS; MOTION; OSCILLATOR; PRIORITY JOURNAL; QUANTUM MECHANICS; SENSOR; SOLID STATE; TEMPERATURE;

EID: 84939805368     PISSN: 00280836     EISSN: 14764687     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1038/nature14672     Document Type: Article

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