Cavity-mediated coupling of mechanical oscillators limited by quantum back-action

Nature Physics

Volumn 12, Issue 1, 2016, Pages 27-31

  Spethmann, Nicolas ^a,b   Kohler, Jonathan ^a   Schreppler, Sydney ^a   Buchmann, Lukas ^a   Stamper Kurn, Dan M ^a,c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^b Rheinland Pfälzische Technische Universität Kaiserslautern Landau   (Germany)

^c LAWRENCE BERKELEY NATIONAL LABORATORY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

GROUND STATE; ION EXCHANGE; OSCILLATORS (MECHANICAL); OSCILLISTORS; PHOTONS; QUANTUM OPTICS; TRAPPED IONS;

BIDIRECTIONAL COUPLING; COMPLEX QUANTUM SYSTEMS; ELECTROMAGNETIC RESONATORS; MECHANICAL FLUCTUATIONS; MECHANICAL OSCILLATORS; QUANTUM INFORMATION; SUPERCONDUCTING QUANTUM BITS; UNIDIRECTIONAL COUPLING;

QUANTUM ENTANGLEMENT;

EID: 84954077039     PISSN: 17452473     EISSN: 17452481     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1038/nphys3515     Document Type: Article

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