The field of cavity optomechanics is reviewed. This field explores the interaction between
electromagnetic radiation and nanomechanical or micromechanical motion. This review …

Quantum entanglement is a phenomenon whereby systems cannot be described
independently of each other, even though they may be separated by an arbitrarily large …

Macroscopic mechanical objects and electromagnetic degrees of freedom can couple to
each other through radiation pressure. Optomechanical systems in which this coupling is …

We present a quantum-mechanical theory of the cooling of a cantilever coupled via radiation
pressure to an illuminated optical cavity. Applying the quantum noise approach to the …

We show how stationary entanglement between an optical cavity field mode and a
macroscopic vibrating mirror can be generated by means of radiation pressure. We also …

Quantum entanglement of mechanical systems emerges when distinct objects move with
such a high degree of correlation that they can no longer be described separately. Although …

Recent table-top optical interferometry experiments, and advances in gravitational-wave
detectors have demonstrated the capability of optical interferometry to detect displacements …

Cooling of mechanical resonators is currently a popular topic in many fields of physics
including ultra-high precision measurements, detection of gravitational waves, and the study …

The search for experimental demonstration of the quantum behavior of macroscopic
mechanical resonators is a fast growing field of investigation and recent results suggest that …

Recently, remarkable advances have been made in coupling a number of high-Q modes of
nano-mechanical systems to high-finesse optical cavities, with the goal of reaching regimes …