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

Resonant optical cavities such as Fabry–Perot resonators or whispering-gallery structures
are subject to radiation pressure pushing their reflecting'walls' apart. Deformable optical …

We present a nonrelativistic Hamiltonian of the interaction between a moving mirror and
radiation pressure. This Hamiltonian is derived directly from the equation of motion of a …

It is shown that radiation pressure can be profitably used to entangle macroscopic oscillators
like movable mirrors, using present technology. We prove a new sufficient criterion for …

We describe how a quantum system composed of a cavity field interacting with a movable
mirror can be utilized to generate a large variety of nonclassical states of both the cavity field …

The quantum mechanics of position measurement of a macroscopic object is typically
inaccessible because of strong coupling to the environment and classical noise. In this work …

We propose a scheme for transferring quantum states from the propagating light fields to
macroscopic, collective vibrational degree of freedom of a massive mirror by exploiting …

We show that a linear Fabry-Pérot cavity with an oscillating end mirror can be used for
quantum noise reduction. For a high-quality factor of the mechanical oscillator the output …

It is shown that because of the radiation pressure a Schrödinger cat state can be generated
in a resonator with an oscillating wall. The optomechanical control of quantum macroscopic …

We propose a quantum optical version of Schrödinger's famous gedanken experiment in
which the state of a microscopic system (a cavity field) becomes entangled with and …