Mechanical systems are ideal candidates for studying quantum behavior of macroscopic
objects. To this end, a mechanical resonator has to be cooled to its ground state and its …

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

The observation of the quantum states of motion of a macroscopic mechanical structure
remains an open challenge in quantum-state preparation and measurement. One approach …

We study the quantum measurement of a cantilever using a parametrically coupled
electromagnetic cavity which is driven at the two sidebands corresponding to the …

I formulate a quantum stochastic thermodynamics for the quantum trajectories of a
continuously monitored forced harmonic oscillator coupled to a thermal reservoir. Consistent …

In this paper we approach the theory of continuous measurements and the associated
unconditional and conditional (stochastic) master equations from the perspective of quantum …

The observation of quantized nanomechanical oscillations by detecting femtometer-scale
displacements is a significant challenge for experimentalists. We propose that a phonon …

State of the art nanomechanical resonators present quality factors Q∼ 10 3–10 5, which are
much lower than those that can be naively extrapolated from the behavior of …

We propose a protocol for coherently transferring non-Gaussian quantum states from an
optical field to a mechanical oscillator. We demonstrate its experimental feasibility in future …

We derive a standard quantum limit for probing mechanical energy quantization in a class of
systems with mechanical modes parametrically coupled to external degrees of freedom. To …