Mesoscopic physics of nanomechanical systems

A Bachtold, J Moser, MI Dykman - Reviews of Modern Physics, 2022 - APS
Nanomechanics has brought mesoscopic physics into the world of vibrations. Because
nanomechanical systems are small, fluctuations are significant, the vibrations already …

Stabilized entanglement of massive mechanical oscillators

CF Ockeloen-Korppi, E Damskägg, JM Pirkkalainen… - Nature, 2018 - nature.com
Quantum entanglement is a phenomenon whereby systems cannot be described
independently of each other, even though they may be separated by an arbitrarily large …

Ultraprecision quantum sensing and measurement based on nonlinear hybrid optomechanical systems containing ultracold atoms or atomic Bose–Einstein …

A Motazedifard, A Dalafi, MH Naderi - AVS Quantum Science, 2021 - pubs.aip.org
In this review, the authors study how a hybrid optomechanical system (OMS), in which a
quantum micro-or nano-mechanical oscillator is coupled to the electromagnetic radiation …

Diamond integrated quantum nanophotonics: spins, photons and phonons

PK Shandilya, S Flågan, NC Carvalho… - Journal of Lightwave …, 2022 - opg.optica.org
Integrated photonic devices in diamond have tremendous potential for many quantum
applications, including long-distance quantum communication, quantum information …

Quantum backaction evading measurement of collective mechanical modes

CF Ockeloen-Korppi, E Damskägg, JM Pirkkalainen… - Physical review …, 2016 - APS
The standard quantum limit constrains the precision of an oscillator position measurement. It
arises from a balance between the imprecision and the quantum backaction of the …

Mechanical squeezing via unstable dynamics in a microcavity

K Kustura, C Gonzalez-Ballestero, AR Sommer… - Physical Review Letters, 2022 - APS
We theoretically show that strong mechanical quantum squeezing in a linear
optomechanical system can be rapidly generated through the dynamical instability reached …

Wigner entropy production rate

JP Santos, GT Landi, M Paternostro - Physical review letters, 2017 - APS
The characterization of irreversibility in general quantum processes is an open problem of
increasing technological relevance. Yet, the tools currently available to this aim are mostly …

Sympathetic cooling and squeezing of two colevitated nanoparticles

TW Penny, A Pontin, PF Barker - Physical Review Research, 2023 - APS
Levitated particles are an ideal tool for measuring weak forces and investigating quantum
mechanics in macroscopic objects. Arrays of two or more of these particles have been …

Coherent optomechanical state transfer between disparate mechanical resonators

MJ Weaver, F Buters, F Luna, H Eerkens… - Nature …, 2017 - nature.com
Abstract Systems of coupled mechanical resonators are useful for quantum information
processing and fundamental tests of physics. Direct coupling is only possible with …

Controllable generation of mechanical quadrature squeezing via dark-mode engineering in cavity optomechanics

J Huang, DG Lai, JQ Liao - Physical Review A, 2023 - APS
Quantum squeezing is an important resource in modern quantum technologies, such as
quantum precision measurement and continuous-variable quantum information processing …