Mechanical resonators are widely used in sensors, transducers and optomechanical
systems, where mechanical dissipation sets the ultimate limit to performance. Over the past …

Photons at microwave and optical frequencies are principal carriers for quantum information.
While microwave photons can be effectively controlled at the local circuit level, optical …

Extreme stresses can be produced in nanoscale structures; this feature has been used to
realize enhanced materials properties, such as the high mobility of silicon in modern …

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

The small mass and high coherence of nanomechanical resonators render them the ultimate
mechanical probe, with applications that range from protein mass spectrometry and …

All quantum optomechanics experiments to date operate at cryogenic temperatures,
imposing severe technical challenges and fundamental constraints. Here, we present a …

We analyze the photon statistics of a weakly driven optomechanical system and discuss the
effect of photon blockade under single-photon strong coupling conditions. We present an …

Quantum mechanics dictates that a continuous measurement of the position of an object
imposes a random quantum back-action (QBA) perturbation on its momentum. This …

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 describe how strong resonant interactions in multimode optomechanical systems can be
used to induce controlled nonlinear couplings between single photons and phonons …