Cavity cooling of an optically levitated submicron particle

Nikolai Kiesel; Florian Blaser; Uros Delic; David Grass; Rainer Kaltenbaek; Markus Aspelmeyer

doi:10.1073/pnas.1309167110

Cavity cooling of an optically levitated submicron particle

Nikolai Kiesel (Corresponding author)
, Florian Blaser
, Uros Delic
, David Grass
, Rainer Kaltenbaek
, Markus Aspelmeyer

Quantum Optics, Quantum Nanophysics and Quantum Information

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Abstract

The coupling of a levitated submicron particle and an optical cavity field promises access to a unique parameter regime both for macroscopic quantum experiments and for high-precision force sensing. We report a demonstration of such controlled interactions by cavity cooling the center-of-mass motion of an optically trapped submicron particle. This paves the way for a light–matter interface that can enable room-temperature quantum experiments with mesoscopic mechanical systems.

Original language	English
Pages (from-to)	14180-14185
Number of pages	6
Journal	Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences of the United States of America (PNAS)
Volume	110
Issue number	35
DOIs	https://doi.org/10.1073/pnas.1309167110
Publication status	Published - 27 Aug 2013

Funding

We thank O. Romero-Isart, A. C. Pflanzer, J. I. Cirac, P. Zoller, H. Ritsch, C. Genes, S. Hofer, G. D. Cole, W. Wieczorek, M. Arndt, and T. Wilk for stimulating discussions and support, and J. Schmole for his graphical contributions. We acknowledge funding from the Austrian Science Fund (FWF) [Sonderforschungsbereich Foundations and Applications of Quantum Science (FOQUS)], the European Commission (Integrated Project Quantum Interfaces, Sensors and Communication based on Entanglement Q-ESSENCE, International Training Network Cavity Quantum Optomechanics cQOM), the European Research Council (ERC Starting Grant Quantum Optomechanics), The John Templeton Foundation (RQ-8251), and the European Space Agency (AO/1-6889/11/NL/CBi). N.K. acknowledges support by the Alexander von Humboldt Stiftung. U. D. and D. G. acknowledge support through the Doctoral Programme Complex Quantum Systems (CoQuS). R. K. acknowledges support from the Austrian Academy of Sciences through an APART Fellowship and from the European Commission through a Marie Curie Reintegration Grant. M. A. and R. K. acknowledge support through the Keck Institute for Space Studies.

Austrian Fields of Science 2012

103026 Quantum optics
103008 Experimental physics

Keywords

optical trapping
quantum optics
cavity optomechanics
nanoparticles
nanomechanics
QUANTUM GROUND-STATE
SINGLE ATOMS
OPTOMECHANICS
ENTANGLEMENT
SIMULATIONS
MOLECULES
VACUUM
MOTION
IONS
GAS

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cQOM: Cavity Quantum Optomechanics
Aspelmeyer, M. (Project Lead) & Paulovics, V. (Admin)
1/06/12 → 31/05/16
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QOFES: Quantum Optomechanics for Fundamental Experiments in Space
Aspelmeyer, M. (Project Lead)
1/03/11 → 28/02/14
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CoQuS: Complex Quantum Systems
Aspelmeyer, M. (Project Lead), Arndt, M. (Co-Lead) & Paulovics, V. (Admin)
1/10/07 → 31/12/20
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Cavity cooling of an optically levitated submicron particle
Blaser, F. (Speaker)
20 Mar 2014
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Cavity cooling of an optically levitated nanoparticle
Blaser, F. (Contributor), Kiesel, N. (Contributor), Delic, U. (Contributor), Grass, D. (Contributor), Kaltenbaek, R. (Contributor) & Aspelmeyer, M. (Contributor)
5 Nov 2013
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