Cavity Optomechanics of Levitated Nanodumbbells: Nonequilibrium Phases and Self-Assembly

Wolfgang Lechner; Steven Habraken; Nikolai Kiesel; Markus Aspelmeyer; Peter Zoller

doi:10.1103/PhysRevLett.110.143604

Cavity Optomechanics of Levitated Nanodumbbells: Nonequilibrium Phases and Self-Assembly

Wolfgang Lechner (Corresponding author), Steven Habraken, Nikolai Kiesel, Markus Aspelmeyer, Peter Zoller

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Abstract

Levitated nanospheres in optical cavities open a novel route to study many-body systems out of solution and highly isolated from the environment. We show that properly tuned optical parameters allow for the study of the nonequilibrium dynamics of composite nanoparticles with nonisotropic optical friction. We find optically induced ordering and nematic transitions with nonequilibrium analogs to liquid crystal phases for ensembles of dimers.

Original language	English
Article number	143604
Number of pages	5
Journal	Physical Review Letters
Volume	110
Issue number	14
DOIs	https://doi.org/10.1103/PhysRevLett.110.143604
Publication status	Published - 5 Apr 2013

Austrian Fields of Science 2012

103015 Condensed matter
103025 Quantum mechanics

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OPTO-MECHANICS
NANOCRYSTALS

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