Thermal intermodulation noise in cavity-based measurements
- URL: http://arxiv.org/abs/2004.05700v3
- Date: Thu, 14 May 2020 15:00:36 GMT
- Title: Thermal intermodulation noise in cavity-based measurements
- Authors: Sergey A. Fedorov, Alberto Beccari, Amirali Arabmoheghi, Dalziel J.
Wilson, Nils J. Engelsen, Tobias J. Kippenberg
- Abstract summary: We show that nonlinearly transduced thermal fluctuations of cavity frequency can dominate the broadband noise in photodetection.
We report and characterize thermal intermodulation noise in an optomechanical cavity, where the frequency fluctuations are caused by mechanical Brownian motion.
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- Abstract: Thermal frequency fluctuations in optical cavities limit the sensitivity of
precision experiments ranging from gravitational wave observatories to optical
atomic clocks. Conventional modeling of these noises assumes a linear response
of the optical field to the fluctuations of cavity frequency. Fundamentally,
however, this response is nonlinear. Here we show that nonlinearly transduced
thermal fluctuations of cavity frequency can dominate the broadband noise in
photodetection, even when the magnitude of fluctuations is much smaller than
the cavity linewidth. We term this noise "thermal intermodulation noise" and
show that for a resonant laser probe it manifests as intensity fluctuations. We
report and characterize thermal intermodulation noise in an optomechanical
cavity, where the frequency fluctuations are caused by mechanical Brownian
motion, and find excellent agreement with our developed theoretical model. We
demonstrate that the effect is particularly relevant to quantum optomechanics:
using a phononic crystal $Si_3N_4$ membrane with a low mass, soft-clamped
mechanical mode we are able to operate in the regime where measurement quantum
backaction contributes as much force noise as the thermal environment does.
However, in the presence of intermodulation noise, quantum signatures of
measurement are not revealed in direct photodetectors. The reported noise
mechanism, while studied for an optomechanical system, can exist in any optical
cavity.
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