Ponderomotive squeezing of light by a levitated nanoparticle in free space

• URL: http://arxiv.org/abs/2202.09063v1
• Date: Fri, 18 Feb 2022 07:57:36 GMT
• Title: Ponderomotive squeezing of light by a levitated nanoparticle in free space
• Authors: Andrei Militaru, Massimiliano Rossi, Felix Tebbenjohanns, Oriol Romero-Isart, Martin Frimmer, Lukas Novotny
• Abstract summary: A mechanically compliant element can be set into motion by the interaction with light. This light-driven motion can give rise to ponderomotive correlations in the electromagnetic field. cavities are often employed to enhance these correlations up to the point where they generate quantum squeezing of light.
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• Abstract: A mechanically compliant element can be set into motion by the interaction with light. In turn, this light-driven motion can give rise to ponderomotive correlations in the electromagnetic field. In optomechanical systems, cavities are often employed to enhance these correlations up to the point where they generate quantum squeezing of light. In free-space scenarios, where no cavity is used, observation of squeezing remains possible but challenging due to the weakness of the interaction, and has not been reported so far. Here, we measure the ponderomotively squeezed state of light scattered by a nanoparticle levitated in a free-space optical tweezer. We observe a reduction of the optical fluctuations by up to $25$~\% below the vacuum level, in a bandwidth of about $15$~kHz. Our results are well explained by a linearized dipole interaction between the nanoparticle and the electromagnetic continuum. These ponderomotive correlations open the door to quantum-enhanced sensing and metrology with levitated systems, such as force measurements below the standard quantum limit.

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