Conditional Motional Squeezing of an Optomechanical Oscillator Approaching the Quantum Regime

• URL: http://arxiv.org/abs/2410.09208v1
• Date: Fri, 11 Oct 2024 19:23:20 GMT
• Title: Conditional Motional Squeezing of an Optomechanical Oscillator Approaching the Quantum Regime
• Authors: Benjamin B. Lane, Junxin Chen, Ronald E. Pagano, Scott Aronson, Garrett D. Cole, Xinghui Yin, Thomas R. Corbitt, Nergis Mavalvala,
• Abstract summary: This work paves the way to real-time measurement-based preparation of macroscopic oscillators in quantum squeezed states. It can be adapted to mechanical systems as large as the kg-scale test masses of the Laser Interferometer Gravitational-Wave Observatory.
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• License: http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/
• Abstract: Squeezed mechanical states are a valuable tool for quantum sensing and error correction in quantum computing, and a pivotal platform for tests of fundamental physics. Recently, solid state mechanical oscillators have been prepared in squeezed states using parametric interactions in both the microwave and optical regimes. It has long been predicted that a fast measurement rate comparable to the mechanical resonance frequency can prepare the oscillator under measurement into a quantum squeezed state. Despite decades of effort, this straightforward protocol is yet to be demonstrated in the quantum regime. Here, we use post-processing techniques to demonstrate preparation of a 50 ng GaAs cantilever in a conditional classical squeezed state with a minimum uncertainty (0.28 plus/minus 0.18) dB above (1.07 plus/minus 0.04 times) the zero point fluctuations, 3 orders of magnitude closer to the quantum regime in variance than the previous record. This paves the way to real-time measurement-based preparation of macroscopic oscillators in quantum squeezed states, and can be adapted to mechanical systems as large as the kg-scale test masses of the Laser Interferometer Gravitational-Wave Observatory (LIGO).

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