Characterization of Linear Measurements in Cavity Optomechanics: Examples and Applications

• URL: http://arxiv.org/abs/2508.21419v1
• Date: Fri, 29 Aug 2025 08:40:54 GMT
• Title: Characterization of Linear Measurements in Cavity Optomechanics: Examples and Applications
• Authors: F. Bemani, O. Černotík, R. Filip,
• Abstract summary: We develop a formalism for quantifying the performance of optomechanical measurements.<n>We perform detailed analysis of errors in optomechanical nondemolition measurements.<n>This knowledge allows us to propose a strategy for quantum nondemolition measurements in levitodynamics.
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• Abstract: Detailed understanding of physical measurements is essential for devising efficient metrological strategies and measurement-feedback schemes, as well as finding fundamental limitations on measurement sensitivity. In the quantum regime, measurements modify the state of the system of interest through measurement backaction as a direct consequence of the Heisenberg principle. In cavity optomechanics and electromechanics, a plethora of strategies exist for measuring the mechanical motion using electromagnetic fields, each leading to different competition between measurement imprecision and backaction. While this range of techniques allows broad applications of optomechanical and electromechanical devices, it makes direct comparison of different measurement methods difficult. We develop a formalism for quantifying the performance of optomechanical measurements using a few relevant figures of merit. Our approach is inspired by similar characterizations in quantum optics and quantifies the main properties of quantum measurements -- the ability to distinguish different quantum states and preservation of signal in the presence of measurement noise. We demonstrate our concept on the most common optomechanical measurements -- displacement detection, coherent quantum noise cancellation, and quantum nondemolition measurements -- and perform detailed analysis of errors in optomechanical nondemolition measurements. This newly acquired knowledge allows us to propose a strategy for quantum nondemolition measurements in levitodynamics using coherent scattering. Our results complement existing knowledge of linear optomechanical interactions and open the way to new understanding of optomechanical measurements, thus allowing also novel applications of optomechanical devices in fundamental physics and quantum technologies.

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