Fermat's Spiral-Based Characterization of Squeezed Nonlinear Motional States of Levitated Nanoparticle

• URL: http://arxiv.org/abs/2509.14853v1
• Date: Thu, 18 Sep 2025 11:17:35 GMT
• Title: Fermat's Spiral-Based Characterization of Squeezed Nonlinear Motional States of Levitated Nanoparticle
• Authors: Martin Duchaň, Alexandr Jonáš, Radim Filip, Jan Ježek, Petr Jákl, Pavel Zemánek, Martin Šiler,
• Abstract summary: We introduce a nonlinear transformation of the phase-space coordinates using the concept of Fermat's spiral.<n>It removes the state distortion induced by the Duffing-type nonlinearity and enables characterization of the state of motion.<n>The presented scheme enables the separation of the effects of the applied state manipulation, the system's gradual thermalization, and the nonlinearity of the confinement.
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• Abstract: Controlling the state of motion of optically levitated nanoparticles is crucial for the advancement of precision sensing, fundamental tests of physics, and the development of hybrid classical-quantum technologies. Experimentally, such control can be achieved by pulsed modifications of the optical potential confining the nanoparticle. Most frequently, the applied potential pulses are parabolic in nanoparticle position, and they expand/squeeze or displace the initial Gaussian state of motion to a modified Gaussian state. The time-dependent mean values and covariance matrix of the phase-space variables can fully characterize such a state. However, quasi-parabolic optical potentials with added weak Duffing-type nonlinearity, encountered in real-world experiments, can generally distort the state of motion to a non-Gaussian one, for which the description based solely on the mean values and covariance matrix fails. Here, we introduce a nonlinear transformation of the phase-space coordinates using the concept of Fermat's spiral, which effectively removes the state distortion induced by the Duffing-type nonlinearity and enables characterization of the state of motion by the standard Gaussian-state metrics. Comparisons of the experimental data with theoretical models show that the proposed coordinate transformation can recover the ideal behavior of a harmonic oscillator even after extended evolution of the system in the nonlinear potential. The presented scheme enables the separation of the effects of the applied state manipulation, the system's gradual thermalization, and the nonlinearity of the confinement on the experimentally observed dynamics of the system, thereby facilitating the design of advanced protocols for levitated optomechanics.

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