Self-Sustained Oscillations of a Nonlinear Optomechanical System in the Low-Excitation Regime

• URL: http://arxiv.org/abs/2510.01775v1
• Date: Thu, 02 Oct 2025 08:05:42 GMT
• Title: Self-Sustained Oscillations of a Nonlinear Optomechanical System in the Low-Excitation Regime
• Authors: Shivangi Dhiman, K. Rubenbauer, T. Luschmann, A. Marx, A. Metelmann, H. Huebl,
• Abstract summary: Next-generation quantum applications, such as quantum sensing, require the combination of nonlinearity with non-classical correlations.<n>Here, we report the observation and theoretical modeling of nonlinear dynamics in a mechanical system driven at the single-excitation level.<n>Specifically, the large Kerr nonlinearity of our superconducting microwave circuit reduces the threshold for the observation of nonlinear dynamics by four orders of magnitude.
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• License: http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/
• Abstract: Manifesting across all time, mass and length scales, nonlinearities lie at the core of numerous physical phenomena. Next-generation quantum applications, such as quantum sensing, require the combination of nonlinearity with non-classical correlations. This necessitates the search for an experimental platform which enables a nonlinear response at ultra-low excitation levels in a system with practical sensing potential and quantum compatibility. Here, we report the observation and theoretical modeling of nonlinear dynamics in a mechanical system driven at the single-excitation level. We achieve this using a cavity-optomechanical platform with large single-photon coupling rates and a nonlinear microwave resonator. Specifically, the large Kerr nonlinearity of our superconducting microwave circuit reduces the threshold for the observation of nonlinear dynamics by four orders of magnitude, making this regime experimentally accessible at the few-photon level. The parameter-based quantitative predicative power of the theoretical description underlines our deep understanding of the physics involved and that this device concept paves the way for experiments with non-classical microwave drive schemes.

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