Strong quantum squeezing near the pull-in instability of a nonlinear beam

Passian, Ali; Siopsis, George

doi:10.1103/PhysRevA.94.023812

Title: Strong quantum squeezing near the pull-in instability of a nonlinear beam

Journal Article · Thu Aug 04 00:00:00 EDT 2016 · Physical Review A

DOI:https://doi.org/10.1103/PhysRevA.94.023812· OSTI ID:1286984

Passian, Ali ^[1]; Siopsis, George ^[2]

Oak Ridge National Lab. (ORNL), Oak Ridge, TN (United States)
Univ. of Tennessee, Knoxville, TN (United States)

Microscopic silicon-based suspended mechanical oscillators, constituting an extremely sensitive force probe, transducer, and actuator, are being increasingly employed in many developing microscopies, spectroscopies, and emerging optomechanical and chem-bio sensors. Here, we predict a significant squeezing in the quantum state of motion of an oscillator constrained as a beam and subject to an electrically induced nonlinearity. When we take into account the quantum noise, the underlying nonlinear dynamics is investigated in both the transient and stationary regimes of the driving force leading to the finding that strongly squeezed states are accessible in the vicinity of the pull-in instability of the oscillator. We discuss a possible application of this strong quantum squeezing as an optomechanical method for detecting broad-spectrum single or low-count photons, and further suggest other novel sensing actions.

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Research Organization:: Oak Ridge National Laboratory (ORNL), Oak Ridge, TN (United States)

Sponsoring Organization:: USDOE

Grant/Contract Number:: AC05-00OR22725; AC05- 00OR22725

OSTI ID:: 1286984

Alternate ID(s):: OSTI ID: 1282427

Journal Information:: Physical Review A, Vol. 94, Issue 2; ISSN 2469-9926

Publisher:: American Physical Society (APS)Copyright Statement

Country of Publication:: United States

Language:: English

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