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Cooling a micromechanical resonator to its ground state by measurement and feedback

Journal Article · · Physical Review. A
 [1];  [2]
  1. Department of Physics, Lund University, P.O. Box 118, 22100 Lund (Sweden)
  2. Lundbeck Foundation Center for Theoretical Quantum System Research, Department of Physics and Astronomy, Aarhus University, DK 8000 Aarhus C (Denmark)
We present an analysis of the cooling of a micromechanical resonator by means of measurement and feedback. The measurements are performed via the coupling to a Cooper-pair box, and although the coupling does not lead to net cooling, the extraction of information and hence entropy from the system leads to a pure quantum state. Under suitable circumstances, the states become very close to coherent states, conditioned on the measurement record, and can hence be displaced to the oscillator ground state.
OSTI ID:
21316504
Journal Information:
Physical Review. A, Journal Name: Physical Review. A Journal Issue: 4 Vol. 80; ISSN 1050-2947; ISSN PLRAAN
Country of Publication:
United States
Language:
English

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