Single-Photon Optomechanics

A. Nunnenkamp, K. Børkje, and S. M. Girvin
Phys. Rev. Lett. 107, 063602 – Published 3 August 2011; Erratum Phys. Rev. Lett. 107, 099901 (2011)

Abstract

Optomechanics experiments are rapidly approaching the regime where the radiation pressure of a single photon displaces the mechanical oscillator by more than its zero-point uncertainty. We show that in this limit the power spectrum has multiple sidebands and that the cavity response has several resonances in the resolved-sideband limit. Using master-equation simulations, we also study the crossover from the weak-coupling many-photon to the single-photon strong-coupling regime. Finally, we find non-Gaussian steady states of the mechanical oscillator when multiphoton transitions are resonant. Our study provides the tools to detect and take advantage of this novel regime of optomechanics.

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  • Received 14 March 2011
  • Publisher error corrected 9 August 2011

DOI:https://doi.org/10.1103/PhysRevLett.107.063602

© 2011 American Physical Society

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9 August 2011

Erratum

Publisher’s Note: Single-Photon Optomechanics [Phys. Rev. Lett. 107, 063602 (2011)]

A. Nunnenkamp, K. Børkje, and S. M. Girvin
Phys. Rev. Lett. 107, 099901 (2011)

Authors & Affiliations

A. Nunnenkamp, K. Børkje, and S. M. Girvin

  • Departments of Physics and Applied Physics, Yale University, New Haven, Connecticut 06520, USA

See Also

Photon Blockade Effect in Optomechanical Systems

P. Rabl
Phys. Rev. Lett. 107, 063601 (2011)

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Vol. 107, Iss. 6 — 5 August 2011

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