Abstract
In recent years, quantum phenomena have been experimentally demonstrated on variety of optomechanical systems ranging from micro-oscillators to photonic crystals. Since single photon couplings are quite small, most experimental approaches rely on the realization of high finesse Fabry-Perot cavities in order to enhance the effective coupling. Here we show that by exploiting a, long path, low finesse fiber Fabry-Perot interferometer ground state cooling can be achieved. We model a 100 m long cavity with a finesse of 10 and analyze the impact of additional noise sources arising from the fiber. As a mechanical oscillator we consider a levitated microdisk but the same approach could be applied to other optomechanical systems.
Original language | English (US) |
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Article number | 023017 |
Journal | New Journal of Physics |
Volume | 20 |
Issue number | 2 |
DOIs | |
State | Published - Feb 2018 |
Keywords
- fiber interferometer
- levitated optomechanics
- optical cooling
ASJC Scopus subject areas
- Physics and Astronomy(all)