Experimental realization of a thermal squeezed state of levitated optomechanics

We experimentally squeeze the thermal motional state of an optically levitated nanosphere by fast switching between two trapping frequencies. The measured phase-space distribution of the center of mass of our particle shows the typical shape of a squeezed thermal state, from which we infer up to 2.7...

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Main Authors: Rashid, Muddassar, Tufarelli, Tommaso, Bateman, James, Vovrosh, Jamie, Hempston, David, Kim, M. S., Ulbricht, Hendrik
Format: Article
Published: American Physical Society 2016
Online Access:https://eprints.nottingham.ac.uk/40803/