Exploiting non-linear effects in optomechanical sensors with continuous photon-counting
Optomechanical systems are rapidly becoming one of the most promising platforms for observing quantum behaviour, especially at the macroscopic level. Moreover, thanks to their state-of-the-art methods of fabrication, they may now enter regimes of non-linear interactions between their constituent mec...
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| author | Lewis A. Clark Bartosz Markowicz Jan Kołodyński |
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| description | Optomechanical systems are rapidly becoming one of the most promising platforms for observing quantum behaviour, especially at the macroscopic level. Moreover, thanks to their state-of-the-art methods of fabrication, they may now enter regimes of non-linear interactions between their constituent mechanical and optical degrees of freedom. In this work, we show how this novel opportunity may serve to construct a new generation of optomechanical sensors. We consider the canonical optomechanical setup with the detection scheme being based on time-resolved counting of photons leaking from the cavity. By performing simulations and resorting to Bayesian inference, we demonstrate that the non-classical correlations of the detected photons may crucially enhance the sensor performance in real time. We believe that our work may stimulate a new direction in the design of such devices, while our methods apply also to other platforms exploiting non-linear light-matter interactions and photon detection. |
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| spelling | doaj.art-08134f896c18474eb0e299134f14c0dc2022-12-22T04:30:47ZengVerein zur Förderung des Open Access Publizierens in den QuantenwissenschaftenQuantum2521-327X2022-09-01681210.22331/q-2022-09-20-81210.22331/q-2022-09-20-812Exploiting non-linear effects in optomechanical sensors with continuous photon-countingLewis A. ClarkBartosz MarkowiczJan KołodyńskiOptomechanical systems are rapidly becoming one of the most promising platforms for observing quantum behaviour, especially at the macroscopic level. Moreover, thanks to their state-of-the-art methods of fabrication, they may now enter regimes of non-linear interactions between their constituent mechanical and optical degrees of freedom. In this work, we show how this novel opportunity may serve to construct a new generation of optomechanical sensors. We consider the canonical optomechanical setup with the detection scheme being based on time-resolved counting of photons leaking from the cavity. By performing simulations and resorting to Bayesian inference, we demonstrate that the non-classical correlations of the detected photons may crucially enhance the sensor performance in real time. We believe that our work may stimulate a new direction in the design of such devices, while our methods apply also to other platforms exploiting non-linear light-matter interactions and photon detection.https://quantum-journal.org/papers/q-2022-09-20-812/pdf/ |
| spellingShingle | Lewis A. Clark Bartosz Markowicz Jan Kołodyński Exploiting non-linear effects in optomechanical sensors with continuous photon-counting Quantum |
| title | Exploiting non-linear effects in optomechanical sensors with continuous photon-counting |
| title_full | Exploiting non-linear effects in optomechanical sensors with continuous photon-counting |
| title_fullStr | Exploiting non-linear effects in optomechanical sensors with continuous photon-counting |
| title_full_unstemmed | Exploiting non-linear effects in optomechanical sensors with continuous photon-counting |
| title_short | Exploiting non-linear effects in optomechanical sensors with continuous photon-counting |
| title_sort | exploiting non linear effects in optomechanical sensors with continuous photon counting |
| url | https://quantum-journal.org/papers/q-2022-09-20-812/pdf/ |
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