Quantum backaction evading measurements of a silicon nitride membrane resonator

Quantum backaction disturbs the measurement of the position of a mechanical oscillator by introducing additional fluctuations. In a quantum backaction measurement technique, the backaction can be evaded, although at the cost of losing part of the information. In this work, we carry out such a quantu...

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Main Authors: Yulong Liu, Jingwei Zhou, Laure Mercier de Lépinay, Mika A Sillanpää
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Language:English
Published: IOP Publishing 2022-01-01
Series:New Journal of Physics
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Online Access:https://doi.org/10.1088/1367-2630/ac88ef
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description Quantum backaction disturbs the measurement of the position of a mechanical oscillator by introducing additional fluctuations. In a quantum backaction measurement technique, the backaction can be evaded, although at the cost of losing part of the information. In this work, we carry out such a quantum backaction measurement using a large 0.5 mm diameter silicon nitride membrane oscillator with 707 kHz frequency, via a microwave cavity readout. The measurement shows that quantum backaction noise can be evaded in the quadrature measurement of the motion of a large object.
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spelling doaj.art-39dd9253d8ca4768be4f3c11472f12f82023-08-09T14:23:09ZengIOP PublishingNew Journal of Physics1367-26302022-01-0124808304310.1088/1367-2630/ac88efQuantum backaction evading measurements of a silicon nitride membrane resonatorYulong Liu0Jingwei Zhou1Laure Mercier de Lépinay2https://orcid.org/0000-0001-9938-5825Mika A Sillanpää3https://orcid.org/0000-0003-4061-3015Beijing Academy of Quantum Information Sciences , Beijing 100193, People’s Republic of China; Department of Applied Physics, Aalto University , PO Box 15100, FI-00076 AALTO, FinlandQTF Centre of Excellence, Department of Applied Physics, Aalto University , FI-00076 Aalto, FinlandQTF Centre of Excellence, Department of Applied Physics, Aalto University , FI-00076 Aalto, FinlandQTF Centre of Excellence, Department of Applied Physics, Aalto University , FI-00076 Aalto, FinlandQuantum backaction disturbs the measurement of the position of a mechanical oscillator by introducing additional fluctuations. In a quantum backaction measurement technique, the backaction can be evaded, although at the cost of losing part of the information. In this work, we carry out such a quantum backaction measurement using a large 0.5 mm diameter silicon nitride membrane oscillator with 707 kHz frequency, via a microwave cavity readout. The measurement shows that quantum backaction noise can be evaded in the quadrature measurement of the motion of a large object.https://doi.org/10.1088/1367-2630/ac88efoptomechanicsquantum measurementmicromechanics
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Quantum backaction evading measurements of a silicon nitride membrane resonator
New Journal of Physics
optomechanics
quantum measurement
micromechanics
title Quantum backaction evading measurements of a silicon nitride membrane resonator
title_full Quantum backaction evading measurements of a silicon nitride membrane resonator
title_fullStr Quantum backaction evading measurements of a silicon nitride membrane resonator
title_full_unstemmed Quantum backaction evading measurements of a silicon nitride membrane resonator
title_short Quantum backaction evading measurements of a silicon nitride membrane resonator
title_sort quantum backaction evading measurements of a silicon nitride membrane resonator
topic optomechanics
quantum measurement
micromechanics
url https://doi.org/10.1088/1367-2630/ac88ef
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