Optical squeezing of a mechanical oscillator by dispersive interaction

We consider a small partially reflecting vibrating mirror coupled dispersively to a single optical mode of a high finesse cavity. We show this arrangement can be used to implement quantum squeezing of the mechanically oscillating mirror.

Bibliographic Details
Main Authors: Bhattacharya, M, Giscard, P, Meystre, P
Format: Journal article
Published: 2008