Dynamical Two-Mode Squeezing of Thermal Fluctuations in a Cavity Optomechanical System

Journal article (2016)

Authors

A. Pontin University of Florence, Istituto Nazionale di Fisica Nucleare - Sezione di Firenze
M. Bonaldi Trento Institute for Fundamental Physics and Application, Institute of Materials for Electronics and Magnetism, Nanoscience-Trento-FBK Division
A. Borrielli Institute of Materials for Electronics and Magnetism, Nanoscience-Trento-FBK Division, Trento Institute for Fundamental Physics and Application
L. Marconi University of Florence
F. Marino CNR-INO, Istituto Nazionale di Fisica Nucleare - Sezione di Firenze
G. Pandraud EKL Processing - EEMCS
G.A. Prodi Università di Trento, Trento Institute for Fundamental Physics and Application
Pasqualina M Sarro Electronic Components, Technology and Materials - EEMCS
E. Serra Trento Institute for Fundamental Physics and Application, Electronic Components, Technology and Materials - EEMCS
F. Marin CNR-INO, University of Florence, Istituto Nazionale di Fisica Nucleare - Sezione di Firenze, European Laboratory for Non-linear Spectroscopy (LENS)
Research Group
Electronic Components, Technology and Materials (EEMCS) (TU Delft)
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Published Date

2016

Language

English

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Faculty

Electrical Engineering, Mathematics and Computer Science

Department

Microelectronics

Research Group

Electronic Components, Technology and Materials

Abstract

We report the experimental observation of two-mode squeezing in the oscillation quadratures of a thermal micro-oscillator. This effect is obtained by parametric modulation of the optical spring in a cavity optomechanical system. In addition to stationary variance measurements, we describe the dynamic behavior in the regime of pulsed parametric excitation, showing an enhanced squeezing effect surpassing the stationary 3 dB limit. While the present experiment is in the classical regime, our technique can be exploited to produce entangled, macroscopic quantum optomechanical modes.