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arXiv:1001.3738 · Physical Review Letters

Preparing a Mechanical Oscillator in Non-Gaussian Quantum States

Farid Ya Khalili, S. L. Danilishin, Haixing Miao, H. Müller‐Ebhardt, Huan Yang, Yanbei Chen

Published Aug 11, 2010• 96 citations
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Abstract

We propose a protocol for coherently transferring non-Gaussian quantum states from an optical field to a mechanical oscillator. We demonstrate its experimental feasibility in future gravitational-wave detectors and tabletop optomechanical devices. This work not only outlines a feasible way to investigate nonclassicality in macroscopic optomechanical systems, but also presents a new and elegant approach for solving non-Markovian open quantum dynamics in general linear systems.

DOI
10.1103/physrevlett.105.070403

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