Abstract

Optomechanical coupling between a moving mirror and quantum fluctuations of light first appeared in the context of interferometric gravitational-wave detection [1]. Since then, several schemes involving a cavity with a movable mirror subject to radiation pressure have been proposed either to create non-classical states of light or to perform Quantum Non Demolition measurements of light intensity [2]. Recent progress in low-noise laser sources and low-loss mirrors has made the field experimentally accessible [3].

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