Abstract
Using resolved-sideband laser cooling, a micromechanical oscillator is cooled to an average occupation of 63 quanta, and simultaneously measured close to the limit imposed by the Heisenberg uncertainty principle. In addition, extending cavity optomechanics to the nanoscale is demonstrated using a nanomechanical oscillator dispersively coupled to a optical microresonator.
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