Resonant optomechanics with a vibrating carbon nanotube and a radio-frequency cavity

Ares, N and Pei, T and Mavalankar, A and Mergenthaler, M and Warner, Jamie H H and Briggs, G A D and Laird, E A (2016) Resonant optomechanics with a vibrating carbon nanotube and a radio-frequency cavity. Physical review letters, 117 (17). ISSN 0031-9007

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Abstract

In an optomechanical setup, the coupling between cavity and resonator can be increased by tuning them to the same frequency. We study this interaction between a carbon nanotube resonator and a radiofrequency tank circuit acting as a cavity. In this resonant regime, the vacuum optomechanical coupling is enhanced by the dc voltage coupling the cavity and the mechanical resonator. Using the cavity to detect the nanotube’s motion, we observe and simulate interference between mechanical and electrical oscillations. We measure the mechanical ring down and show that further improvements to the system could enable the measurement of mechanical motion at the quantum limit.

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Journal Article
Journal or Publication Title:
Physical review letters
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© 2016 American Physical Society. This is the author accepted manuscript following peer review version of the article. The final version is available online from American Physical Society at: 10.1103/PhysRevLett.117.170801
Uncontrolled Keywords:
/dk/atira/pure/subjectarea/asjc/3100
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?? PHYSICS AND ASTRONOMY(ALL) ??
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124383
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Deposited On:
05 Apr 2018 15:34
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