{
  "id": "1103.2788",
  "version": "v2",
  "published": "2011-03-14T21:10:10.000Z",
  "updated": "2011-08-03T17:03:57.000Z",
  "title": "Single-photon Optomechanics",
  "authors": [
    "A. Nunnenkamp",
    "K. Borkje",
    "S. M. Girvin"
  ],
  "comment": "4 pages, 4 figures",
  "journal": "Phys. Rev. Lett. 107, 063602 (2011)",
  "doi": "10.1103/PhysRevLett.107.063602",
  "categories": [
    "cond-mat.mes-hall",
    "quant-ph"
  ],
  "abstract": "Optomechanics experiments are rapidly approaching the regime where the radiation pressure of a single photon displaces the mechanical oscillator by more than its zero-point uncertainty. We show that in this limit the power spectrum has multiple sidebands and that the cavity response has several resonances in the resolved-sideband limit. Using master-equation simulations, we also study the crossover from the weak-coupling many-photon to the single-photon strong-coupling regime. Finally, we find non-Gaussian steady-states of the mechanical oscillator when multi-photon transitions are resonant. Our study provides the tools to detect and take advantage of this novel regime of optomechanics.",
  "revisions": [
    {
      "version": "v2",
      "updated": "2011-08-03T17:03:57.000Z"
    }
  ],
  "analyses": {
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    "keywords": [
      "single-photon optomechanics",
      "single photon displaces",
      "mechanical oscillator",
      "non-gaussian steady-states",
      "radiation pressure"
    ],
    "tags": [
      "journal article"
    ],
    "publication": {
      "publisher": "APS",
      "journal": "Physical Review Letters",
      "year": 2011,
      "month": "Aug",
      "volume": 107,
      "number": 6,
      "pages": "063602"
    },
    "note": {
      "typesetting": "TeX",
      "pages": 4,
      "language": "en",
      "license": "arXiv",
      "status": "editable",
      "adsabs": "2011PhRvL.107f3602N"
    }
  }
}