Authors:
- Nominated as an outstanding PhD thesis by the École Polytechnique Fédérale de Lausanne, Switzerland
- Offers a pedagogical approach to linear quantum measurement theory
- Includes a detailed guide to experimental aspects of precision interferometry
- Presents extensive information on the theoretical and experimental aspects of cavity optomechanics
- Includes supplementary material: sn.pub/extras
Part of the book series: Springer Theses (Springer Theses)
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Table of contents (8 chapters)
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Front Matter
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Back Matter
About this book
These results verify some of the central and long-standing predictions of quantum measurement theory applied to a macroscopic object. The act of measurement not only perturbs the subject of the measurement—the mechanical oscillator—but also changes the state of the light used to make the measurement. This prediction is verified by demonstrating that the optical field, after having interacted with the mechanical oscillator, contains quantum correlations that render its quadrature fluctuations smaller than those of the vacuum – i.e., the light is squeezed.
Lastly, the thesis reports on some of the first feedback control experiments involving macroscopic objects in the quantum regime, together with an exploration of the quantum limit of feedback control. The book offers a pedagogical account of linear measurement theory, its realization via optical interferometry, and contains a detailed guide to precision optical interferometry..
Authors and Affiliations
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LIGO Laboratory, Massachusetts Institute of Technology, Cambridge, USA
Vivishek Sudhir
Bibliographic Information
Book Title: Quantum Limits on Measurement and Control of a Mechanical Oscillator
Authors: Vivishek Sudhir
Series Title: Springer Theses
DOI: https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-319-69431-3
Publisher: Springer Cham
eBook Packages: Physics and Astronomy, Physics and Astronomy (R0)
Copyright Information: Springer International Publishing AG 2018
Hardcover ISBN: 978-3-319-69430-6Published: 04 December 2017
Softcover ISBN: 978-3-319-88778-4Published: 04 September 2018
eBook ISBN: 978-3-319-69431-3Published: 21 November 2017
Series ISSN: 2190-5053
Series E-ISSN: 2190-5061
Edition Number: 1
Number of Pages: XIX, 214
Number of Illustrations: 3 b/w illustrations, 43 illustrations in colour
Topics: Quantum Physics, Quantum Optics, Quantum Information Technology, Spintronics