Overview
- An outstanding PhD thesis showing that advanced gravitational wave detectors are ideal instruments to explore the quantum mechanical nature of their macroscipic test masses
- The author was awarded the 2010 GWIC (Gravitational Wave International Committee) Thesis prize
- Includes supplementary material: sn.pub/extras
Part of the book series: Springer Theses (Springer Theses)
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About this book
Recent state-of-the-art technologies in fabricating low-loss optical and mechanical components have significantly motivated the study of quantum-limited measurements with optomechanical devices. Such research is the main subject of this thesis. In the first part, the author considers various approaches for surpassing the standard quantum limit for force measurements. In the second part, the author proposes different experimental protocols for using optomechanical interactions to explore quantum behaviors of macroscopic mechanical objects. Even though this thesis mostly focuses on large-scale laser interferometer gravitational-wave detectors and related experiments, the general approaches apply equally well for studying small-scale optomechanical devices.
The author is the winner of the 2010 Thesis prize awarded by the Gravitational Wave International Committee.
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Book Title: Exploring Macroscopic Quantum Mechanics in Optomechanical Devices
Authors: Haixing Miao
Series Title: Springer Theses
DOI: https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-642-25640-0
Publisher: Springer Berlin, Heidelberg
eBook Packages: Physics and Astronomy, Physics and Astronomy (R0)
Copyright Information: Springer-Verlag Berlin Heidelberg 2012
Hardcover ISBN: 978-3-642-25639-4Published: 13 January 2012
Softcover ISBN: 978-3-642-42645-2Published: 22 February 2014
eBook ISBN: 978-3-642-25640-0Published: 12 January 2012
Series ISSN: 2190-5053
Series E-ISSN: 2190-5061
Edition Number: 1
Number of Pages: XXII, 206
Topics: Astrophysics and Astroparticles, Optics, Lasers, Photonics, Optical Devices, Measurement Science and Instrumentation, Classical and Quantum Gravitation, Relativity Theory