Macroscopic quantumness in optically conditioned mechanical systems

Activity: Talk or presentation typesInvited talk

Description

In optomechanical systems, conditional measurements on the optical mode can be used to engineer states of the mechanical mode. In this talk, I discuss the effect that measurement settings have on the macroscopic quantumness of the mechanical mode. The measure used is based on phase-space methods (Phys. Rev. Lett. 106, 220401 (2011)). The aim of the project is to find protocols which optimise mechanical macroscopicity. Additionally, I evaluate the effect of losses for the case of an open cavity and analyze the impact on the features of the Wigner function of the mechanical state.
Period04 Nov 2020
Held atBritish Optomechanical Research Network, United Kingdom
Degree of RecognitionNational