This course (2nd in a two-module series) will explore contemporary topics in the field of cavity optomechanics. Early lectures will survey paradigmatic experimental systems such as gravitational wave detectors, optomechanical crystals, levitated nanoparticles, and superconducting LC circuits. Recent milestones in the field of cavity "quantum" optomechanics will then be studied, including ground-state cooling of a micromechanical oscillator, observation of radiation pressure shot noise, ponderomotive light usqueezing, and optomechanical entanglement. Finally, emerging applications such as ultra-sensitive accelerometry, quantum-noise-calibrated thermometry, and quantum-coherent electro-optic conversion will be discussed.
Instructor(s)
- dalziel