Phonon Counting and Intensity Interferometry of a Nanomechanical Resonator

Abstract

Using an optical probe along with single photon detection we have performed e ective phonon counting measurements of the acoustic emission and absorption processes in a nanomechanical resonator. Applying these measurements in a Hanbury Brown and Twiss set-up, phonon correlations of the nanomechanical resonator are explored from below to above threshold of a parametric instability leading to self-oscillation of the resonator. Discussion of the results in terms of a \phonon laser", and analysis of the sensitivity of the phonon counting technique are presented

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Document Details

Document Type
Technical Report
Publication Date
Oct 04, 2014
Accession Number
ADA613688

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People

  • Amir H. Safavi-Naeini
  • Francesco Marsili
  • Gregory S MacCabe
  • Justin D. Cohen
  • Matthew D. Shaw
  • Oskar Painter
  • Seán M. Meenehan
  • Simon Groeblacher

Organizations

  • California Institute of Technology

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Communities of Interest

  • Advanced Electronics
  • Energy and Power Technologies

DTIC Thesaurus Topics

  • Acoustic Resonance
  • Acoustic Resonators
  • Analyzers
  • Crystal Lattice Vibrations
  • Detection
  • Detectors
  • Electro-Optic Modulators
  • Frequency
  • Frequency Shift
  • Intensity
  • Jet Propulsion
  • Lasers
  • Light Sources
  • Measurement
  • Optomechanics
  • Resonance
  • Resonators

Fields of Study

  • Physics

Readers

  • Electronics Engineering
  • Image Processing and Computer Vision.
  • Materials Science and Engineering.

Technology Areas

  • Directed Energy
  • Directed Energy - Lasers