Optical phase-space reconstruction of mirror motion at the attometer level

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作者
Briant, T
Cohadon, PF
Pinard, M
Heidmann, A
机构
[1] Ecole Normale Super, Unite Mixte Rech, Ctr Natl Rech Sci, F-75252 Paris 05, France
[2] Univ Paris 06, F-75252 Paris, France
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10.1140/epjd/e2002-00217-9
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O43 [光学];
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070207 ; 0803 ;
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We describe an experiment in which the quadratures of the-position of an harmonically-bound mirror are observed at the attometer level. We have studied the Brownian motion of the mirror, both in the free regime and in the cold-damped regime when an external viscous force is applied by radiation pressure. We have also studied the thermal-noise squeezing when the external force is parametrically modulated. We have observed both the 50% theoretical limit of squeezing at low gain and the parametric oscillation of the mirror for a large gain.
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