Measure squeezing in a novel way
"Satellites" in the spectrum of a vibrating nanostring (lower image insert) for increasing drive power. The different brightnesses of the upper (green) and lower (blue) satellite encode the strength of the squeezing (upper image insert). Credit: Weig Group, University of Konstanz
The research team led by physicist Professor Eva Weig at the University of Konstanz has now been able to show how such a squeezed state can be measured in a much simpler way than with the existing methods.
Moreover, the new method allows examining squeezed states in systems where such measurements were not possible before.
The results are published in the current issue of the journal Physical Review X.
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Key facts:
– Original publication: J. S. Huber, G. Rastelli, M. J. Seitner, J. Kölbl, W. Belzig, M. I. Dykman, and E. M. Weig. Spectral evidence of squeezing of a weakly damped driven nanomechanical mode. Physical Review X, 10, 021066, published on 23 June 2020
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– Development of a new method for measuring “squeezing”.
– Experiment by Jana Huber from the Nanomechanics Group of Professor Eva Weig at the University of Konstanz.
– Theoretical model by Professor Wolfgang Belzig and Dr Gianluca Rastelli from the University of Konstanz and Professor Mark Dykman from Michigan State University (USA).
– With financial support from the European FET Proactive Project HOT (732894), the German Federal Ministry of Education and Research (BMBF) as part of the QuantERA Project QuaSeRT (13N14777), and the Collaborative Research Centre SFB 767 “Controlled Nanosystems” at the University of Konstanz. Mark Dykman's research is funded by the National Science Foundation (Grant ? DMR-1806473). He is a Senior Fellow of the Zukunftskolleg at the University of Konstanz.
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Caption: “Satellites” in the spectrum of a vibrating nanostring (lower image insert) for increasing drive power. The different brightnesses of the upper (green) and lower (blue) satellite encode the strength of the squeezing (upper image insert).
Image: Weig Group, University of Konstanz
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Caption: Professor Eva Weig, Universität Konstanz
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Caption: Jana Huber, University of Konstanz
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