Nonlinear Atomic Force Microscopy: Squeezing and Skewness of Micro-Mechanical Oscillators interacting with a Surface
arXiv:2110.07714 · doi:10.1103/PhysRevA.105.012211
Abstract
We propose a two-frequency driving scheme in dynamic atomic force microscopy that maximizes the interaction time between tip and sample. Using a stochastic description of the cantilever dynamics, we predict large classical squeezing and a small amount of skewness of the tip's phase-space probability distribution. Strong position squeezing will require close contact between tip and surface, while momentum squeezing would also be possible in the van der Waals region of the tip-surface force. Employing a generalized Caldeira-Leggett model, we predict that surface-dependent dissipative forces may be the dominant source of quantum effects and propose a procedure to isolate quantum effects from thermal fluctuations.
arXiv comment21 pages, 6 figures
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