Generation of classical non-Gaussian distributions by squeezing a thermal state into non-linear motion of levitated optomechanics
arXiv:2401.04066 · doi:10.1103/PhysRevResearch.7.013171
Abstract
We report on an experiment achieving the dynamical generation of non-Gaussian states of motion of a levitated optomechanical system. We access intrinsic Duffing-like nonlinearities by thermal squeezing of an oscillator's state of motion by rapidly switching the frequency of its trap. We characterize the experimental non-Gaussian state versus expectations from simulations and give prospects for the emergence of genuine nonclassical features.
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