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Quadrature-averaged homodyne detection for cavity parameter estimation
Giada R. La Gala, Arvind S. Kumar, Rick Leijssen +2
Balanced homodyne interferometry is a well-known detection technique that allows for sensitive characterization of light fields. Conventionally a homodyne interferometer is operate…
State preparation and tomography of a nanomechanical resonator with fast light pulses
Juha T. Muhonen, Giada R. La Gala, Rick Leijssen +1
Pulsed optomechanical measurements enable squeezing, non-classical state creation and backaction-free sensing. We demonstrate pulsed measurement of a cryogenic nanomechanical reson…
Nonlinear cavity optomechanics with nanomechanical thermal fluctuations
Rick Leijssen, Giada La Gala, Lars Freisem +2
The inherently nonlinear interaction between light and motion in cavity optomechanical systems has experimentally been studied in a linearized description in all except highly driv…
Strong optomechanical interactions in a sliced photonic crystal nanobeam
Rick Leijssen, Ewold Verhagen
Cavity optomechanical systems can be used for sensitive detection of mechanical motion and to control mechanical resonators, down to the quantum level. The strength with which opti…
A study of thermally-induced optical bistability and the role of surface treatments in Si-based mid-infrared photonic crystal cavities
Raji Shankar, Irfan Bulu, Rick Leijssen +1
We report the observation of optical bistability in Si-based photonic crystal cavities operating around 4.5 \mum. Time domain measurements indicate that the source of this optical…