4 papers
Silicon-nitride nanosensors toward room temperature quantum optomechanics
Enrico Serra, Antonio Borrielli, Francesco Marin +9
Observation of quantum phenomena in cryogenic, optically cooled mechanical resonators has been recently achieved by a few experiments based on cavity optomechanics. A well-establis…
Quantum motion of a squeezed mechanical oscillator attained via a optomechanical experiment
P. Vezio, A. Chowdhury, M. Bonaldi +7
We experimentally investigate a mechanical squeezed state realized in a parametrically-modulated membrane resonator embedded in an optical cavity. We demonstrate that a quantum cha…
Probing quantum gravity effects with quantum mechanical oscillators
M. Bonaldi, A. Borrielli, A. Chowdhury +13
Phenomenological models aiming to join gravity and quantum mechanics often predict effects that are potentially measurable in refined low-energy experiments. For instance, modified…
Silicon Nitride MOMS Oscillator for Room Temperature Quantum Optomechanics
Enrico Serra, Bruno Morana, Antonio Borrielli +6
Optomechanical SiN nano-oscillators in high-finesse Fabry-Perot cavities can be used to investigate the interaction between mechanical and optical degree of freedom for ultra-sensi…