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Engineering Quantum Noise Interference with Squeezed Vacuum in Dissipative Optomechanics
Guang-Zheng Ye1, Ye Liu1,2, Wan-Jun Su1
1Fuzhou University, Fujian Key Laboratory of Quantum Information and Quantum Optics and Department of Physics, Fuzhou 350116, China.
Physical Review Letters
|July 31, 2026
Summary
Researchers suppressed quantum noise in optomechanical systems using squeezed-vacuum engineering. This technique achieves ground-state cooling and enhances quantum sensing capabilities by controlling noise interference.
Area of Science:
- Quantum optics
- Optomechanics
- Quantum sensing
Background:
- Quantum noise limits precision in macroscopic resonator measurements and cooling.
- Dissipative optomechanical systems face challenges in the unresolved sideband regime.
Purpose of the Study:
- To demonstrate a method for suppressing backaction noise and heating in optomechanical systems.
- To achieve ground-state cooling and improve position sensitivity beyond the standard quantum limit.
Main Methods:
- Utilizing squeezed-vacuum engineering to engineer Fano interference.
- Operating in the deeply unresolved sideband regime of dissipative optomechanical systems.
- Applying both blue- and red-detuned drives.
Main Results:
- Achieved broadband, tunable suppression of backaction noise and complete evasion of backaction heating.
- Observed destructive noise correlations in the measurement spectrum.
- Demonstrated ground-state cooling over a cavity-linewidth scale.
- Attained sub-standard quantum limit position sensitivity.
Conclusions:
- Squeezed-reservoir engineering offers a powerful platform for controlling quantum noise.
- This approach enables advancements in quantum sensing, nonclassical correlations, and information processing.
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