Squeezing Light via Levitated Cavity Optomechanics

• Published in: Photonics Vol. 9; no. 2; p. 57
• Main Authors: Li, Guoyao, Yin, Zhang-Qi
• Format: Journal Article
• Language: English
• Published: Basel MDPI AG 01.02.2022
• Subjects: Coherent scattering; Compressing; Cooling; Decay rate; Gravitational waves; levitated optomechanics; Light; Nanoparticles; Noise; Optical resonators; Opto-mechanics; Phase transitions; Photons; Room temperature; squeezing light; Systems stability; Thermal noise
• ISSN: 2304-6732; 2304-6732
• DOI: 10.3390/photonics9020057

Squeezing light is a critical resource in both fundamental physics and precision measurement. Squeezing light has been generated through optical-parametric amplification inside an optical resonator. However, preparing the squeezing light in an optomechanical system is still a challenge for the thermal noise inevitably coupled to the system. We consider an optically levitated nano-particle in a bichromatic cavity, in which two cavity modes could be excited by the scattering photons of the dual tweezers, respectively. Based on the coherent scattering mechanism, the ultra-strong coupling between the cavity field and the torsional motion of nano-particle could be achieved for the current experimental conditions. With the back-action of the optically levitated nano-particle, the broad single-mode squeezing light can be realized in the bad cavity regime. Even at room temperature, the single-mode light can be squeezed for more than 17 dB, which is far beyond the 3 dB limit. The two-mode squeezing light can also be generated, if the optical tweezers contain two frequencies, one is on the red sideband of the cavity mode, the other is on the blue sideband. The two-mode squeezing can be maximized near the boundary of the system stable regime and is sensitive to both the cavity decay rate and the power of the optical tweezers.