Ground-state cooling of a massive mechanical oscillator by feedback in cavity magnomechanics

Cooling the motion of a massive mechanical oscillator into its quantum ground state plays an essential role in observing macroscopic quantum effects in mechanical systems. Here we propose a measurement-based feedback cooling protocol in cavity magnomechanics that is able to cool the mechanical vibra...

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Published inarXiv.org
Main Authors Zhi-Yuan, Fan, Qian, Hang, Zuo, Xuan, Li, Jie
Format Paper
LanguageEnglish
Published Ithaca Cornell University Library, arXiv.org 18.12.2022
Subjects
Amplitudes
Cooling
Cryogenic temperature
Damping
Dipole interactions
Feedback loops
Ferromagnetic materials
Ground state
Magnetostriction
Magnons
Mechanical oscillators
Mechanical systems
Vibration mode
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Summary:Cooling the motion of a massive mechanical oscillator into its quantum ground state plays an essential role in observing macroscopic quantum effects in mechanical systems. Here we propose a measurement-based feedback cooling protocol in cavity magnomechanics that is able to cool the mechanical vibration mode of a macroscopic ferromagnet into its ground state. The mechanical mode couples to a magnon mode via a dispersive magnetostrictive interaction, and the latter further couples to a microwave cavity mode via the magnetic-dipole interaction. A feedback loop is introduced by measuring the amplitude of the microwave cavity output field and applying a force onto the mechanical oscillator that is proportional to the amplitude fluctuation of the output field. We show that by properly designing the feedback gain, the mechanical damping rate can be significantly enhanced while the mechanical frequency remains unaffected. Consequently, the vibration mode can be cooled into its quantum ground state in the unresolved-sideband regime at cryogenic temperatures. The protocol is designed for cavity magnomechanical systems using ferromagnetic materials which possess strong magnetostriction along with large magnon dissipation.
ISSN:2331-8422