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@article{Cryer-Jenkins:2025:10.1103/PhysRevLett.134.073601,
author = {Cryer-Jenkins, EA and Major, KD and Clarke, J and Enzian, G and Szczykulska, M and Zhang, J and Gupta, A and Leung, AC and Rathee, H and Svela, AØ and Tan, AKC and Beige, A and Mølmer, K and Vanner, MR},
doi = {10.1103/PhysRevLett.134.073601},
journal = {Phys Rev Lett},
title = {Enhanced Laser Cooling of a Mechanical Resonator via Zero-Photon Detection.},
url = {http://dx.doi.org/10.1103/PhysRevLett.134.073601},
volume = {134},
year = {2025}
}
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TY - JOUR
AB - Throughout quantum science and technology, measurement is used as a powerful resource for nonlinear operations and quantum state engineering. In particular, single-photon detection is commonly employed for quantum-information applications and tests of fundamental physics. By contrast, and perhaps counterintuitively, measurement of the absence of photons also provides useful information, and offers significant potential for a wide range of new experimental directions. Here, we propose and experimentally demonstrate cooling of a mechanical resonator below its laser-cooled mechanical occupation via zero-photon detection on the anti-Stokes scattered optical field and verify this cooling through heterodyne measurements. Our measurements are well captured by a stochastic master equation and the techniques introduced here open new avenues for cooling, quantum thermodynamics, quantum state engineering, and quantum measurement and control.
AU - Cryer-Jenkins,EA
AU - Major,KD
AU - Clarke,J
AU - Enzian,G
AU - Szczykulska,M
AU - Zhang,J
AU - Gupta,A
AU - Leung,AC
AU - Rathee,H
AU - Svela,AØ
AU - Tan,AKC
AU - Beige,A
AU - Mølmer,K
AU - Vanner,MR
DO - 10.1103/PhysRevLett.134.073601
PY - 2025///
TI - Enhanced Laser Cooling of a Mechanical Resonator via Zero-Photon Detection.
T2 - Phys Rev Lett
UR - http://dx.doi.org/10.1103/PhysRevLett.134.073601
UR - https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/40053992
VL - 134
ER -