arXiv · 1812.09804
Broadband reduction of quantum radiation pressure noise via squeezed light injection
Abstract
We present the reduction and manipulation of quantum radiation pressure noise (QRPN) in an optomechanical cavity with the injection of squeezed light. The optomechanical system consists of a high-reflectivity single-crystal microresonator which serves as one mirror of a Fabry-Perot cavity. The experiment is performed at room temperature and is QRPN dominated between 10 kHz and 50 kHz, frequencies relevant to gravitational wave observatories. We observed a reduction of 1.2 dB in the measurement noise floor with the injection of amplitude squeezed light generated from a below-threshold degenerate optical parametric oscillator. This experiment is a crucial step in realizing the reduction of QRPN for future interferometric gravitational wave detectors and improving their sensitivity.
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Min Jet Yap, Jonathan Cripe, Georgia L. Mansell, Terry G. McRae, Robert L. Ward, Bram J. J. Slagmolen, Daniel A. Shaddock, Paula Heu, David Follman, Garrett D. Cole, David E. McClelland, Thomas Corbitt. 2018-12-24. Broadband reduction of quantum radiation pressure noise via squeezed light injection. https://arxiv.org/abs/1812.09804
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