Quantum Limits on Measurement and Control of a Mechanical Oscillator

• Main Author: Sudhir, Vivishek (Author, http://id.loc.gov/vocabulary/relators/aut)
• Corporate Author: SpringerLink (Online service)
• Format: Electronic eBook
• Language: English
• Published: Cham : Springer International Publishing : Imprint: Springer, 2018.
• Edition: 1st ed. 2018.
• Series: Springer Theses, Recognizing Outstanding Ph.D. Research,
• Subjects: Quantum physics.; Quantum optics.; Quantum computers.; Spintronics.; Quantum Physics.; Quantum Optics.; Quantum Information Technology, Spintronics.

This thesis reports on experiments in which the motion of a mechanical oscillator is measured with unprecedented precision. The position fluctuations of the oscillator-a glass nanostring-are measured with an imprecision that is sufficient to resolve its quantum  zero-point motion within its thermal...

Table of Contents:

• Prologue
• Foundations
• Measurement-Based Control
• Quantum Correlations
• Epilogue.