The Wigner function was formulated in 1932 by Eugene Paul Wigner, at a time when
quantum mechanics was in its infancy. In doing so, he brought phase space representations …

Mechanical systems prepared in quantum non-Gaussian states constitute a new advanced
class of phenomena breaking the laws of classical physics. Specifically, such mechanical …

Back in December 1959, future Nobel laureate Richard Feynman gave a visionary and now
oft-quoted talk entitled “There's Plenty of Room at the Bottom.” The occasion was an …

Cavity optomechanical systems have been shown to exhibit an analogon to atomic
electromagnetically induced transparency that a transmission window for the propagation of …

Optomechanical systems explore and exploit the coupling between light and the mechanical
motion of macroscopic matter. A nonlinear coupling offers rich new physics, in both quantum …

Although the interaction between light and motion in cavity optomechanical systems is
inherently nonlinear, experimental demonstrations to date have allowed a linearized …

We present the design, fabrication, and characterization of a planar silicon photonic crystal
cavity in which large position-squared optomechanical coupling is realized. The device …

Phonon blockade is achieved in a quadratically coupled optomechanical system, in which
the nonlinear interaction between phonons is induced by a driving field via radiation …

We propose and analyze an all-magnetic scheme to perform a Young's double slit
experiment with a micron-sized superconducting sphere of mass $\gtrsim {10}^{13} $ amu …

The nonlinear component of the optomechanical interaction between light and mechanical
vibration promises many exciting classical and quantum mechanical applications, but is …