Revealing the velocity uncertainties of a levitated particle in the quantum ground state

M Kamba, K Aikawa - Physical Review Letters, 2023 - APS
We demonstrate time-of-flight measurements for an ultracold levitated nanoparticle and
reveal its velocity for the translational motion brought to the quantum ground state. We …

Generation of classical non-Gaussian distributions by squeezing a thermal state into non-linear motion of levitated optomechanics

R Muffato, T Georgescu, J Homans, T Guerreiro… - arXiv preprint arXiv …, 2024 - arxiv.org
We report on an experiment achieving the dynamical generation of non-Gaussian states of
motion of a levitated optomechanical system. We access intrinsic Duffing-like non-linearities …

Using the transient trajectories of an optically levitated nanoparticle to characterize a stochastic Duffing oscillator

J Flajšmanová, M Šiler, P Jedlička, F Hrubý… - Scientific Reports, 2020 - nature.com
We propose a novel methodology to estimate parameters characterizing a weakly nonlinear
Duffing oscillator represented by an optically levitating nanoparticle. The method is based …

Strong mechanical squeezing for a levitated particle by coherent scattering

O Černotík, R Filip - Physical Review Research, 2020 - APS
Levitated particles are a promising platform for precision sensing of external perturbations
and probing the boundary between quantum and classical worlds. A critical obstacle for …

Bayesian optimization of non-classical optomechanical correlations

A Pitchford, AA Rakhubovsky… - Quantum Science …, 2024 - iopscience.iop.org
Nonclassical correlations provide a resource for many applications in quantum technology
as well as providing strong evidence that a system is indeed operating in the quantum …

Observation of near-quantum-limited velocity distributions of a levitated particle

M Kamba, K Aikawa - arXiv preprint arXiv:2306.16598, 2023 - arxiv.org
We demonstrate time-of-flight measurements for an ultracold levitated nanoparticle and
reveal its translational velocity in the quantum regime. We discover that the velocity …

Optomechanical discrete-variable quantum teleportation scheme

S Pautrel, Z Denis, J Bon, A Borne, I Favero - Physical Review A, 2020 - APS
We propose an experimental protocol to realize discrete-variable quantum teleportation
using optomechanical devices. The photonic polarization superposition state of a single …

Optimal non-classical correlations of light with a levitated nano-sphere

A Pitchford, AA Rakhubovsky, R Mukherjee… - arXiv preprint arXiv …, 2020 - arxiv.org
Nonclassical correlations provide a resource for many applications in quantum technology
as well as providing strong evidence that a system is indeed operating in the quantum …