Expérimental et théorique
Similarly to single atoms, the motion of massive, mesoscopic-scale mechanical resonators can behave quantum mechanically when cooled down to ultra-low temperatures. The study of quantum states of motion of such systems has fundamental and practical interests: for testing quantum mechanics in systems beyond the few-particle ensembles, its interplay with gravitation; also in force sensing, or as a light-matter interface for the development of quantum communication networks, in particular for storing and transducing the quantum information. This internship/PhD project aims at transforming a given input mechanical quantum state to any arbitrary target state in an optomechanical resonator such as the microdisk pictured above and developed in our group. The mechanical quantum information can be encoded in the device through its interaction with light, and then characterized through optical tomographic reconstruction. This work will also consider increasing the dimensionality by including several optomechanical resonators, thereby involving entanglement between massive objects.