Internship and thesis proposals
Quantum states of motion of a mechanical resonator

Domaines
Quantum information theory and quantum technologies
Quantum optics

Type of internship
Expérimental et théorique
Description
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 both 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. In this context, this internship/PhD project aims at generating targeted quantum states of the motion of an optomechanical resonator such as the microdisk pictured above and developed in our group. Fock and coherent superposition states will be considered, chosen arbitrarily in the low phonon number regime. This 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 of massive objects.

Contact
Adrien Borne
Laboratory : MPQ - UMR7162
Team : LiMe
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