Advances in optomechanics
Abstract
I present a recapitulation of several advances in the design of SiN membrane resonators for use in optomechanical systems. The concomitant improvement in Q-factors has allowed two recent experiments to cool a vibrational mode of such a membrane close to its quantum ground state starting from room temperature, as well as to demonstrate that an optomechanical system comprising it can serve as a long-lived and efficient quantum memory for single photons.
Fields of Study & Subjects
Mechanical and Optical Resonators
Neural Networks and Reservoir Computing
Quantum Electrodynamics and Casimir Effect
Publication details
- Journal / source
- General Meeting and Training School of the COST Action COSMIC WISPers (COSMICWISPers)
- Pages
- 040–040
- Publication date
- 16 February 2026
- Language
- EN