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Detection of weak forces based on noise-activated switching in bistable optomechanical systems

Aldana, Samuel and Bruder, Christoph and Nunnenkamp, Andreas. (2014) Detection of weak forces based on noise-activated switching in bistable optomechanical systems. Physical review A, General physics, Vol. 90, H. 6 , 063810.

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Abstract

We propose to use cavity optomechanical systems in the regime of optical bistability for the detection of weak harmonic forces. Due to the optomechanical coupling an external force on the mechanical oscillator modulates the resonance frequency of the cavity and consequently the switching rates between the two bistable branches. A large difference in the cavity output fields then leads to a strongly amplified homodyne signal. We determine the switching rates as a function of the cavity detuning from extensive numerical simulations of the stochastic master equation as appropriate for continuous homodyne detection. We develop a two-state rate equation model that quantitatively describes the slow switching dynamics. This model is solved analytically in the presence of a weak harmonic force to obtain approximate expressions for the power gain and signal-to-noise ratio that we then compare to force detection with an optomechanical system in the linear regime.
Faculties and Departments:05 Faculty of Science > Departement Physik > Physik > Theoretische Physik (Bruder)
UniBasel Contributors:Bruder, Christoph and Nunnenkamp, Andreas and Aldana, Samuel
Item Type:Article, refereed
Article Subtype:Research Article
Publisher:American Institute of Physics
ISSN:1050-2947
Note:Publication type according to Uni Basel Research Database: Journal article
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