Cavity optomechanical systems enable interactions between light and mechanical
resonators, providing a platform both for fundamental physics of macroscopic quantum …

The field of cavity optomechanics is reviewed. This field explores the interaction between
electromagnetic radiation and nanomechanical or micromechanical motion. This review …

According to quantum mechanics, a harmonic oscillator can never be completely at rest.
Even in the ground state, its position will always have fluctuations, called the zero-point …

The minimum resolvable signal in sensing and metrology platforms that rely on optical
readout fields is increasingly constrained by the standard quantum limit, which is determined …

Optical whispering-gallery mode (WGM) microresonators, confining resonant photons in a
microscale volume for long periods of time, strongly enhance light-matter interactions …

Quantum mechanics dictates that the precision of physical measurements must always
comply with certain noise constraints. In the case of interferometric displacement …

The extraordinary sensitivity of plasmonic sensors is well-known in the optics and photonics
community. These sensors exploit simultaneously the enhancement and the localization of …

Monitoring a mechanical object's motion, even with the gentle touch of light, fundamentally
alters its dynamics. The experimental manifestation of this basic principle of quantum …

“Cavity-optomechanics” aims to study the quantum properties of mechanical systems. A
common strategy implemented in order to achieve this goal couples a high finesse photonic …

The resonant enhancement of both mechanical and optical response in microcavity
optomechanical devices allows exquisitely sensitive measurements of stimuli, such as …