Effects of laser linewidth on the back-action cooling of optomechanical resonators

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Abstract

The effects of laser linewidth on the final temperature of a dynamical back-action cooled mirror in a Fabry-P\'{e}rot resonator coupled to an external phonon bath are examined. Classical Monte-Carlo techniques are used to model the colored laser noise with correlation function $<\phi $(t) $\phi $(t')$>$=exp(-$\vert $t-t'$\vert $/$\tau )$ and mean $<\phi $(t)$>$=0. We present results of an analytical and numerical analysis that quantifies the final temperature of the mirror as a function of laser linewidth for experimentally realizable parameters.

*Work supported by NSF, ARO, ONR and the Arizona NASA Space grant.

Authors

  • Gregory A. Phelps

    • University of Arizona
  • Dan Goldbaum

    • University of Arizona
    • The University of Arizona
  • Pierre Meystre

    • University of Arizona