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- Scientists are studying tiny devices that can use tiny motions to understand both super strange things in physics and create better technology.
- They used special light control techniques to create specific movement states in a small mechanical piece.
- They did an experiment that showed this tiny motion was unusual and different, proving they could control this tiny device using light without needing to check every detail.
Article Abstract
Nano- and micromechanical solid-state quantum devices have become a focus of attention. Reliably generating nonclassical states of their motion is of interest both for addressing fundamental questions about macroscopic quantum phenomena and for developing quantum technologies in the domains of sensing and transduction. We used quantum optical control techniques to conditionally generate single-phonon Fock states of a nanomechanical resonator. We performed a Hanbury Brown and Twiss-type experiment that verified the nonclassical nature of the phonon state without requiring full state reconstruction. Our result establishes purely optical quantum control of a mechanical oscillator at the single-phonon level.
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