Cavity Optomechanics of Levitated Nanodumbbells

Autor(en)

Wolfgang Lechner, Steven Habraken, Nikolai Kiesel, Markus Aspelmeyer, Peter Zoller

Abstrakt

Levitated nanospheres in optical cavities open a novel route to study many-body systems out of solution and highly isolated from the environment. We show that properly tuned optical parameters allow for the study of the nonequilibrium dynamics of composite nanoparticles with nonisotropic optical friction. We find optically induced ordering and nematic transitions with nonequilibrium analogs to liquid crystal phases for ensembles of dimers.

Organisation(en)

Quantenoptik, Quantennanophysik und Quanteninformation

Externe Organisation(en)

Leopold-Franzens-Universität Innsbruck, Österreichische Akademie der Wissenschaften (ÖAW)

Journal

Physical Review Letters

Band

110

Anzahl der Seiten

5

ISSN

0031-9007

DOI

https://doi.org/10.1103/PhysRevLett.110.143604

Publikationsdatum

04-2013

Peer-reviewed

Ja

ÖFOS 2012

103015 Kondensierte Materie, 103025 Quantenmechanik

Schlagwörter

Link zum Portal

https://ucrisportal.univie.ac.at/de/publications/733cc268-d7fc-4441-8067-3f8fe3d9465c