Quantum Measurements in Cavity Optomechanics
Over the last several years, research in the field of cavity optomechanics has developed extraordinarily sensitive and low loss devices as well as clever measurement techniques to probe macroscopic mechanical systems in the quantum regime. If one observes carefully, the noise in optically detected mechanical resonators can reveal a remarkable tale of the fundamental quantum mechanics of measurement embodied by Heisenberg’s microscope type physics. In this talk, I will review the basic consequences of quantum measurement backaction in the context of recent cavity optomechanics experiments...