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Zeptonewton force sensing with nanospheres in an optical lattice

zqyin 添加于 2016-3-10 09:38 | 1116 次阅读 | 0 个评论

作者
Ranjit G, Cunningham M, Casey K, Geraci AA
摘要
Optically trapped nanospheres in high-vaccum experience little friction and hence are promising for ultra-sensitive force detection. Here we demonstrate measurement times exceeding $10^5$ seconds and zeptonewton force sensitivity with laser-cooled silica nanospheres trapped in an optical lattice. The sensitivity achieved exceeds that of conventional room-temperature solid-state force sensors, and enables a variety of applications including electric field sensing, inertial sensing, and gravimetry. The optical potential allows the particle to be confined in a number of possible trapping sites, with precise localization at the anti-nodes of the optical standing wave. By studying the motion of a particle which has been moved to an adjacent trapping site, the known spacing of the lattice anti-nodes can be used to calibrate the displacement spectrum of the particle. Finally, we study the dependence of the trap stability and lifetime on the laser intensity and gas pressure, and examine the heating rate of the particle in high vacuum in the absence of optical feedback cooling.
详细资料
- 关键词: physics.optics; quant-ph
- 文献种类:手稿
- 期卷页: 2016年
- 日期: 2016-3-9
- 发布方式: arXiv e-prints
- 备注:arXiv:1603.02122v2; 5 pages, 4 figures, minor changes, typos corrected, references added
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