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Classical Pendulum Feels Quantum Back-Action

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In recent years, significant improvements in optical and mechanical elements have led to the development of the field of optomechanics, where mechanical oscillators couple optical fields via the radiation pressure of light. In this chapter, we provide a short history of study about optomechanical effects, and explain briefly about a part of optomechanical effects, e.g., cavity-assisted cooling, instability, measurement limit for continuous measurement, ponderomotive squeezing, and entanglement. Especially, the measurement limit for continuous measurement is explained in detail, because the quantum back-action was inferred from the noise analysis in our estimation. This chapter presents the historical and physical background of this research.

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    This experiment was introduced in the novel entitled as “Sanshir\({\bar{\mathrm{{o}}}}\)”, which was written by the Japanese famous writer Natsume S\({\bar{\mathrm{{o}}}}\)seki in 1908. In the novel, Nonomiya-sensei performed the Nichols’s experiment in the basement of the University of Tokyo. Our experiment was also performed in the basement of the University of Tokyo to measure the pressure of light, similarly to that written in Sanshir\({\bar{\mathrm{{o}}}}\). The difference is that Nonomiya-sensei’s target was the stationary pressure of the light but our target was the fluctuated pressure of the light.

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Matsumoto, N. (2016). Introduction. In: Classical Pendulum Feels Quantum Back-Action. Springer Theses. Springer, Tokyo. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-4-431-55882-8_1

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