Single-ion nonlinear mechanical oscillator

N. Akerman*, S. Kotler, Y. Glickman, Y. Dallal, A. Keselman, R. Ozeri

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Abstract

We study the steady-state motion of a single trapped ion oscillator driven to the nonlinear regime. Damping is achieved via Doppler laser cooling. The ion motion is found to be well described by the Duffing oscillator model with an additional nonlinear damping term. We demonstrate here the unique ability of tuning both the linear as well as the nonlinear damping coefficients by controlling the laser-cooling parameters. Our observations pave the way for the investigation of nonlinear dynamics on the quantum-to-classical interface as well as mechanical noise squeezing in laser-cooling dynamics.

Original languageEnglish
Article number061402
JournalPhysical Review A - Atomic, Molecular, and Optical Physics
Volume82
Issue number6
DOIs
StatePublished - 16 Dec 2010
Externally publishedYes

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