• DOI:10.1103/PhysRevA.95.013810
• Corpus ID: 119205396

Spin-orbit-coupling-induced backaction cooling in cavity optomechanics with a Bose-Einstein condensate

@article{Yasir2017SpinorbitcouplinginducedBC,
  title={Spin-orbit-coupling-induced backaction cooling in cavity optomechanics with a Bose-Einstein condensate},
  author={Kashif Ammar Yasir and Lin Zhuang and Wu-Ming Liu},
  journal={Physical Review A},
  year={2017},
  volume={95},
  pages={013810}
}

• Kashif Ammar Yasir, L. Zhuang, Wu-Ming Liu
• Published 3 November 2015
• Physics
• Physical Review A

We report a spin-orbit-coupling-induced backaction cooling in an optomechanical system, composed of a spin-orbit-coupled Bose-Einstein condensate trapped in an optical cavity with one movable end mirror, by suppressing heating effects of quantum noises. The collective density excitations of the spin-orbit-coupling-mediated hyperfine states---serving as atomic oscillators equally coupled to the cavity field---trigger strongly driven atomic backaction. We find that the backaction not only revamps low-temperature dynamics of its own but also provides an opportunity to cool the mechanical mirror to its quantum-mechanical ground state. Further, we demonstrate that the strength of spin-orbit coupling also superintends dynamic structure factor and squeezes nonlinear quantum noises, like thermomechanical and photon shot noise, which enhances optomechanical features of the hybrid cavity beyond previous investigations. Our findings are testable in a realistic setup and enhance the functionality of cavity optomechanics with spin-orbit-coupled hyperfine states in the field of quantum optics and quantum computation.