Quantum Theory of Cavity-Assisted Sideband Cooling of Mechanical Motion
Quantum Theory of Cavity-Assisted Sideband Cooling of Mechanical Motion
We present a quantum-mechanical theory of the cooling of a cantilever coupled via radiation pressure to an illuminated optical cavity. Applying the quantum noise approach to the fluctuations of the radiation pressure force, we derive the optomechanical cooling rate and the minimum achievable phonon number. We find that reaching the …