{
  "id": "cond-mat/0306724",
  "version": "v1",
  "published": "2003-06-29T17:25:12.000Z",
  "updated": "2003-06-29T17:25:12.000Z",
  "title": "Laser cooling of a nanomechanical resonator mode to its quantum ground state",
  "authors": [
    "I. Wilson-Rae",
    "P. Zoller",
    "A. Imamoglu"
  ],
  "comment": "5 pages, 3 figures, revtex4",
  "journal": "Phys. Rev. Lett. 92, 075507 (2004).",
  "doi": "10.1103/PhysRevLett.92.075507",
  "categories": [
    "cond-mat.mes-hall",
    "quant-ph"
  ],
  "abstract": "We show that it is possible to cool a nanomechanical resonator mode to its ground state. The proposed technique is based on resonant laser excitation of a phonon sideband of an embedded quantum dot. The strength of the sideband coupling is determined directly by the difference between the electron-phonon couplings of the initial and final states of the quantum dot optical transition. Possible applications of the technique we describe include generation of non-classical states of mechanical motion.",
  "revisions": [
    {
      "version": "v1",
      "updated": "2003-06-29T17:25:12.000Z"
    }
  ],
  "analyses": {
    "keywords": [
      "nanomechanical resonator mode",
      "quantum ground state",
      "laser cooling",
      "resonant laser excitation",
      "quantum dot optical transition"
    ],
    "tags": [
      "journal article"
    ],
    "publication": {
      "publisher": "APS",
      "journal": "Phys. Rev. Lett."
    },
    "note": {
      "typesetting": "RevTeX",
      "pages": 5,
      "language": "en",
      "license": "arXiv",
      "status": "editable"
    }
  }
}