A single-ion nonlinear mechanical oscillator

Details A single-ion nonlinear mechanical oscillator A single-ion nonlinear mechanical oscillator

2010-03-08

arxiv.org/abs/1003.1577v1

Physics

Quantum Physics

4 pages, 5 figures

Scientific paper

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 a unique ability of tuning both the linear as well as the nonlinear damping coefficients by controlling the cooling laser parameters. Our observations open a way for the investigation of nonlinear dynamics on the quantum-to-classical interface as well as mechanical noise squeezing in laser-cooling dynamics.

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