Physics – Quantum Physics
Scientific paper
2000-12-27
Phys.Rev. D64 (2001) 045010
Physics
Quantum Physics
23 pages, 3 figures, RevTex
Scientific paper
10.1103/PhysRevD.64.045010
Quantum fluctuations of electromagnetic radiation pressure are discussed. We use an approach based on the quantum stress tensor to calculate the fluctuations in velocity and position of a mirror subjected to electromagnetic radiation. Our approach reveals that radiation pressure fluctuations are due to a cross term between vacuum and state dependent terms in a stress tensor operator product. Thus observation of these fluctuations would entail experimental confirmation of this cross term. We first analyze the pressure fluctuations on a single, perfectly reflecting mirror, and then study the case of an interferometer. This involves a study of the effects of multiple bounces in one arm, as well as the correlations of the pressure fluctuations between arms of the interferometer. In all cases, our results are consistent with those previously obtained by Caves using different mehods.
Ford L. H.
Wu Chun-Hsien
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