Laser Theory for Optomechanics: Limit Cycles in the Quantum Regime

Abstract

In optomechanics it is known that driving a micromechanical oscillator with a laser field can lead to generation of ``nonclassical'' quantum states of the oscillator. Researchers now fill a theoretical gap by offering an analytical theory to describe the laser-oscillator interaction in a regime of interesting oscillator quantum mechanics and predict ``nonclassical'' oscillator states where they were unexpected.