Effects of squeezed vacuum field on force sensing for a dissipative optomechanical system

Abstract

We investigate the force sensing of a mechanical membrane in a dissipative cavity optomechanical system (OMS) driven by a squeezed vacuum field accompanying a strong pump laser. Specifically, the red-detuned laser exhibits a more significant improvement for force sensing compared to the blue-detuned laser. The optimal phase angle contributes to achieving much better force sensing. When injecting a squeezed vacuum field with appropriate squeezing parameter and squeezing phase, the standard quantum limit of force measurement can be easily beaten. Furthermore, the adverse effects of the increase in environment temperature and mechanical damping can be suppressed, simultaneously. This scheme provides a theoretical basics for force sensing of mechanical membranes in dissipative OMS and has potential applications in force feedback control, precision measurement, and force sensor design.

Keywords

• Dissipative optomechanical system
• Force sensing
• Squeezed vacuum field