Document Type
Article
Publication Date
5-22-2006
Publication Title
Physical Review Letters
Department
Department of Physics and Astronomy
Abstract
We propose an experiment for generating and detecting vacuum-induced dissipative motion. A high frequency mechanical resonator driven in resonance is expected to dissipate mechanical energy in quantum vacuum via photon emission. The photons are stored in a high quality electromagnetic cavity and detected through their interaction with ultracold alkali-metal atoms prepared in an inverted population of hyperfine states. Superradiant amplification of the generated photons results in a detectable radio- frequency signal temporally distinguishable from the expected background.
DOI
10.1103/PhysRevLett.96.200402
Original Citation
Kim WJ, Brownell JH, Onofrio R. Detectability of dissipative motion in quantum vacuum via superradiance. Phys Rev Lett. 2006 May 26;96(20):200402. doi: 10.1103/PhysRevLett.96.200402. Epub 2006 May 22. Erratum in: Phys Rev Lett. 2006 Aug 25;97(8):089902. PMID: 16803156.
Dartmouth Digital Commons Citation
Kim, Woo-Joong; Brownell, James Hayden; and Onofrio, Roberto, "Detectability of Dissipative Motion in Quantum Vacuum via Superradiance" (2006). Dartmouth Scholarship. 2627.
https://digitalcommons.dartmouth.edu/facoa/2627