Title Exploring Macroscopic Quantum Mechanics in Optomechanical Devices Author(s) Miao, Haixing Publication Berlin, Heidelberg, Springer Berlin Heidelberg, 2012. Description XXII, 206 p : online resource Abstract Note Recent state-of-the-art technologies in fabricating low-loss optical and mechanical components have significantly motivated the study of quantum-limited measurements with optomechanical devices. Such research is the main subject of this thesis. In the first part, the author considers various approaches for surpassing the standard quantum limit for force measurements. In the second part, the author proposes different experimental protocols for using optomechanical interactions to explore quantum behaviors of macroscopic mechanical objects. Even though this thesis mostly focuses on large-scale laser interferometer gravitational-wave detectors and related experiments, the general approaches apply equally well for studying small-scale optomechanical devices. The author is the winner of the 2010 Thesis prize awarded by the Gravitational Wave International Committee ISBN,Price 9783642256400 Keyword(s) 1. ASTROPHYSICS 2. Astrophysics and Astroparticles 3. Classical and Quantum Gravitation, Relativity Theory 4. EBOOK 5. EBOOK - SPRINGER 6. GRAVITATION 7. LASERS 8. Measurement Science and Instrumentation 9. Measurement?????? 10. Optics, Lasers, Photonics, Optical Devices 11. PHOTONICS 12. PHYSICAL MEASUREMENTS Item Type eBook Multi-Media Links Please Click here for eBook Circulation Data Accession#   Call# Status Issued To Return Due On Physical Location I06347     On Shelf