Micro-electro-mechanical system (MEMS) resonators can nix the tiniest quantum fluctuations in laser light, according to these Caltech researchers, which could usher in a new generation of ultra-precise measurement instruments: R. Colin Johnson @NextGenLog
MEMS resonator (a) used to generate ultra-pure "squeezed" light by canceling out quantum fluctuations, as shown in Caltech's numerical model showing differential in-plane motion of its nanobeams (b). Photo: Caltech / Amir Safavi-Naeini, Simon Gröblacher, and Jeff Hill)
