Collision-resolved pressure sensing

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Main Authors: Barker, Daniel S., Carney, Daniel, LeBrun, Thomas W., Moore, David C., Taylor, Jacob M.
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Published: 2023
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author Barker, Daniel S.
Carney, Daniel
LeBrun, Thomas W.
Moore, David C.
Taylor, Jacob M.
author_facet Barker, Daniel S.
Carney, Daniel
LeBrun, Thomas W.
Moore, David C.
Taylor, Jacob M.
contents Heat and pressure are ultimately transmitted via quantized degrees of freedom, like gas particles and phonons. While a continuous Brownian description of these noise sources is adequate to model measurements with relatively long integration times, sufficiently precise measurements can resolve the detailed time dependence coming from individual bath-system interactions. We propose the use of nanomechanical devices operated with impulse readout sensitivity around the ``standard quantum limit'' to sense ultra-low gas pressures by directly counting the individual collisions of gas particles on a sensor. We illustrate this in two paradigmatic model systems: an optically levitated nanobead and a tethered membrane system in a phononic bandgap shield.
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spellingShingle Collision-resolved pressure sensing
Barker, Daniel S.
Carney, Daniel
LeBrun, Thomas W.
Moore, David C.
Taylor, Jacob M.
Quantum Physics
High Energy Physics - Experiment
Instrumentation and Detectors
Heat and pressure are ultimately transmitted via quantized degrees of freedom, like gas particles and phonons. While a continuous Brownian description of these noise sources is adequate to model measurements with relatively long integration times, sufficiently precise measurements can resolve the detailed time dependence coming from individual bath-system interactions. We propose the use of nanomechanical devices operated with impulse readout sensitivity around the ``standard quantum limit'' to sense ultra-low gas pressures by directly counting the individual collisions of gas particles on a sensor. We illustrate this in two paradigmatic model systems: an optically levitated nanobead and a tethered membrane system in a phononic bandgap shield.
title Collision-resolved pressure sensing
topic Quantum Physics
High Energy Physics - Experiment
Instrumentation and Detectors
url https://arxiv.org/abs/2303.09922