title: Observation of back-action noise cancellation in interferometric and weak force measurements.
abstract: We experimentally demonstrate a cancellation of back-action noise in optical measurements. Back-action cancellation was first proposed within the framework of gravitational-wave detection by dual resonators as a way to drastically improve their sensitivity. We have developed an experiment based on a high-finesse Fabry-Perot cavity to study radiation-pressure effects in ultrasensitive displacement measurements. Using an intensity-modulated intracavity field to mimic the quantum radiation-pressure noise, we report the first observation of back-action cancellation due to a coherent mechanical response of the mirrors in the cavity to the radiation-pressure noise. We have observed a sensitivity improvement by a factor larger than 20 both in displacement and weak-force measurements.
authors.affiliation: Laboratoire Kastler Brossel, ENS, UPMC, CNRS, case 74, 4 place Jussieu, 75005 Paris, France.
authors.forename: T
authors.initials: T
authors.lastname: Caniard
authors.forename: P
authors.initials: P
authors.lastname: Verlot
authors.forename: T
authors.initials: T
authors.lastname: Briant
authors.forename: P-F
authors.initials: PF
authors.lastname: Cohadon
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authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Heidmann