Response of a classical mesoscopic oscillator to a two-level quantum system
Felipe Sobrero, Luca Abrahão, Thiago Guerreiro, Pedro V. Paraguassú
Published: 2025/9/4
Abstract
We investigate the dynamics of a classical mechanical oscillator coupled to the simplest quantum system, a single qubit. The qubit's influence manifests as deterministic and stochastic forces, highly dependent on its initial quantum state, imprinting unique measurable quantum-induced signatures onto the oscillator's response. The present results suggest a pathway to quantum state reconstruction through classical noise spectroscopy, with potential applications to mesoscopic optomechanical experiments, quantum metrology, and tabletop tests of the quantum nature of gravity.