https://doi.org/10.1140/epjc/s10052-018-5736-x
Regular Article - Experimental Physics
Cavity optomechanical spectroscopy constraints chameleon dark energy scenarios
1
Key Laboratory of Artificial Structures and Quantum Control (Ministry of Education), School of Physics and Astronomy, Shanghai Jiao Tong University, 800 DongChuan Road, Shanghai, 200240, China
2
Collaborative Innovation Center of Advanced Microstructures, Nanjing, China
* e-mail: zhukadi@sjtu.edu.cn
Received:
30
September
2017
Accepted:
12
March
2018
Published online:
28
March
2018
The chameleon scalar field is a matter-coupled dark energy candidate with the screening mechanisms. In the present paper,we propose a quantum cavity optomechanical scheme to detect the possible signature of chameleons via the optical pump-probe spectroscopy. Compare to the previous experiment the sensitivity can be improved by the using of electrostatic shield and a pump-probe scheme to read the weak frequency splitting. We expect that this work will be a useful addition to the current literature on proposals to detect effects of dark energy.
© The Author(s), 2018
