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Enhanced nonlinear interactions in quantum optomechanics via mechanical amplification
The quantum nonlinear regime of optomechanics is reached when nonlinear effects of the radiation pressure interaction are observed at the single-photon level. This requires couplings larger than the mechanical frequency and cavity-damping rate, and is difficult to achieve experimentally. Here we sho...
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Acceso en línea: | https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC4848487/ https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/27108814 http://dx.doi.org/10.1038/ncomms11338 |
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author | Lemonde, Marc-Antoine Didier, Nicolas Clerk, Aashish A. |
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description | The quantum nonlinear regime of optomechanics is reached when nonlinear effects of the radiation pressure interaction are observed at the single-photon level. This requires couplings larger than the mechanical frequency and cavity-damping rate, and is difficult to achieve experimentally. Here we show how to exponentially enhance the single-photon optomechanical coupling strength using only additional linear resources. Our method is based on using a large-amplitude, strongly detuned mechanical parametric drive to amplify mechanical zero-point fluctuations and hence enhance the radiation pressure interaction. It has the further benefit of allowing time-dependent control, enabling pulsed schemes. For a two-cavity optomechanical set-up, we show that our scheme generates photon blockade for experimentally accessible parameters, and even makes the production of photonic states with negative Wigner functions possible. We discuss how our method is an example of a more general strategy for enhancing boson-mediated two-particle interactions and nonlinearities. |
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spelling | pubmed-48484872016-05-05 Enhanced nonlinear interactions in quantum optomechanics via mechanical amplification Lemonde, Marc-Antoine Didier, Nicolas Clerk, Aashish A. Nat Commun Article The quantum nonlinear regime of optomechanics is reached when nonlinear effects of the radiation pressure interaction are observed at the single-photon level. This requires couplings larger than the mechanical frequency and cavity-damping rate, and is difficult to achieve experimentally. Here we show how to exponentially enhance the single-photon optomechanical coupling strength using only additional linear resources. Our method is based on using a large-amplitude, strongly detuned mechanical parametric drive to amplify mechanical zero-point fluctuations and hence enhance the radiation pressure interaction. It has the further benefit of allowing time-dependent control, enabling pulsed schemes. For a two-cavity optomechanical set-up, we show that our scheme generates photon blockade for experimentally accessible parameters, and even makes the production of photonic states with negative Wigner functions possible. We discuss how our method is an example of a more general strategy for enhancing boson-mediated two-particle interactions and nonlinearities. Nature Publishing Group 2016-04-25 /pmc/articles/PMC4848487/ /pubmed/27108814 http://dx.doi.org/10.1038/ncomms11338 Text en Copyright © 2016, Nature Publishing Group, a division of Macmillan Publishers Limited. All Rights Reserved. http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/ This work is licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 International License. The images or other third party material in this article are included in the article's Creative Commons license, unless indicated otherwise in the credit line; if the material is not included under the Creative Commons license, users will need to obtain permission from the license holder to reproduce the material. To view a copy of this license, visit http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/ |
spellingShingle | Article Lemonde, Marc-Antoine Didier, Nicolas Clerk, Aashish A. Enhanced nonlinear interactions in quantum optomechanics via mechanical amplification |
title | Enhanced nonlinear interactions in quantum optomechanics via mechanical amplification |
title_full | Enhanced nonlinear interactions in quantum optomechanics via mechanical amplification |
title_fullStr | Enhanced nonlinear interactions in quantum optomechanics via mechanical amplification |
title_full_unstemmed | Enhanced nonlinear interactions in quantum optomechanics via mechanical amplification |
title_short | Enhanced nonlinear interactions in quantum optomechanics via mechanical amplification |
title_sort | enhanced nonlinear interactions in quantum optomechanics via mechanical amplification |
topic | Article |
url | https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC4848487/ https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/27108814 http://dx.doi.org/10.1038/ncomms11338 |
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