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arXiv:1105.4300 · Physical Review A

Entanglement of nanomechanical oscillators and two-mode fields induced by atomic coherence

Ling Zhou, Yan Han, Jietai Jing, Weiping Zhang

Published May 18, 2011• 116 citations
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Abstract

We propose a scheme for three-level cascade atoms to entangle two optomechanical oscillators as well as two-mode fields. We show that two movable mirrors and two-mode fields can be entangled even for bad cavity limits. We also study entanglement of the output of two-mode fields in the frequency domain. The results show that the frequency of the mirror oscillation and the injected atomic coherence affect the output entanglement of the two-mode fields.

DOI
10.1103/physreva.83.052117

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