arXiv:1401.1384 · Physical Review A

Entangling two macroscopic mechanical mirrors in a two-cavity optomechanical system

Jie‐Qiao Liao, WU Qin-Qin, Franco Nori

Published Jan 10, 2014• 172 citations

Abstract

We propose a simple method to generate quantum entanglement between two macroscopic mechanical resonators in a two-cavity optomechanical system. This entanglement is induced by the radiation pressure of a single photon hopping between the two cavities. Our results are analytical, so that the entangled states are explicitly shown. Up to local operations, these states are two-mode three-component states, and hence the degree of entanglement can be well quantified by the concurrence. By analyzing the system parameters, we find that, to achieve a maximum average entanglement, the system should work in the single-photon strong-coupling regime and the deep-resolved-sideband regime.

DOI: 10.1103/physreva.89.014302

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