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arXiv:2609.14577

Phase-controlled bipartite and tripartite entanglement and Bell nonlocality in a closed-loop optomechanical system

Sha-Sha Zheng, Zi-Nan Wu, Di-Di Xu, Chang-Yu Li, Peng-Wei Gong, Qiongyi He, Feng-Xiao Sun

quant-phSubmitted Sep 13, 2026• Announced Sep 15, 2026• 0 citations
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Abstract

We propose a novel scheme to generate and manipulate bipartite and tripartite entanglement and Bell nonlocality in a closed-loop three-mode optomechanical system, where two optical modes are simultaneously coupled to a mechanical mode via typical optomechanical interactions and also coupled to each other through field transmission. This configuration gives rise to a phase-sensitive coupling, in which the relative phase directly controls the population distribution between two optical modes, enabling coherent redistribution of quantum correlations. By tuning this relative phase, we achieve deterministic switching of bipartite entanglement between two optical-mechanical pairs, as well as tunable genuine tripartite entanglement among three modes. Employing the displaced-parity measurement, we construct both the bipartite and tripartite Bell inequalities in phase space and observe maximal violations of approximately $2.32$ and $3$, respectively, which coincide exactly with the values achievable for ideal bipartite and tripartite Einstein-Podolsky-Rosen states. Counterintuitively, we find that the tripartite Bell nonlocality can persist even when the genuine tripartite entanglement is absent, providing deeper insight into the relationship between these two types of quantum correlations. Furthermore, we systematically analyze the effects of mechanical dissipation and thermal noise, identifying the parameter regions where Bell violation survives under realistic experimental conditions. Our results establish a comprehensive framework for generating, controlling, and verifying multipartite quantum correlations, paving the way towards phase-tunable quantum networks and noise-resilient tests of quantum foundations.

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