Journal of the Korean Physical Society
Entanglement swapping in two independent atom-cavity-optomechanical systems
Qinghong Liao, Qi Zhang, Nanrun Zhou, Xin Liu
Abstract
We investigate the dynamics of entanglement between two remote, macroscopic, mechanical modes in a model consisting of two cavities, with each cavity containing a two-level atom and having one movable mirror. The results show that the time evolution of entanglement exhibits periodic behavior that does not depend on the atomic coherent angles and that the amount of entanglement increases with increasing atomic coherent angle. A maximally entangled state between mechanical modes can be prepared. We find a simple method for inferring the entanglement properties between two mechanical modes. We propose a potential way to control and manipulate the entanglement.