Optomechanically Induced Transparency in the Single-Photon Strong Coupling Regime

Dan Mei Hu, Shang‐Yu Huang, Jie‐Qiao Liao +2 more

Francesco Fogliano, Thibaud Ruelle, David Jaeger +1 more

Optomechanically induced transparency (OMIT) is usually modeled and studied in the resolved-sideband regime, but many compact microcavity platforms operate in the unresolved-sideband limit $(κ\gg Ω_m)$. Here we investigate OMIT in this regime using a tunable fiber-based Fabry-Perot microcavity coupled to a suspended hexagonal boron nitride (hBN) drum resonator in a membrane-in-the-middle geometry. The system achieves a large single-photon coupling rate of $g_0/2π\sim 180$ kHz and exhibits strong radiation-pressure backaction. By measuring OMIT spectra as a function of pump power and cavity detuning, we observe a crossover from a transparency-like dip to a gain feature in the reflected response. These maps are quantitatively reproduced by the full linearized optomechanical response, demonstrating the breakdown of the standard rotating-wave approximation used in the resolved-sideband limit. Finally, we drive the system into a nonlinear regime to generate optomechanical frequency combs. These results establish hBN fiber-cavities as a versatile architecture for unresolved-sideband optomechanics, nonlinear dynamics, and hybrid device integration.

Qinghong Liao, Xing Mao Xiao, Wenjie Nie +1 more

We theoretically investigate the optomechanically induced transparency (OMIT) phenomenon in a hybrid optomechanical system composing of an optomechanical cavity and a traditional one. A Kerr medium is inserted in the optomechanical cavity and the other traps the atomic ensemble. We demonstrate the appearance of electromagnetically and optomechanically induced transparency when there is only Kerr medium or atoms in the system. We give an explicit explanation for the mechanism of the transparency. Moreover, we set up new scheme for the measurement of Kerr coefficient and the single atom-photon coupling strength. It is shown that Kerr nonlinearity can inhibit the normal mode splitting (NMS) when the tunnel strength is strong coupling. Furthermore, in the output field, slow light and fast light are converted to realize the tunable switch from slow light to fast light. This study has some important guiding significance in the fields of the high precision measurement and quantum information processing.

Cui-Ming Han, Hao Chen, Wenxiao Liu +2 more

Yong He

We theoretically investigate a hybrid optomechanical system including two coupled optomechanical cavities in the presence of two strong pump fields and a weak probe field. The photon-hopping coupling of the cavities gives rise to two cavity supermodes whose resonant frequencies can be obtained in the probe transmission spectrum. In a strong photon-hopping coupling regime, there is a large coupling rate between the probe field and one of the two cavity supermodes that is called a bright mode. The optomechanical couplings between the bright mode and two mechanical resonators can cause double optomechanically induced transparency (OMIT), which can be employed to both separately and simultaneously store two weak probe pulses with different central frequencies. We obtain the group delay (light storage time) of the probe field in the hybrid optomechanical system. The results suggest that compared with that of a single cavity optomechanical system, the maximum value of the storage time roughly quadrupled in a particular case. The physical origin of the results is discussed. The hybrid optomechanical system opens an avenue of light storage in cavity optomechanics.

K. Farooq, L.C. Wang, Muhammad Aslam Khan +1 more