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Chinese Physics B

Entangling two oscillating mirrors in an optomechanical system via a flying atom

Yu-Bao Zhang, Jun‐Hao Liu, Ya‐Fei Yu, Zhi‐Ming Zhang

Published Jul 1, 2018• 2 citations
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Abstract

We propose a novel scheme for generating the entanglement of two oscillating mirrors in an optomechanical system via a flying atom. In this scheme, a two-level atom, in an arbitrary superposition state, passes through an optomechanical system with two oscillating cavity-mirrors, and then its states are detected. In this way, we can generate the entangled states of the two oscillating mirrors. We derive the analytical expressions of the entangled states and make numerical calculations. We find that the entanglement of the two oscillating mirrors can be controlled by the initial state of the atom, the optomechanical coupling strength, and the coupling strength between the atom and the cavity field. We investigate the dynamics of the system with dissipations and discuss the experimental feasibility.

DOI
10.1088/1674-1056/27/7/074209

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