Chinese Physics B

Controllable four-wave mixing response in a dual-cavity hybrid optomechanical system*

Lei Shang, Bin Chen, Li-Li Xing, Jianbin Chen, Hai-Bin Xue, Kangxian Guo

Published Dec 24, 2020• 5 citations

Abstract

We systematically investigate the four-wave mixing (FWM) spectrum in a dual-cavity hybrid optomechanical system, which is made up of one optical cavity with an ensemble of two-level atoms and another with a mechanical oscillator. In this work, we propose that the hybrid dual-cavity optomechanical system can be employed as a highly sensitive mass sensor due to the fact that the FWM spectrum generated in this system has a narrow spectral width and the intensity of the FWM can be easily tuned by controlling the coupling strength (cavity–cavity, atom–cavity). More fascinatingly, the dual-cavity hybrid optomechanical system can also be used as an all-optical switch in view of the easy on/off control of FWM signals by adjusting the atom-pump detuning to be positive or negative. The proposed schemes have great potential applications in quantum information processing and highly sensitive detection.

DOI: 10.1088/1674-1056/abd695

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