International Journal of Quantum Information

MACROSCOPIC ENTANGLEMENT

David Vitali, Paolo Tombesi

Published Dec 17, 2004• 1 citation

Abstract

We show how collective vibrational modes of two distant mirrors of an optical Fabry–Perot cavity can be entangled by the light bouncing between them. Such an entanglement can be demonstrated even at the macroscopic level of vibrational modes with an effective mass of the order of milligrams.

DOI: 10.1142/s0219749905000876

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