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Physical Review A

Vector quantum steering in pulsed optomechanics

Kai‐Wei Huang, Xin Wang, Qing‐Yang Qiu, Kaikai Zhang, Hao Xiong

Published Feb 27, 2024• 7 citations
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Abstract

Quantum steering plays a key role for quantum technologies, such as one-way quantum computation and quantum communication. Here, we consider a vector cavity optomechanical scheme to create quantum steering between two orthogonal polarized lights and a mechanical vibration, where cavity modes are driven by short laser pulses. By controlling the polarization behavior of a light field, we not only manipulate the steering of the vibration via polarized light, but also reversibly switch between ordinary tripartite steering and collective steering. In addition, we find that bipartite steering is more sensitive to thermal noise than tripartite steering. As a result, collective steering can be achieved within a larger parameter range. Controllable quantum steering with such a vectorial device may provide effective resources to build up steered networks.

DOI
10.1103/physreva.109.023532

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The theory of phase control of coherence, entanglement and quantum steering is developed for an optomechanical system composed of a single mode cavity containing a partially transmitting dielectric membrane and driven by short laser pulses. The membrane divides the cavity into two mutually coupled optomechanical cavities resulting in an effective three-mode closed loop system, two field modes of the two cavities and a mechanical mode representing the oscillating membrane. The closed loop in the coupling creates interfering channels which depend on the relative phase of the coupling strengths of the field modes to the mechanical mode. Populations and correlations of the output modes are calculated analytically and show several interesting phase dependent effects such as reversible population transfer from one field mode to the other, creation of collective modes, and induced coherence without induced emission. We find that these effects result from perfect mutual coherence between the field modes which is preserved even if one of the modes is not populated. The inseparability criterion for the output modes is also investigated and we find that entanglement may occur only between the field modes and the mechanical mode. We show that depending on the phase, the field modes can act on the mechanical mode collectively or individually resulting, respectively, in tripartite or bipartite entanglement. In addition, we examine the phase sensitivity of quantum steering of the mechanical mode by the field modes. Deterministic phase transfer of the steering from bipartite to collective is predicted and optimum steering corresponding to perfect EPR state can be achieved. These different types of quantum steering can be distinguished experimentally by measuring the coincidence rate between two detectors adjusted to collect photons of the output cavity modes. In particular, we find that the minima of the interference pattern of the coincidence rate signal the bipartite steering, while the maxima signal the collective steering.
The polarizations of optical fields, besides field intensities, provide more degrees of freedom to manipulate coherent light-matter interactions. Here we propose how to achieve a coherent switch of optomechanical entanglement in a polarized-light-driven cavity system. We show that by tuning the polarizations of the driving field, the effective optomechanical coupling can be well controlled and, as a result, quantum entanglement between the mechanical oscillator and the optical transverse electric (TE) mode can be coherently and reversibly switched to that between the same phonon mode and the optical transverse magnetic (TM) mode. This ability of switching optomechanical entanglement with such a vectorial device can be important for building a quantum network being capable of efficient quantum information interchanges between processing nodes and flying photons.
We have investigated the dynamical entanglement and quantum steering in a pulsed hybrid opto-electro-mechanical system. Using the symmetric and asymmetric criteria, the possibilities of bipartite entanglement, one-way steering, two-way steering, and collective tripartite steering have been studied between different output modes. In addition, the influence of the squeezing parameter on the amount of tripartite steering measurement is also examined. The results show that a higher electro-mechanical coupling rate leads to stronger tripartite steering. The microwave cavity mode can enhance the output quantum steering and remotely steers the optical cavity. Thus, the slower mode can steer the faster mode. Such hybrid systems can serve as frequency converters between microwave and optical domains and can have a profound impact on building quantum networks of microwave-operated superconducting quantum computers.
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In this paper, we theoretically investigate, in a double cavity system, collective steering, between two mechanical modes and an optical mode, as well as between two optical modes and a mechanical mode. We explore the behavior of collective steering in terms of squeezing light, phonon tunneling force and photon hopping strength. We thus found the optimal choice for the considered parameters to improve collective steering irreducible to individual steering. In parallel, the monogamy of steering was demonstrated via the CKW-type monogamy inequalities. In addition, the study of collective steering behaviors indicates the conditions under which each considered tripartite state generates one-way and two-way steering.