Two-mode Schrodinger-cat states with nonlinear optomechanics: generation and verification of non-Gaussian mechanical entanglement
2022 (English)In: Quantum Science and Technology, ISSN 2058-9565, Vol. 7, no 3, article id 035012Article in journal (Refereed) Published
Abstract [en]
Cavity quantum optomechanics has emerged as a new platform for quantum science and technology with applications ranging from quantum-information processing to tests of the foundations of physics. Of crucial importance for optomechanics is the generation and verification of non-Gaussian states of motion and a key outstanding challenge is the observation of a canonical two-mode Schrodinger-cat state in the displacement of two mechanical oscillators. In this work, we introduce a pulsed approach that utilizes the nonlinearity of the radiation-pressure interaction combined with photon-counting measurements to generate this entangled non-Gaussian mechanical state, and, importantly, describe a protocol using subsequent pulsed interactions to verify the non-Gaussian entanglement generated. Our pulsed verification protocol allows quadrature moments of the two mechanical oscillators to be measured up to any finite order providing a toolset for experimental characterisation of bipartite mechanical quantum states and allowing a broad range of inseparability criteria to be evaluated. Key experimental factors, such as optical loss and open-system dynamics, are carefully analyzed and we show that the scheme is feasible with only minor improvements to current experiments that operate outside the resolved-sideband regime. Our scheme provides a new avenue for quantum experiments with entangled mechanical oscillators and offers significant potential for further research and development that utilizes such non-Gaussian states for quantum-information and sensing applications, and for studying the quantum-to-classical transition.
Place, publisher, year, edition, pages
IOP Publishing , 2022. Vol. 7, no 3, article id 035012
Keywords [en]
quantum optics, quantum optomechanics, non-Gaussianity, quantum measurement, entanglement
National Category
Astronomy, Astrophysics and Cosmology
Identifiers
URN: urn:nbn:se:kth:diva-314250DOI: 10.1088/2058-9565/ac6dfdISI: 000805130700001Scopus ID: 2-s2.0-85131440503OAI: oai:DiVA.org:kth-314250DiVA, id: diva2:1671419
Note
QC 20230314
2022-06-172022-06-172023-09-25Bibliographically approved