Single-photon opto-mechanics in the strong coupling regime
Open Access
- 1 August 2010
- journal article
- research article
- Published by IOP Publishing in New Journal of Physics
- Vol. 12 (8), 083030
- https://doi.org/10.1088/1367-2630/12/8/083030
Abstract
We give a theoretical description of a coherently driven opto-mechanical system with a single added photon. The photon source is modeled as a cavity that initially contains one photon and that is irreversibly coupled to the opto-mechanical system. We show that the probability for the additional photon to be emitted by the opto-mechanical cavity will exhibit oscillations under a Lorentzian envelope, when the driven interaction with the mechanical resonator is strong enough. Our scheme provides a feasible route towards quantum state transfer between optical photons and micromechanical resonators.This publication has 30 references indexed in Scilit:
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