Multimode Strong Coupling in Cavity Optomechanics
Abstract
Optomechanical systems show great potential as quantum transducers and information storage devices for use in future hybrid quantum networks. In this context, optomechanical strong coupling can enable efficient, high-bandwidth, and deterministic transfer of quantum states. While optomechanical strong coupling has been realized at optical frequencies, it has proven difficult to identify a robust optomechanical system that features the low loss and high coupling rates required for more sophisticated control of mechanical motion. In this paper, we demonstrate strong coupling in a Brillouin-based bulk cavity optomechanical system in both the single-mode and the multimode strong-coupling regime, which leads to a useful device both for applications in quantum information and for investigating decoherence phenomena in bulk acoustic wave resonators. Using nontrivial mode hybridizations in the strong-coupling regime, we create hybridized photonic-phononic modes with lifetimes that are significantly longer than those of the uncoupled system. This surprising lifetime enhancement, which results from the interference of decay channels, showcases the use of multimode strong coupling as a general strategy to control extrinsic decoherence mechanisms. Moreover, phonons supported by such bulk-acoustic-wave resonators have a collection of properties, including high frequencies, long coherence times, and robustness against thermal decoherence, that make this optomechanical system particularly enticingmore »
- Authors:
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- Yale Univ., New Haven, CT (United States)
- Yale Univ., New Haven, CT (United States); ETH Zurich (Switzerland)
- Publication Date:
- Research Org.:
- Yale Univ., New Haven, CT (United States)
- Sponsoring Org.:
- USDOE Office of Science (SC); US Office of Naval Research (ONR); US Army Research Office (ARO); National Science Foundation (NSF)
- OSTI Identifier:
- 1979655
- Grant/Contract Number:
- SC0019406; N00014-17-1-2514; W911NF-14-1-0011; DGE-1122492
- Resource Type:
- Accepted Manuscript
- Journal Name:
- Physical Review Applied
- Additional Journal Information:
- Journal Volume: 18; Journal Issue: 2; Journal ID: ISSN 2331-7019
- Publisher:
- American Physical Society (APS)
- Country of Publication:
- United States
- Language:
- English
- Subject:
- 71 CLASSICAL AND QUANTUM MECHANICS, GENERAL PHYSICS; Physics; acoustic wave phenomena; cavity quantum electrodynamics; light-matter interaction; nonlinear optics; optomechanics; quantum information with hybrid systems; quantum optics; cavity resonators
Citation Formats
Kharel, P., Chu, Y., Mason, D., Kittlaus, E. A., Otterstrom, N. T., Gertler, S., and Rakich, P. T. Multimode Strong Coupling in Cavity Optomechanics. United States: N. p., 2022.
Web. doi:10.1103/physrevapplied.18.024054.
Kharel, P., Chu, Y., Mason, D., Kittlaus, E. A., Otterstrom, N. T., Gertler, S., & Rakich, P. T. Multimode Strong Coupling in Cavity Optomechanics. United States. https://doi.org/10.1103/physrevapplied.18.024054
Kharel, P., Chu, Y., Mason, D., Kittlaus, E. A., Otterstrom, N. T., Gertler, S., and Rakich, P. T. Fri .
"Multimode Strong Coupling in Cavity Optomechanics". United States. https://doi.org/10.1103/physrevapplied.18.024054. https://www.osti.gov/servlets/purl/1979655.
@article{osti_1979655,
title = {Multimode Strong Coupling in Cavity Optomechanics},
author = {Kharel, P. and Chu, Y. and Mason, D. and Kittlaus, E. A. and Otterstrom, N. T. and Gertler, S. and Rakich, P. T.},
abstractNote = {Optomechanical systems show great potential as quantum transducers and information storage devices for use in future hybrid quantum networks. In this context, optomechanical strong coupling can enable efficient, high-bandwidth, and deterministic transfer of quantum states. While optomechanical strong coupling has been realized at optical frequencies, it has proven difficult to identify a robust optomechanical system that features the low loss and high coupling rates required for more sophisticated control of mechanical motion. In this paper, we demonstrate strong coupling in a Brillouin-based bulk cavity optomechanical system in both the single-mode and the multimode strong-coupling regime, which leads to a useful device both for applications in quantum information and for investigating decoherence phenomena in bulk acoustic wave resonators. Using nontrivial mode hybridizations in the strong-coupling regime, we create hybridized photonic-phononic modes with lifetimes that are significantly longer than those of the uncoupled system. This surprising lifetime enhancement, which results from the interference of decay channels, showcases the use of multimode strong coupling as a general strategy to control extrinsic decoherence mechanisms. Moreover, phonons supported by such bulk-acoustic-wave resonators have a collection of properties, including high frequencies, long coherence times, and robustness against thermal decoherence, that make this optomechanical system particularly enticing for applications such as quantum transduction and memories. Hence, this system provides access to phenomena in a previously unexplored regime of optomechanical interactions and could serve as an important building block for future quantum devices.},
doi = {10.1103/physrevapplied.18.024054},
journal = {Physical Review Applied},
number = 2,
volume = 18,
place = {United States},
year = {Fri Aug 19 00:00:00 EDT 2022},
month = {Fri Aug 19 00:00:00 EDT 2022}
}
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