Manipulating bipartite and tripartite quantum correlations of mechanical oscillators via optomechanical interaction

The entanglement of macroscopic mechanical oscillators is always an interesting domain. How to entangle multiple mechanical oscillators is still not well answered. In this paper, we investigate the bipartite and tripartite quantum correlations among three distinct mechanical oscillators interacting with one cavity pumped by a multi-tone driving laser. Floquet cavity modes, resulting from different frequency components of the multi-tone driven cavity, are used to construct channels for quantum correlations between mechanical oscillators. By modulating the effective optomechanical coupling, we can manipulate the mechanical entanglement and EPR steering. The numerical results show that the two-tone driving widely employed is not enough to generate tripartite entanglement, while three-and four-tone driving can be employed to generate and enhance genuine tripartite entanglement. All bipartite entanglement can also be modulated. In addition, we demonstrate the monogamous relation of tripartite EPR steering and manipulate the asymmetry of steering. This work provides a method for manipulating the quantum correlation among multiple macroscopic objects.(c) 2023 Optica Publishing Group under the terms of the Optica Open Access Publishing Agreement

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This paper investigates how to entangle multiple mechanical oscillators using multi-tone driving, and manipulates the mechanical entanglement and EPR steering by modulating the optomechanical coupling. It also demonstrates the monogamous relation of tripartite EPR steering and manipulation of the asymmetry of steering.