期刊
QUANTUM SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY
卷 4, 期 1, 页码 -出版社
IOP PUBLISHING LTD
DOI: 10.1088/2058-9565/aada1d
关键词
quantum optics; quantum optomechanics; non-classicality; macroscopicity; quantum measurement and control
资金
- Engineering and Physical Sciences Research Council [EP/N014995/1]
- EPSRC [2008468] Funding Source: UKRI
The investigation of macroscopic quantum phenomena is a current active area of research that offers significant promise to advance the forefronts ofboth fundamental and applied quantum science. Utilising the exquisite precision and control of quantum optics provides a powerful toolset for generating such quantum states where the types and 'size' of the states that can be generated are set by the experimental parameter regime available and the resourcefulness of the protocol applied. In this work we present a new multistep scheme to 'grow' macroscopic superposition states of motion of a mechanical oscillator via cavity quantum optomechanics. The scheme consists of a series of optical pulses interacting with a mechanical mode via radiation-pressure followed by photon-counting measurements. The multistep nature of our protocol allows macroscopic superposition states to be prepared with a relaxed requirement for the single-photon optomechanical coupling strength. To illustrate the experimental feasibility of our proposal, we quantify how initial mechanical thermal occupation and mechanical decoherence affects the non-classicality and macroscopicity of the states generated and show that our scheme is resilient to optical loss. The advantages of this protocol provide a promising path to grow non-classical mechanical quantum states to a macroscopic scale under realistic experimental conditions.
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