Noise-Induced Transitions in Optomechanical Synchronization
Quantum Physics
2016-01-26 v2 Mesoscale and Nanoscale Physics
Abstract
We study how quantum and thermal noise affects synchronization of two optomechanical limit-cycle oscillators. Classically, in the absence of noise, optomechanical systems tend to synchronize either in-phase or anti-phase. Taking into account the fundamental quantum noise, we find a regime where fluctuations drive transitions between these classical synchronization states. We investigate how this "mixed" synchronization regime emerges from the noiseless system by studying the classical-to-quantum crossover and we show how the time scales of the transitions vary with the effective noise strength. In addition, we compare the effects of thermal noise to the effects of quantum noise.
Cite
@article{arxiv.1507.06190,
title = {Noise-Induced Transitions in Optomechanical Synchronization},
author = {Talitha Weiss and Andreas Kronwald and Florian Marquardt},
journal= {arXiv preprint arXiv:1507.06190},
year = {2016}
}