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We propose a quantum simulation of a two-level atom coupled to a single mode of the electromagnetic field in the ultrastrong-coupling regime based upon resonant Raman transitions in an atom interacting with a high finesse optical cavity…

Quantum Physics · Physics 2014-08-27 Arne L. Grimsmo , Scott Parkins

Ultracold $^{87}$Rb atoms are delivered into a high-finesse optical micro-cavity using a translating optical lattice trap and detected via the cavity field. The atoms are loaded into an optical lattice from a magneto-optic trap (MOT) and…

Quantum Physics · Physics 2009-11-10 J. A. Sauer , K. M. Fortier , M. S. Chang , C. D. Hamley , M. S. Chapman

The mechanical influence on objects due to their interaction with light has been a central topic in atomic physics for decades. Thus, one finds that many concepts developed to describe cavity optomechanical systems with solid-state…

Quantum Physics · Physics 2012-04-20 Dan M. Stamper-Kurn

In this work, we propose performing key operations in quantum computation and communication using room-temperature atoms moving across a grid of high-quality-factor, small-mode-volume cavities. These cavities enable high-cooperativity…

The harmonic oscillator is one of the simplest physical systems but also one of the most fundamental. It is ubiquitous in nature, often serving as an approximation for a more complicated system or as a building block in larger models.…

Quantum Physics · Physics 2011-11-15 K. R. Brown , C. Ospelkaus , Y. Colombe , A. C. Wilson , D. Leibfried , D. J. Wineland

A new mechanism is proposed for dissipatively preparing maximal Bell entangled state of two atoms in an optical cavity. This scheme integrates the spontaneous emission, the light shift of atoms in the presence of dispersive microwave field,…

Quantum Physics · Physics 2018-03-07 D. X. Li , X. Q. Shao , J. H. Wu , X. X. Yi

One of the most studied model systems in quantum optics is a two-level atom strongly coupled to a single mode of the electromagnetic field stored in a cavity, a research field named cavity quantum electrodynamics or CQED. CQED has recently…

Quantum Physics · Physics 2011-11-03 P. Bertet , F. R. Ong , M. Boissonneault , A. Bolduc , F. Mallet , A. C. Doherty , A. Blais , D. Vion , D. Esteve

We study the nonlinear dynamics of an ensemble of cold trapped atoms with a hyperfine transition magnetically coupled to a resonant microwave cavity mode. Despite the minute single atom coupling one obtains strong coupling between…

Quantum Physics · Physics 2011-01-04 Kathrin Henschel , Johannes Majer , Jörg Schmiedmayer , Helmut Ritsch

In this review article, we present the recent theoretical developments and some breakthrough experiments in cavity QED systems (optical and optomechanical systems) and also focus on the experimental realization of the theoretical proposals.

Quantum Gases · Physics 2014-11-04 Kamanasish Debnath , Aranya B. Bhattacherjee

A pertinent question in cavity optomechanics is whether reaching the regime of large single-photon cooperativity, where the single-photon coupling rate exceeds the geometric mean of the cavity and mechanical decay rates, can enable any new…

Quantum Physics · Physics 2020-05-19 Kjetil Borkje

We propose and study the use of photon-mediated interactions for the generation of long-range steady-state entanglement between N atoms. Through the judicious use of coherent drives and the placement of the atoms in a network of Cavity QED…

Quantum Physics · Physics 2016-03-25 Camille Aron , Manas Kulkarni , Hakan E. Türeci

Cavity quantum electrodynamics (QED), the study of the interaction between quantized emitters and photons confined in an optical cavity, is an important tool for quantum science in computing, networking, and synthetic matter. In atomic…

In cavity optomechanics, light is used to control mechanical motion. A central goal of the field is achieving single-photon strong coupling, which would enable the creation of quantum superposition states of motion. Reaching this limit…

Mesoscale and Nanoscale Physics · Physics 2015-10-19 Mingyun Yuan , Vibhor Singh , Yaroslav M. Blanter , Gary A. Steele

We propose a method for engineering spin dynamics in ensembles of integer-spin atoms confined within a high-finesse optical cavity. Our proposal uses cavity-assisted Raman transitions to engineer a Dicke model for integer-spin atoms, which,…

Quantum Physics · Physics 2017-12-14 Stuart J. Masson , M. D. Barrett , Scott Parkins

We theoretically show that strong mechanical quantum squeezing in a linear optomechanical system can be rapidly generated through the dynamical instability reached in the far red-detuned and ultrastrong coupling regime. We show that this…

We describe a coherent control technique for coupling electron spin states associated with semiconductor double-dot molecule to a microwave stripline resonator on a chip. We identify a novel regime of operation in which strong interaction…

Mesoscale and Nanoscale Physics · Physics 2007-05-23 J. M. Taylor , M. D. Lukin

Demonstrating and exploiting the quantum nature of larger, more macroscopic mechanical objects would help us to directly investigate the limitations of quantum-based measurements and quantum information protocols, as well as test long…

Quantum Physics · Physics 2011-03-16 J. D. Teufel , D. Li , M. S. Allman , K. Cicak , A. J. Sirois , J. D. Whittaker , R. W. Simmonds

We present an efficient way for measuring the entanglement of the atoms. Through the auxiliary single photons input-output process in cavity quantum electrodynamics (QED), the concurrence of the atomic entanglement can be obtained according…

Quantum Physics · Physics 2014-01-14 Yu-Bo Sheng , Lan Zhou

The interactions between light and matter are strongly enhanced when atoms are placed in high-finesse quantum cavities, offering tantalizing opportunities for generating exotic new quantum phases. In this work we show that both spin-orbit…

Quantum Gases · Physics 2018-01-29 Farokh Mivehvar , David L. Feder

Cavity optomechanics allows the characterization of a vibration mode, its cooling and quantum manipulation using electromagnetic fields. Regarding nanomechanical as well as electronic properties, single wall carbon nanotubes are a…

Mesoscale and Nanoscale Physics · Physics 2020-04-06 Stefan Blien , Patrick Steger , Niklas Hüttner , Richard Graaf , Andreas K. Hüttel