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We investigated the quantum state of an optomechanical suspended mirror under continuous measurement and feedback control using Wiener filtering. We focus on the impact of the two-mode theory of suspended mirror on the quantum state, which…

Quantum optomechanics exploits radiation pressure effects inside optical cavities. It can be used to generate quantum states of the center-of-mass motion of massive mechanical objects, thereby opening up a new parameter regime for…

Quantum Physics · Physics 2015-02-11 Rainer Kaltenbaek , Markus Aspelmeyer

The iconic Schr\"odinger's cat state describes a system that may be in a superposition of two macroscopically distinct states, for example two clearly separated oscillator coherent states. Quite apart from their role in understanding the…

Quantum Physics · Physics 2014-12-25 M. J. Everitt , T. P. Spiller , G. J. Milburn , R. D. Wilson , A. M. Zagoskin

Given a source of two coherent state superpositions with small separation in a traveling wave optical setting, we show that by interference and balanced homodyne measurement it is possible to conditionally prepare a symmetrically placed…

Quantum Physics · Physics 2015-11-23 P. Adam , T. Kiss , Z. Darázs , I. Jex

While the levitating mirror has seen renewed interest lately, relatively little is known about its quantum behaviour. In this paper we present a quantum theory of a one dimensional levitating mirror. The mirror forms a part of a Fabry-Perot…

Quantum Physics · Physics 2022-12-08 C. T. Marco Ho , Ryan J. Marshman , Robert B. Mann , Timothy C. Ralph

Quantum superpositions of distinct coherent states in a single-mode harmonic oscillator, known as "cat states", have been an elegant demonstration of Schrodinger's famous cat paradox. Here, we realize a two-mode cat state of electromagnetic…

We study the physical properties of double-cavity optomechanical system in which the mechanical resonator interacts with one of the coupled cavities and another cavity is used as an auxiliary cavity. The model can be expected to achieve the…

Quantum Physics · Physics 2016-05-04 Dong-Yang Wang , Cheng-Hua Bai , Hong-Fu Wang , Ai-Dong Zhu , Shou Zhang

Superpositions of macroscopically distinct quantum states, introduced in Schroedinger's famous Gedankenexperiment, are an epitome of quantum "strangeness" and a natural tool for determining the validity limits of quantum physics. The…

We propose a method to entangle two distant vibrating microsize mirrors (i.e., mechanical oscillators) in a cavity optomechanical system. In this scheme, we discuss both the resonant and large-detuning conditions, and show that the…

Quantum Physics · Physics 2017-03-01 Zhi-Rong Zhong , Xin Wang , Wei Qin , Chui-Ping Yang , Adam Miranowicz , Franco Nori

We propose a scheme to engineer Schr\"{o}dinger-cat states of propagating optical pulses. Multi-dimensional and multi-partite cat states can be generated simply by reflecting coherent optical pulses successively from a single-atom cavity.…

Quantum Physics · Physics 2007-05-23 B. Wang , L. -M. Duan

This study is aimed at investigating the feasibility of generating quantum entanglement between macroscopic mechanical mirrors in optomechanical systems while under continuous measurement and feedback control. We carefully derive a…

A theoretical scheme for the realization of the sphere-coherent motional states in an optomechanical cavity in the presence of a two-level atom is proposed. To this end, the analogy between an atom-assisted optomechanical cavity and a…

Quantum Physics · Physics 2015-06-22 F. Bemani , R. Roknizadeh , M. H. Naderi

We investigate a hybrid system consisting of an atomic ensemble trapped inside a dissipative optomechanical cavity assisted with the perturbative oscillator-qubit coupling. It is shown that such a hybrid system is very suitable for…

Quantum Physics · Physics 2018-11-15 Cheng-Hua Bai , Dong-Yang Wang , Shou Zhang , Hong-Fu Wang

Schr\"odinger cat states, which are superpositions of macroscopically distinct states, are potentially critical resources for upcoming quantum information technologies. In this paper, we introduce a scheme to generate entangled…

High Energy Physics - Theory · Physics 2024-08-14 Partha Nandi , Nandita Debnath , Subhajit Kala , A. S. Majumdar

Quantum metrology with nonclassical states offers a promising route to improved precision in physical measurements. The quantum effects of Schr{\"o}dinger-cat superpositions or entanglements allow measurement uncertainties to reach below…

Quantum Physics · Physics 2025-07-11 Y. A. Yang , W. -T. Luo , J. -L. Zhang , S. -Z. Wang , Chang-Ling Zou , T. Xia , Z. -T. Lu

We demonstrate the feasibility of levitating a small mirror using only radiation pressure. In our scheme, the mirror is supported by a tripod where each leg of the tripod is a Fabry-Perot cavity. The macroscopic state of the mirror is…

Quantum Physics · Physics 2017-07-10 G. Guccione , M. Hosseini , S. Adlong , M. T. Johnsson , J. Hope , B. C. Buchler , P. K. Lam

The ability to prepare a macroscopic mechanical resonator into a quantum superposition state is an outstanding goal of cavity optomechanics. Here, we propose a technique to generate cat states of motion using the intrinsic nonlinearity of a…

Quantum Physics · Physics 2023-06-07 Bradley D Hauer , Joshua Combes , John D. Teufel

We theoretically investigate the possibility to generate non-classical states of optical and mechanical modes of optical cavities, distant from each other. A setup comprised of two identical cavities, each with one fixed and one movable…

Quantum Physics · Physics 2013-05-30 Chaitanya Joshi , Jonas Larson , Mats Jonson , Erika Andersson , Patrik Ohberg

In recent years, there has been an increased interest in the generation of superposition of coherent states with opposite phases, the so-called photonic Schrodinger-cat states. These experiments are very challenging and so far, cats…

Quantum Physics · Physics 2015-10-28 E. Oudot , P. Sekatski , F. Fröwis , N. Gisin , N. Sangouard

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