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Phonon number measurements using single photon opto-mechanics

S Basiri-Esfahani, U Akram, G J Milburn, Sahar Basiri Esfahani Orcid Logo

New Journal of Physics, Volume: 14, Issue: 8, Start page: 085017

Swansea University Author: Sahar Basiri Esfahani Orcid Logo

Abstract

We describe a system composed of two coupled optical cavity modes with a coupling modulated by a bulk mechanical resonator. In addition, one of the cavity modes is irreversibly coupled to a single photon source. Our scheme is an opto-mechanical realization of the Jaynes–Cummings model where the qubi...

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Published in: New Journal of Physics
ISSN: 1367-2630
Published: 2012
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URI: https://cronfa.swan.ac.uk/Record/cronfa39962
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Abstract: We describe a system composed of two coupled optical cavity modes with a coupling modulated by a bulk mechanical resonator. In addition, one of the cavity modes is irreversibly coupled to a single photon source. Our scheme is an opto-mechanical realization of the Jaynes–Cummings model where the qubit is a dual rail optical qubit while the bosonic degree of freedom is a matter degree of freedom realized as the bulk mechanical excitation. We show the possibility of engineering phonon number states of the mechanical oscillator in such a system by computing the conditional state of the mechanics after successive photon counting measurements.
College: Faculty of Science and Engineering
Issue: 8
Start Page: 085017