Optomechanical to mechanical entanglement transformation

We present a scheme for generating entanglement between two mechanical oscillators that have never interacted with each other by using an entanglement-swapping protocol. The system under study consists of a Michelson-Morley interferometer comprising mechanical systems embodied by two cantilevers. Ea...

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Main Authors: Vacanti, G, Paternostro, M, Palma, G, Vedral, V
Format: Journal article
Language:English
Published: IOP Publishing 2008
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Summary:We present a scheme for generating entanglement between two mechanical oscillators that have never interacted with each other by using an entanglement-swapping protocol. The system under study consists of a Michelson-Morley interferometer comprising mechanical systems embodied by two cantilevers. Each of them is coupled to a field mode via the radiation pressure mechanism. Entanglement between the two mechanical systems is set by measuring the output modes of the interferometer. We also propose a control mechanism for the amount of entanglement based on path-length difference between the two arms. © IOP Publishing Ltd and Deutsche Physikalische Gesellschaft.