分类： 光学 >> 量子光学 提交时间： 2023-02-19
摘要： We show how to prepare macroscopic entanglement between an atomic ensemble and a large number of magnons in a ferrimagnetic YIG crystal. Specifically, we adopt an opto-magnomechanical configuration where the magnetostriction-induced magnomechanical displacement couples to an optical cavity via radiation pressure, and the latter further couples to an ensemble of two-level atoms that are placed inside the cavity. We show that by properly driving the cavity and magnon modes, optomechanical entanglement is created which is further distributed to the atomic and magnonic systems, yielding stationary entanglement between atoms and magnons. The atom-magnon entanglement is a result of the combined effect of opto- and magnomechanical cooling and optomechanical parametric down-conversion interactions. A competition mechanism between two mechanical cooling channels is revealed. Our results indicate that the hybrid opto-magnomechanical system may become a promising system for preparing macroscopic quantum states involving magnons, photons, phonons and atoms.
分类： 光学 >> 量子光学 提交时间： 2023-02-19
摘要： Cooling the motion of a massive mechanical oscillator into its quantum ground state plays an essential role in observing macroscopic quantum effects in mechanical systems. Here we propose a measurement-based feedback cooling protocol in cavity magnomechanics that is able to cool the mechanical vibration mode of a macroscopic ferromagnet into its ground state. The mechanical mode couples to a magnon mode via a dispersive magnetostrictive interaction, and the latter further couples to a microwave cavity mode via the magnetic-dipole interaction. A feedback loop is introduced by measuring the amplitude of the microwave cavity output field and applying a force onto the mechanical oscillator that is proportional to the amplitude fluctuation of the output field. We show that by properly designing the feedback gain, the mechanical damping rate can be significantly enhanced while the mechanical frequency remains unaffected. Consequently, the vibration mode can be cooled into its quantum ground state in the unresolved-sideband regime at cryogenic temperatures. The protocol is designed for cavity magnomechanical systems using ferromagnetic materials which possess strong magnetostriction along with large magnon dissipation.
分类： 光学 >> 量子光学 提交时间： 2023-02-19
摘要： We show how to measure a steady-state magnon population in a magnetostatic mode of a ferromagnet or ferrimagnet, such as yttrium iron garnet. We adopt an optomechanical approach and utilize the magnetoelasticity of the ferromagnet. The magnetostrictive force dispersively couples magnons to the deformation displacement of the ferromagnet, which is proportional to the magnon population. By further coupling the mechanical displacement to an optical cavity that is resonantly driven by a weak laser, the magnetostrictively induced displacement can be sensed by measuring the phase quadrature of the optical field. The phase shows an excellent linear dependence on the magnon population for a not very large population, and can thus be used as a `magnometer' to measure the magnon population. We further study the effect of thermal noises, and find a high signal-to-noise ratio even at room temperature. At cryogenic temperatures, the resolution of magnon excitation numbers is essentially limited by the vacuum fluctuations of the phase, which can be significantly improved by using a squeezed light.
分类： 光学 >> 量子光学 提交时间： 2023-02-19
摘要： Microwave-optics entanglement is a vital component for building hybrid quantum networks. Here we show how to prepare stationary entanglement between microwave and optical cavity fields in a cavity optomagnomechanical system. It consists of a magnon mode in a ferrimagnetic crystal that couples directly to a microwave cavity mode via the magnetic dipole interaction, and indirectly to an optical cavity through the deformation displacement of the crystal. The mechanical displacement is induced by the magnetostrictive force and coupled to the optical cavity via radiation pressure. Both the opto- and magnomechanical couplings are dispersive. Magnon-phonon entanglement is created via magnomechanical parametric down-conversion, which is further distributed to optical and microwave photons via simultaneous optomechanical beamsplitter interaction and electromagnonic state-swap interaction, yielding stationary microwave-optics entanglement. The microwave-optics entanglement is robust against thermal noise, which will find broad potential applications in quantum networks and quantum information processing with hybrid quantum systems.
分类： 光学 >> 量子光学 提交时间： 2023-02-19
摘要： We show how to prepare a steady-state entangled state between magnons and optical photons in an opto-magnomechanical configuration, where a mechanical vibration mode couples to a magnon mode in a ferrimagnet by the dispersive magnetostrictive interaction, and to an optical cavity by the radiation pressure. We find that, by appropriately driving the magnon mode and the cavity to simultaneously activate the magnomechanical Stokes and the optomechanical anti-Stokes scattering, a stationary optomagnonic entangled state can be created. We further show that, by activating the magnomechanical state-swap interaction and subsequently sending a weak red-detuned optical pulse to drive the cavity, the magnonic state can be read out in the cavity output field of the pulse via the mechanical transduction. The demonstrated entanglement and state-readout protocols in such a novel opto-magnomechanical configuration allow us to optically control, prepare, and read out quantum states of collective spin excitations in solids, and provide promising opportunities for the study of quantum magnonics, macroscopic quantum states, and magnonic quantum information processing.
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