• DocumentCode
    689886
  • Title

    Entangled mechanical cat states from conditional optomechanics

  • Author

    Akram, Usman ; Bowen, Warwick ; Milburn, Gerard

  • Author_Institution
    Centre for Eng. Quantum Syst., Univ. of Queensland, Brisbane, QLD, Australia
  • fYear
    2013
  • fDate
    9-14 June 2013
  • Firstpage
    1
  • Lastpage
    2
  • Abstract
    We condition the interaction of a single photon in an interferometer with two optomechanical systems. Conditioning on long detection times of the photon from the composite system results in an entangled mechanical cat state.
  • Keywords
    light interferometers; quantum entanglement; quantum optics; composite system; conditional optomechanics; entangled mechanical cat states; interferometer; long detection times; optomechanical systems; single photon interaction; Cavity resonators; Couplings; Interconnected systems; Optical interferometry; Optical reflection; Optical resonators; Photonics;
  • fLanguage
    English
  • Publisher
    ieee
  • Conference_Titel
    Lasers and Electro-Optics (CLEO), 2013 Conference on
  • Conference_Location
    San Jose, CA
  • Type

    conf

  • Filename
    6834276