Strong Coupling and Long-Range Collective Interactions in Optomechanical Arrays
Year: 2012
Type: article
Abstract: We investigate the collective optomechanics of an ensemble of scatterers inside a Fabry-Pérot resonator and identify an optimized configuration where the ensemble is transmissive, in contrast to the usual reflective optomechanics approach. In this configuration, the optomechanical coupling of a specific collective mechanical mode can be several orders of magnitude larger than the single-element case, and long-range interactions can be generated between the different elements since light permeates throughout the array. This new regime should realistically allow for achieving strong single-photon optomechanical coupling with massive resonators, realizing hybrid quantum interfaces, and exploiting collective long-range interactions in arrays of atoms or mechanical oscillators.
Source: Physical Review Letters
Authors: André Xuereb, Claudiu Genes, Aurélien Dantan
Institutions: Queen's University Belfast, Centre National de la Recherche Scientifique, University of Vienna, Universität Innsbruck, Institut de Science et d'Ingénierie Supramoléculaires, Vienna Center for Quantum Science and Technology, Institut de Physique et Chimie des Matériaux de Strasbourg, Université de Strasbourg, Aarhus University, Danish National Research Foundation
Language: English
Subfield: Atomic and Molecular Physics, and Optics
Field: Physics and Astronomy
Domain: Physical Sciences
Open Access status: green
OpenAlex ID: W2064644298