We propose and analyze nonlinear optomechanical protocols that can be
implemented by adding a single atom to an optomechanical cavity. In particular,
we show how to engineer the environment in order to dissipatively prepare the
mechanical oscillator in a superposition of Fock states with fidelity close to
one. Furthermore, we discuss how a single atom in a cavity with several
mechanical oscillators can be exploited to realize nonlinear many-body physics
by stroboscopically driving the mechanical oscillators. We show how to prepare
non-classical many-body states by either applying coherent protocols or
engineering dissipation. The analysis of the protocols is carried out using a
perturbation theory for degenerate Liouvillians and numerical tools. Our
results apply to other systems where a qubit is coupled to a mechanical
oscillator via a bosonic mode, e.g., in cavity quantum electromechanics.
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%1 Pflanzer2013Optomechanics
%A Pflanzer, Anika C.
%A Romero-Isart, Oriol
%A Cirac, J. Ignacio
%D 2013
%K theory atoms optomechanics
%T Optomechanics assisted with a qubit: From dissipative state preparation to many-body physics
%U http://arxiv.org/abs/1305.6840
%X We propose and analyze nonlinear optomechanical protocols that can be
implemented by adding a single atom to an optomechanical cavity. In particular,
we show how to engineer the environment in order to dissipatively prepare the
mechanical oscillator in a superposition of Fock states with fidelity close to
one. Furthermore, we discuss how a single atom in a cavity with several
mechanical oscillators can be exploited to realize nonlinear many-body physics
by stroboscopically driving the mechanical oscillators. We show how to prepare
non-classical many-body states by either applying coherent protocols or
engineering dissipation. The analysis of the protocols is carried out using a
perturbation theory for degenerate Liouvillians and numerical tools. Our
results apply to other systems where a qubit is coupled to a mechanical
oscillator via a bosonic mode, e.g., in cavity quantum electromechanics.
@misc{Pflanzer2013Optomechanics,
abstract = {{We propose and analyze nonlinear optomechanical protocols that can be
implemented by adding a single atom to an optomechanical cavity. In particular,
we show how to engineer the environment in order to dissipatively prepare the
mechanical oscillator in a superposition of Fock states with fidelity close to
one. Furthermore, we discuss how a single atom in a cavity with several
mechanical oscillators can be exploited to realize nonlinear many-body physics
by stroboscopically driving the mechanical oscillators. We show how to prepare
non-classical many-body states by either applying coherent protocols or
engineering dissipation. The analysis of the protocols is carried out using a
perturbation theory for degenerate Liouvillians and numerical tools. Our
results apply to other systems where a qubit is coupled to a mechanical
oscillator via a bosonic mode, e.g., in cavity quantum electromechanics.}},
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posted-at = {2013-07-18 23:37:35},
priority = {2},
timestamp = {2013-09-10T00:17:08.000+0200},
title = {{Optomechanics assisted with a qubit: From dissipative state preparation to many-body physics}},
url = {http://arxiv.org/abs/1305.6840},
year = 2013
}