Hybrid optomechanics for Quantum Technologies

B. Rogers, N. Lo Gullo, G. De Chiara, G.M. Palma, M. Paternostro

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Abstract

We review the physics of hybrid optomechanical systems consisting of a mechanical oscillator interacting with both a radiation mode and an additional matterlike system. We concentrate on the cases embodied by either a single or a multi-atom system (a Bose-Einstein condensate, in particular) and discuss a wide range of physical effects, from passive mechanical cooling to the set-up of multipartite entanglement, from optomechanical nonlocality to the achievement of non-classical states of a single mechanical mode. The reviewed material showcases the viability of hybridised cavity optomechanical systems as basic building blocks for quantum communication networks and quantum state-engineering devices, possibly empowered by the use of quantum and optimal control techniques. The results that we discuss are instrumental to the promotion of hybrid optomechanical devices as promising experimental platforms for the study of nonclassicality at the genuine mesoscopic level.
Original languageEnglish
Pages (from-to)11-43
Number of pages33
JournalQuantum Measurements and Quantum Metrology
Volume2
Issue number1
Early online date23 Jun 2014
DOIs
Publication statusPublished - Jun 2014

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