Strong and noise-tolerant entanglement in dissipative optomechanics

TL;DR

This paper explores how dissipative optomechanical systems can generate stronger, more noise-resilient entanglement compared to traditional coherent systems, using a Michelson-Sagnac interferometer with a movable membrane.

Contribution

It demonstrates that dissipative coupling can produce stronger and more robust entanglement than coherent coupling in optomechanical systems, with potential for quantum information applications.

Findings

Dissipative coupling yields stronger entanglement than coherent coupling.

Entanglement is more robust to noise under dissipative coupling.

Simultaneous coherent and dissipative couplings weaken entanglement due to interference.

Abstract

Macroscopic entanglement, as a critical quantum resource in quantum information science, has been extensively studied in coherent optomechanics over the past decades. However, entanglement in dissipative optomechanics, where the cavity linewidth depends on the position of the mechanical resonator, remains largely unexplored. In this work, we investigate quantum entanglement in a dissipative optomechanical system realized by a Michelson-Sagnac interferometer with a movable membrane. This configuration enables the switching between coherent and dissipative optomechanical couplings at will. With experimentally feasible parameters, we demonstrate that the steady-state mechanical displacement exhibits a nonlinear (linear) dependence on the driving power under coherent (dissipative) coupling. Furthermore, we show that the quantum entanglement generated via dissipative coupling is significantly stronger and more robust to noise than that generated via coherent coupling. When both coherent and dissipative couplings are simultaneously present, the entanglement is weakened due to quantum interference. Our results indicate that dissipative optomechanical coupling can be a promising route for engineering strong and noise-resilient quantum entanglement.