The hopping mechanism plays a key role in collective phenomena emerging in many-body physics. The ability to create and control systems that display this feature is important for next generation quantum technologies. Here we study two cavities separated by a vibrating two-sided perfect mirror and show that, within currently available experimental parameters, this system displays photon-pair hopping between the two electromagnetic resonators. In particular, the two-photon hopping is not due to tunneling, but rather to higher-order resonant processes. Starting from the classical problem we quantize the system and show this purely quantum feature. This opens the possibility to investigate a new mechanism of photon-pair propagation in optomechanical lattices.

Russo, E., Mercurio, A., Mauceri, F., Lo Franco, R., Nori, F., Savasta, S., et al. (2023). Optomechanical two-photon hopping. PHYSICAL REVIEW RESEARCH, 5(1), 1-9 [10.1103/PhysRevResearch.5.013221].

Optomechanical two-photon hopping

Lo Franco, Rosario
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Vincenzo Macri'
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2023-03-31

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The hopping mechanism plays a key role in collective phenomena emerging in many-body physics. The ability to create and control systems that display this feature is important for next generation quantum technologies. Here we study two cavities separated by a vibrating two-sided perfect mirror and show that, within currently available experimental parameters, this system displays photon-pair hopping between the two electromagnetic resonators. In particular, the two-photon hopping is not due to tunneling, but rather to higher-order resonant processes. Starting from the classical problem we quantize the system and show this purely quantum feature. This opens the possibility to investigate a new mechanism of photon-pair propagation in optomechanical lattices.
31-mar-2023
Settore FIS/03 - Fisica Della Materia
Russo, E., Mercurio, A., Mauceri, F., Lo Franco, R., Nori, F., Savasta, S., et al. (2023). Optomechanical two-photon hopping. PHYSICAL REVIEW RESEARCH, 5(1), 1-9 [10.1103/PhysRevResearch.5.013221].
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