Beyond the parametric approximation: Pump depletion, entanglement, and squeezing in macroscopic down-conversion

K Chinni, N Quesada - Physical Review A, 2024 - APS
We study the dynamics of the pump mode in the down-conversion Hamiltonian using the
cumulant-expansion method, perturbation theory, and the full numerical simulation of …

Optomechanical entanglement induced by backward stimulated Brillouin scattering

P Djorwé, AH Abdel-Aty, KS Nisar, SGN Engo - Optik, 2024 - Elsevier
We propose a scheme to generate robust optomechanical entanglement, ie, the
entanglement between a mechanical and an optical modes. This scheme is based on a …

Optimal quantum sensing of the nonlinear bosonic interactions using Fock states

P Mahmoudi, A Ritboon, R Filip - Physical Review Research, 2024 - APS
Nonlinear processes with individual quanta beyond bilinear interactions are essential for
quantum technology with bosonic systems. Diverse coherent splitting and merging of quanta …

Something from Nothing: A Theoretical Framework for Enhancing or Enabling Cooling of a Mechanical Resonator via the anti-Stokes or Stokes Interaction and Zero …

J Clarke, EA Cryer-Jenkins, A Gupta, KD Major… - arXiv preprint arXiv …, 2024 - arxiv.org
We develop a theoretical framework to describe how zero-photon detection may be utilized
to enhance laser cooling via the anti-Stokes interaction and, somewhat surprisingly, enable …

All-optical nonlinear activation function based on stimulated Brillouin scattering

G Slinkov, S Becker, D Englund, B Stiller - arXiv preprint arXiv:2401.05135, 2024 - arxiv.org
Photonic neural networks have demonstrated their potential over the past decades, but have
not yet reached the full extent of their capabilities. One reason for this lies in an essential …

Something from Nothing: Enhanced Laser Cooling of a Mechanical Resonator via Zero-Photon Detection

EA Cryer-Jenkins, KD Major, J Clarke, G Enzian… - arXiv preprint arXiv …, 2024 - arxiv.org
Throughout quantum science and technology, measurement is used as a powerful resource
for nonlinear operations and quantum state engineering. In particular, single-photon …

Brillouin optomechanics: strong coupling, the lasing transition, and single-phonon-level operations

MR Vanner - … Sensing, Imaging, and Precision Metrology II, 2024 - spiedigitallibrary.org
Backward Brillouin scattering in whispering-gallery-mode micro-resonators offers an exciting
avenue to pursue both classical and quantum optomechanics applications. Our team—the …