Adiabatic transfer of energy fluctuations between membranes inside an optical cavity

Abstract

A scheme is presented for the adiabatic transfer of average fluctuation in the phonon number between two membranes in an optical cavity. We show that by driving the cavity modes with external time-delayed pulses, one can obtain an effect analogous to stimulated Raman adiabatic passage (STIRAP) in the atomic systems. In this adiabatic processes the population is trapped between two states by creating a dark state.The adiabatic transfer of fluctuation from one membrane to the other is attained through a 'dark' mode, that is robust against decay of the mediating cavity mode.The results are supported with analytical and numerical calculations with experimentally feasible parameters.

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