Quantum synchronization and entanglement of indirectly coupled mechanical oscillators in cavity optomechanics: a numerical study

Abstract

It is often conjectured that quantum synchronisation and entanglement are two independent properties which two coupled quantum systems may not exhibit at the same time. However, as both these properties can be understood in terms of the second order moments of a set of conjugate quadratures, there may exist specific conditions for simultaneous existence of entanglement and quantum synchronization. Here we present a theoretical scheme to achieve the same between two mechanical oscillators, which are indirectly coupled with each other via a coupling between two cavities. We show that in the presence of the cavity-oscillator coupling, quadratically varying with their displacements, these oscillators can be synchronized in the quantum sense and entangled as well, at times much longer than the decay time-scale of the cavity modes. Precisely speaking, we show that in the presence of quadratic coupling, entanglement criterion and quantum synchronization measure are simultaneously satisfied in steady state. This behaviour can be observed for a range of quadratic coupling, temperature, and frequency difference of the two oscillators.

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