Towards quantum entanglement in nanoelectromechanical devices

We study arrays of mechanical oscillators in the quantum domain and demonstrate how the motions of distant oscillators can be entangled without the need for control of individual oscillators and without a direct interaction between them. These oscillators are thought of as being members of an array...

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Published in:Physical review letters 2004-11, Vol.93 (19), p.190402.1-190402.4
Main Authors: EISERT, J, PLENIO, M. B, BOSE, S, HARTLEY, J
Format: Article
Language:English
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Exact sciences and technology
Physics
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Summary:We study arrays of mechanical oscillators in the quantum domain and demonstrate how the motions of distant oscillators can be entangled without the need for control of individual oscillators and without a direct interaction between them. These oscillators are thought of as being members of an array of nanoelectromechanical resonators with a voltage being applicable between neighboring resonators. Sudden nonadiabatic switching of the interaction results in a squeezing of the states of the mechanical oscillators, leading to an entanglement transport in chains of mechanical oscillators. We discuss spatial dimensions, Q factors, temperatures and decoherence sources in some detail, and find a distinct robustness of the entanglement in the canonical coordinates in such a scheme. We also briefly discuss the challenging aspect of detection of the generated entanglement.
ISSN:0031-9007
1079-7114
DOI:10.1103/PhysRevLett.93.190402