Optical control of levitated nanoparticles via dipole–dipole interaction

We propose a scheme to create and unidirectionally transport thermal squeezed states and random-phase coherent states in a system of two interacting levitated nanoparticles. In this coupled levitated system, we create a thermal squeezed state of motion in one of the nanoparticles by parametrically d...

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Main Authors: Sharma Sandeep, Hong Seongi, Moskalenko Andrey S.
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Language:English
Published: De Gruyter 2025-03-01
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Online Access:https://doi.org/10.1515/nanoph-2024-0287
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description We propose a scheme to create and unidirectionally transport thermal squeezed states and random-phase coherent states in a system of two interacting levitated nanoparticles. In this coupled levitated system, we create a thermal squeezed state of motion in one of the nanoparticles by parametrically driving it and then transporting the state to the other nanoparticle by making use of a unidirectional transport mechanism. This mechanism is based on inducing a nonreciprocal type of coupling in the system by suitably modulating the phases of the trapping lasers and the interparticle distance between the levitated nanoparticles. A nonreciprocal coupling creates a unidirectional channel where energy flows from one nanoparticle to the other nanoparticle but not vice versa, thereby allowing for the transport of mechanical states between the nanoparticles. We also affirm this unidirectional transport mechanism by creating and efficiently transporting a random-phase coherent state in the coupled levitated system. In both instances of mechanical state transport, the final nanoparticle showed similar characteristics to the original nanoparticle, depicting a high-fidelity unidirectional transport mechanism. Further, we make use of the feedback nonlinearity and parametric driving to create simultaneous bistability in the coupled levitated system also via this unidirectional mechanism. Our results may have potential applications in tunable sensing, metrology, quantum networks, and in exploring many-body physics under a controlled environment.
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spelling doaj-art-80db65b2b8364bcf80a4acf8b6cfe1b92025-08-20T03:08:27ZengDe GruyterNanophotonics2192-86142025-03-0114787388410.1515/nanoph-2024-0287Optical control of levitated nanoparticles via dipole–dipole interactionSharma Sandeep0Hong Seongi1Moskalenko Andrey S.2Department of Physics, KAIST, Daejeon34141, Republic of KoreaDepartment of Physics, KAIST, Daejeon34141, Republic of KoreaDepartment of Physics, KAIST, Daejeon34141, Republic of KoreaWe propose a scheme to create and unidirectionally transport thermal squeezed states and random-phase coherent states in a system of two interacting levitated nanoparticles. In this coupled levitated system, we create a thermal squeezed state of motion in one of the nanoparticles by parametrically driving it and then transporting the state to the other nanoparticle by making use of a unidirectional transport mechanism. This mechanism is based on inducing a nonreciprocal type of coupling in the system by suitably modulating the phases of the trapping lasers and the interparticle distance between the levitated nanoparticles. A nonreciprocal coupling creates a unidirectional channel where energy flows from one nanoparticle to the other nanoparticle but not vice versa, thereby allowing for the transport of mechanical states between the nanoparticles. We also affirm this unidirectional transport mechanism by creating and efficiently transporting a random-phase coherent state in the coupled levitated system. In both instances of mechanical state transport, the final nanoparticle showed similar characteristics to the original nanoparticle, depicting a high-fidelity unidirectional transport mechanism. Further, we make use of the feedback nonlinearity and parametric driving to create simultaneous bistability in the coupled levitated system also via this unidirectional mechanism. Our results may have potential applications in tunable sensing, metrology, quantum networks, and in exploring many-body physics under a controlled environment.https://doi.org/10.1515/nanoph-2024-0287optomechanicslevitated optomechanicsunidirectional transportphonon lasingmechanical squeezingbistability
spellingShingle Sharma Sandeep
Hong Seongi
Moskalenko Andrey S.
Optical control of levitated nanoparticles via dipole–dipole interaction
Nanophotonics
optomechanics
levitated optomechanics
unidirectional transport
phonon lasing
mechanical squeezing
bistability
title Optical control of levitated nanoparticles via dipole–dipole interaction
title_full Optical control of levitated nanoparticles via dipole–dipole interaction
title_fullStr Optical control of levitated nanoparticles via dipole–dipole interaction
title_full_unstemmed Optical control of levitated nanoparticles via dipole–dipole interaction
title_short Optical control of levitated nanoparticles via dipole–dipole interaction
title_sort optical control of levitated nanoparticles via dipole dipole interaction
topic optomechanics
levitated optomechanics
unidirectional transport
phonon lasing
mechanical squeezing
bistability
url https://doi.org/10.1515/nanoph-2024-0287
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