Coherent perfect absorption, transmission, and synthesis in a double-cavity optomechanical system

• Published in: Optics express Vol. 22; no. 5; p. 4886
• Main Authors: Yan, Xiao-Bo, Cui, Cui-Li, Gu, Kai-Hui, Tian, Xue-Dong, Fu, Chang-Bao, Wu, Jin-Hui
• Format: Journal Article
• Language: English
• Published: United States 10.03.2014
• ISSN: 1094-4087; 1094-4087
• DOI: 10.1364/OE.22.004886

We study a double-cavity optomechanical system in which a movable mirror with perfect reflection is inserted between two fixed mirrors with partial transmission. This optomechanical system is driven from both fixed end mirrors in a symmetric scheme by two strong coupling fields and two weak probe fields. We find that three interesting phenomena: coherent perfect absorption (CPA), coherent perfect transmission (CPT), and coherent perfect synthesis (CPS) can be attained within different parameter regimes. That is, we can make two input probe fields totally absorbed by the movable mirror without yielding any energy output from either end mirror (CPA); make an input probe field transmitted from one end mirror to the other end mirror without suffering any energy loss in the two cavities (CPT); make two input probe fields synthesized into one output probe field after undergoing either a perfect transmission or a perfect reflection (CPS). These interesting phenomena originate from the efficient hybrid coupling of optical and mechanical modes and may be all-optically controlled to realize novel photonic devices in quantum information networks.