Generation of tripartite Einstein-Podolsky-Rosen steering by cascaded nonlinear process

A scheme is proposed to generate genuine tripartite Einstein-Podolsky-Rosen(EPR)steering in cascaded nonlinear process of the fourth-harmonic generation.The second-harmonic is generated by the first double-frequency process in an optical superlattice.Then,the fourth-harmonic is produced by the second cascaded double-frequency process through quasi-phase-matching technique in the same optical superlattice.The genuine tripartite EPR steering among the pump,the second-harmonic,and the fourth-harmonic beams can be obtained by this cascaded nonlinear process according to a criterion for genuine multipartite quantum steering.The quantum steering properties are discussed by adjusting the parameters related to the cascaded nonlinear system.The present research provides a reference scheme and data for obtaining good multipartite EPR steering in experiment and can advance the applications of quantum steering in the quantum information processing.

Controllable four-wave mixing response in a dual-cavity hybrid optomechanical system

We systematically investigate the four-wave mixing(FWM)spectrum in a dual-cavity hybrid optomechanical system,which is made up of one optical cavity with an ensemble of two-level atoms and another with a mechanical oscillator.In this work,we propose that the hybrid dual-cavity optomechanical system can be employed as a highly sensitive mass sensor due to the fact that the FWM spectrum generated in this system has a narrow spectral width and the intensity of the FWM can be easily tuned by controlling the coupling strength(cavity-cavity,atom-cavity).More fascinatingly,the dual-cavity hybrid optomechanical system can also be used as an all-optical switch in view of the easy on/off control of FWM signals by adjusting the atom-pump detuning to be positive or negative.The proposed schemes have great potential applications in quantum information processing and highly sensitive detection.

Effects of hydrostatic pressure and temperature on the nonlinear optical properties of semiparabolic plus semi-inverse squared quantum wells

In this study,the effects of hydrostatic pressure and temperature on nonlinear optical rectification(OR),second-harmonic generation(SHG),third-harmonic generation(THG)and the linear,nonlinear,and total optical absorption coefficients(OACs)of a semiparabolic plus semi-inverse squared quantum well(QW)are theoretically investigated.The results show that hydrostatic pressure and temperature have significant effects on the optical properties of semiparabolic plus semi-inverse squared QWs,and that the energy levels and magnitudes of the resonant peaks of OR,SHG,THG,and the total OACs vary according to the shape of the limiting potential,the hydrostatic pressure,and the temperature.It is easily seen that the peak positions of the resonant peaks of OR,SHG,THG,and the total OACs in the semiparabolic plus semi-inverse squared QW show a red shift with increasing hydrostatic pressure,but a blue shift with increasing temperature.Therefore,the magnitude and position of the resonant peaks of OR,SHG,THG,and the total OACs can be adjusted by changing the hydrostatic pressure and the temperature,which promise a new degree of freedom in the tunability of various electro-optical devices.

Controllable four-wave mixing based on quantum dot-cavity coupling system

We theoretically study the four-wave mixing(FWM)response in a quantum dot-cavity coupling system,where a two-level quantum dot(QD)is placed in an optical cavity while the cavity mode is coupled to the nanomechanical resonator via radiation pressure.The influences of the QD-cavity coupling strength,the Rabi coupling strength of the QD,and the power of the pump light on the FWM intensity are mainly considered.The numerical results show that the FWM intensity in this hybrid system can be significantly enhanced by increasing the QD-cavity coupling strength.In addition,the FWM intensity can be effectively modulated by the Rabi coupling strength and the pump power.Furthermore,the effects of the cavity decay rate and the cavitypump detuning on the FWM signal are also explored.The obtained results may have potential applications in the fields of quantum optics and quantum information science.