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Phys. Rev. Lett. 101, 200503 (2008) [4 pages]

Steady State Entanglement in the Mechanical Vibrations of Two Dielectric Membranes

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Michael J. Hartmann1,2,* and Martin B. Plenio2
1Physik Department I/T34, Technische Universität München, 85748 Garching, Germany
2Institute for Mathematical Sciences, Imperial College London, and QOLS, Blackett Laboratory, Imperial College London, SW7 2BW, United Kingdom

Received 12 June 2008; published 13 November 2008

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We consider two dielectric membranes suspended inside a Fabry-Perot cavity, which are cooled to a steady state via a drive by suitable classical lasers. We show that the vibrations of the membranes can be entangled in this steady state. They thus form two mechanical, macroscopic degrees of freedom that share steady state entanglement.

© 2008 The American Physical Society

URL:
http://link.aps.org/doi/10.1103/PhysRevLett.101.200503
DOI:
10.1103/PhysRevLett.101.200503
PACS:
03.67.Bg, 03.65.Ta, 07.10.Cm, 42.50.Wk

*michael.hartmann@ph.tum.de