Dissipative optomechanical coupling with a membrane outside of an optical cavity

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We theoretically study an optomechanical system which consists of a two-sided cavity and a mechanical membrane that is placed outside of it. The membrane is positioned close to one of its mirrors, and the cavity is coupled to the external light field through the other mirror. Our study is focused on the regime where the dispersive optomechanical coupling in the system vanishes. Such a regime is found to be possible if the membrane is less reflecting than the adjacent mirror, yielding a potentially very strong dissipative optomechanical coupling. Specifically, if the absolute values of amplitude transmission coefficients of the membrane and the mirror, t and tm, respectively, obey the condition t(m)(2) < t << t(m) << 1, the dissipative coupling constant of the setup exceeds the dispersive coupling constant for an optomechanical cavity of the same length. The dissipative coupling constant and the corresponding optomechanical cooperativity of the proposed system are also compared with those of the Michelson-Sagnac interferometer and the so-called "membrane-at-the-edge" system, which are known for a strong optomechanical dissipative interaction. It is shown that under the above condition, the system proposed here is advantageous in both aspects. It also enables an efficient realization of the two-port configuration, which was recently proposed as a promising optomechanical system, providing, among other benefits, a possibility of quantum limited optomechanical measurements in a system which does not suffer from any optomechanical instability.

Original languageEnglish
Article number063503
JournalPhysical Review A
Volume103
Issue number6
Number of pages11
ISSN2469-9926
DOIs
Publication statusPublished - 1 Jun 2021

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