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All-Optical Synchronization of Remote Optomechanical Systems

Jin Li, Zhong-Hao Zhou, Shuai Wan, Yan-Lei Zhang, Zhen Shen, Ming Li, Chang-Ling Zou, Guang-Can Guo, and Chun-Hua Dong
Phys. Rev. Lett. 129, 063605 – Published 5 August 2022
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Synchronization and frequency locking between remote mechanical oscillators are of scientific and technological importance. The key challenges are to align the oscillation frequencies and realize strong nonlinear interaction of both oscillators to a common carrier capable of long-distance transmission. Here, we experimentally realize the all-optical synchronization between two different optomechanical systems, a microsphere and a microdisk. The mechanical oscillation of the microsphere induced by the radiation pressure is loaded onto the pump laser via the optomechanical interaction, which is directly transmitted through a 5-km-long single-mode fiber to excite the mechanical oscillation of the microdisk. By finely tuning both the optical and mechanical frequencies of the two microresonators, the oscillation of the microdisk is injection locked to the microsphere, resulting in a synchronized phase relation of the two systems. Our results push a step forward the long-distance synchronization network using optomechanical microresonators.

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  • Received 22 March 2022
  • Accepted 14 June 2022

DOI:https://doi.org/10.1103/PhysRevLett.129.063605

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Atomic, Molecular & Optical

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Motion Synchronization Goes Long Distance

Published 5 August 2022

Researchers have optically synced the motion of two micrometer-sized objects separated by 5 km, a distance around a hundred million times longer than previous demonstrations.

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Jin Li*, Zhong-Hao Zhou*, Shuai Wan*, Yan-Lei Zhang, Zhen Shen, Ming Li, Chang-Ling Zou, Guang-Can Guo, and Chun-Hua Dong

  • CAS Key Laboratory of Quantum Information, University of Science and Technology of China, Hefei 230026, People’s Republic of China and CAS Center For Excellence in Quantum Information and Quantum Physics, University of Science and Technology of China, Hefei, Anhui 230026, People’s Republic of China

  • *J. L., Z.-H. Z., and S. W. contributed equally to this work.
  • lmwin@ustc.edu.cn
  • chunhua@ustc.edu.cn

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Vol. 129, Iss. 6 — 5 August 2022

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