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Optical response mediated by a two-level system in the hybrid optomechanical system

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The optical response is studied in a hybrid nanomechanical system which is that a superconducting qubit is coupled with the mechanical mode. We show that the system displays the phenomena of the coherent perfect photon reflection, transmission, absorption, and synthesis. The qubit–mechanical interaction can lead to significantly modified optical response properties and provide a new interference channel for the optical response and add an additional perfect transmission, reflection, absorption, or synthesis point in such a hybrid system. This work may open up the hybrid optomechanical system as a perfect reflector, transistor, absorber, and synthesizer for the study of optical switch in the future quantum networks.

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This work was supported by the National Natural Science Foundation of China, under Grant Nos. 11775040, 11375036, and 11704026, the Xinghai Scholar Cultivation Plan, and the Fundamental Research Fund for the Central Universities under Grant No. DUT18LK45.

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  1. Institute of Theoretical Physics, Shanxi Datong University, Datong, 037009, China

    Yang Zhang

  2. Department of Physics, Shanxi Datong University, Datong, 037009, China

    Yang Zhang

  3. School of Physics, Dalian University of Technology, Dalian, 116024, China

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  4. School of Science, North University of China, Taiyuan, 030051, China

    Shao-xiong Wu

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Zhang, Y., Liu, T., Wu, Sx. et al. Optical response mediated by a two-level system in the hybrid optomechanical system. Quantum Inf Process 17, 209 (2018). https://doi.org/10.1007/s11128-018-1980-0

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