Strong Molecule-Light Entanglement with Molecular Cavity Optomechanics
We propose a molecular optomechanical platform to generate robust entanglement among bosonic modes-photons, phonons, and plasmons-under ambient conditions. The system integrates a high-Q whispering-gallery-mode (WGM) optical resonator with a plasmonic nanocavity formed by a metallic nanoparticle and a single molecule. This hybrid architecture offers two critical advantages over stand-alone plasmonic systems: (i) efficient redirection of Stokes photons from the lossy plasmonic mode into the long-lived WGM resonator and (ii) suppression of molecular absorption and sustaining vibrational ground states via plasmon-WGM interactions. These features enable entanglement to redistribute from the fragile plasmon-phonon bipartition to a robust photon-phonon bipartition in the blue-detuned regime, yielding robust stationary entanglement resilient to environmental noise. Remarkably, the achieved entanglement surpasses the theoretical bound for conventional two-mode squeezing in certain parameter regimes. Our scheme establishes a universal approach to safeguard entanglement in open quantum systems and opens avenues for noise-resilient quantum information technologies.
Institutions
- National University of Defense Technology (CN)
- Hunan Normal University (CN)
- Zhengzhou University of Light Industry (CN)
- Xi'an Jiaotong University (CN)
Publication Details
- Journal
- Physical Review Letters
- Published
- 2025-12-09
- DOI
- https://doi.org/10.1103/4z8v-f6s5
- Citations
- 1
- Primary Topic
- Mechanical and Optical Resonators
- Type
- article
- Field-Weighted Citation Impact
- 1.25