Exciton-assisted optomechanics with suspended carbon nanotubes

I. Wilson-Rae, C. Galland, W. Zwerger, A. Imamoǧlu

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Abstract

We propose a framework for inducing strong optomechanical effects in a suspended carbon nanotube based on deformation potential (DP) exciton-phonon coupling. The excitons are confined using an inhomogeneous axial electric field which generates optically active quantum dots with a level spacing in the milli-electronvolt range and a characteristic size in the 10 nm range. A transverse field induces a tunable parametric coupling between the quantum dot and the flexural modes of the nanotube mediated by electron-phonon interactions. We derive the corresponding excitonic DPs and show that this interaction enables efficient optical ground-state cooling of the fundamental mode and could allow us to realize the strong and ultra-strong coupling regimes of the Jaynes-Cummings and Rabi models.

Original languageEnglish
Article number115003
JournalNew Journal of Physics
Volume14
DOIs
StatePublished - Nov 2012

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