Controllable optical response in hybrid opto-electromechanical systems**Project supported by the National Natural Science Foundation of China (Grant Nos. 11304110 and 11174101), the Natural Science Foundation of Jiangsu Province, China (Grant Nos. BK20130413 and BK2011411), the Natural Science Foundation of the Jiangsu Higher Education Institutions of China (Grant No. 13KJB140002).

Abstract

We theoretically investigate the analog of electromagnetically induced absorption and parametric amplification in a hybrid opto-electromechanical system consisting of an optical cavity and a microwave cavity coupled to a common mechanical resonator. When the two cavity modes are driven by two pump fields, a weak probe beam is applied to the optical cavity to monitor the optical response of the hybrid system, which can be effectively controlled by adjusting the frequency and power of the two pump fields. We find that the analog of electromagnetically induced absorption and parametric amplification can appear in the probe transmission spectrum when one cavity is pumped on its red sideband and another is pumped on its blue sideband. These phenomena can find potential applications in optical switching and signal amplification in the quantum information process.