Macroscopic entanglement generation in optomechanical system embedded in non-Markovian environment

Abstract

In this paper, we analyze the macroscopic entanglement generation between two movable mirrors in an optomechanical system beyond the Markov approximation. We derive a non-Markovian master equation for the optomechanical system and analyze the entanglement generation based on the numerical simulation. It is found that the maximum entanglement can be achieved by utilizing both the optomechanical coupling and the non-Markovian properties of the bath. In particular, we show the contribution from the system-bath coupling has a positive impact only if the bath is non-Markovian. Besides, the symmetric properties of the optomechanical system as well as the initial state are crucial to the entanglement generation. The results presented in the paper illustrate that the impact of the non-Markovian bath is an important factor in the entanglement generation in the optomechanical system.