Spectrum of single-photon emission and scattering in cavity optomechanics

Jie-Qiao Liao, H. K. Cheung, C. K. Law

Published 2012-01-09, updated 2012-02-28Version 2

We present an analytic solution describing the quantum state of a single photon after interacting with a moving mirror in a cavity. This includes situations when the photon is initially stored in a cavity mode as well as when the photon is injected into the cavity. In addition, we obtain the spectrum of the output photon in the resolved-sideband limit, which reveals spectral features of the single-photon strong-coupling regime in this system. We also clarify the conditions under which the phonon sidebands are visible and the photon-state frequency shift can be resolved.