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A household microwave and lasers are examples of standing electromagnetic waves in a cavity. When two conducting metal plates are placed parallel at the nodal planes, it creates a cavity where standing waves are formed. The cavity between the two planes is analogous to a stretched string held at the points x = 0 and x = L. Here, the distance 'L' between the two planes must be an integer multiple of half of the wavelength. The wavelengths that satisfy this condition are given by:
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    Area of Science:

    • Quantum optics
    • Optomechanics
    • Condensed matter physics

    Background:

    • Optomechanical systems couple optical and mechanical degrees of freedom.
    • Phonon lasers aim to generate coherent phonons, analogous to optical lasers generating photons.
    • Exceptional points in non-Hermitian systems offer unique phenomena like frequency splitting.

    Purpose of the Study:

    • To investigate the behavior of a two-optical-mode optomechanical system pumped by an external wave.
    • To explore the existence and implications of exceptional points in this system.
    • To demonstrate simultaneous photon and phonon generation below the instability threshold.

    Main Methods:

    • Theoretical modeling of an optomechanical system with two coupled optical modes and one phononic mode.
    • Analysis of system dynamics under external wave excitation.
    • Investigation of eigenfrequency splitting around an exceptional point.
    • Application of periodic modulation to the external wave amplitude.

    Main Results:

    • An exceptional point was identified in the optomechanical system at a specific external wave amplitude.
    • Below the exceptional point amplitude, eigenfrequencies of the system exhibit splitting.
    • Periodic modulation of the external wave amplitude enables simultaneous photon and phonon generation.
    • This generation occurs even below the standard threshold for optomechanical instability.

    Conclusions:

    • The studied optomechanical system exhibits unique properties related to exceptional points.
    • Periodic modulation offers a pathway to control and generate both photons and phonons coherently.
    • This work opens possibilities for new quantum devices and applications in optomechanics.