Macroscopic thermal entanglement due to radiation pressure

Phys Rev Lett. 2006 Feb 17;96(6):060407. doi: 10.1103/PhysRevLett.96.060407. Epub 2006 Feb 17.

Abstract

Can entanglement and the quantum behavior in physical systems survive at arbitrary high temperatures? In this Letter we show that this is the case for a electromagnetic field mode in an optical cavity with a movable mirror in a thermal state. We also identify two different dynamical regimes of generation of entanglement separated by a critical coupling strength.