Sudden Death and Long-Lived Entanglement Between Two Atoms in a Double JC Model System

Considering a double JC model with different coupling constants, we investigate the entanglement between the two two-level atoms, and discuss dependence of the atom-atom entanglement on the different coupling constants, and the detuning between the atomic transition frequency and the cavity field frequency. The results show when Δ=δ/g is small, with the increase of the relative difference of the two atom-cavity coupling constants γ, the atom-atom entanglement periodically evolves with the amplitude slowly and periodically modulated. What’s more interesting is that long-lived entanglement between the two atoms can be obtained when atom A non-resonantly interacts with the cavity field a, and atom B has no coupling with the cavity field b. In this case, the concurrence C ^AB (t) of the two atoms evolves in form of cosine, and is invariant and equals the initial value when far off resonance. In addition, we find that the so-called entanglement sudden death can occur under appropriate conditions on the detunings and the different coupling constants for different initial atomic states.     

k光子Jaynes-Cummings模型与运动原子相互作用中的熵交换及纠缠

文章研究了k光子Jaynes-Cummings模型与运动原子相互作用中的熵相互关系及纠缠特性.发现原子与光场之间具有熵交换特性.讨论了原子运动、光子数k和场模结构等因素对原子与光场熵相互关系的影响.此外,讨论了原子与场系统熵交换与纠缠之间的关系. 关键词： 熵交换 纠缠 Jaynes-Cummings模型 原子运动     

各向异性光子晶体中二能级原子和自发辐射场间的纠缠

应用Von Neumann熵和Schmid tnumber K两种纠缠度量讨论了各向异性光子晶体中二能级原子和自发辐射场间纠缠度的演化性质.研究发现,原子-光场纠缠度的演化与原子上能级和光子晶体能带带边的相对位置有关,当原子上能级处于光子晶体禁带内,原子-光场纠缠度将保持稳定,当原子上能级处于光子晶体能带中,原子-光场纠缠度先增大后衰减到零.纠缠度的大小还与原子的初态有关.可以通过控制原子的初态和原子上能级与带边的相对位置来控制原子-光场纠缠度的演化特性.     

Massive spin-momentum entanglement measured in an atomic beam spin echo experiment

In this paper we present an experiment performed with an atomic beam spin echo interferometer, in which massive intraparticle entanglement is demonstrated. In the longitudinal Stern-Gerlach arrangement the nuclear spin and linear momentum of ³He particles are inextricably linked, such that the overall system state cannot be written as the tensor product of the corresponding Hilbert spaces. The measured data show maximal entanglement between ℋ _I and ℋ _p . This hybrid system of one quantum and one classical degree of freedom is a textbook example of entanglement between discrete and continuous observables.     

The entanglement of two moving atoms interacting with a single-mode field via a three-photon process

In this paper, the entanglement of two moving atoms induced by a single-mode field via a three-photon process is investigated. It is shown that the entanglement is dependent on the category of the field, the average photon number N, the number p of half-wave lengths of the field mode and the atomic initial state. Also, the sudden death and the sudden birth of the entanglement are detected in this model and the results show that the existence of the sudden death and the sudden birth depends on the parameter and the category of the mode field. In addition, the three-photon process is a higher order nonlinear process.     

Polarization correlation in the two-photon decay of atomic hydrogen: nonlocality versus entanglement

From the work by Perrie et al. [Phys. Rev. Lett. 54, 1790 (1985)], photon pairs from the 2s _1/2 → 1s _1/2 (two-photon) decay of atomic hydrogen are known to be quantum mechanically correlated. In these experiments, the polarization states of the photons emitted in back-to-back geometry were shown to violate the Bell inequality as a qualitative sign of nonlocality and entanglement. In the present contribution, we analyze how these nonlocal quantum correlations, as given by the violation of the Bell inequality, differ from the concurrence as a true entanglement measure. Results are shown for both quantifiers in dependence of the decay geometry and the initial polarization of the atoms for the 2s _1/2 → 1s _1/2 and 3d _5/2 → 1s _1/2 two-photon decay of atomic hydrogen. These results display the difference between nonlocality and entanglement and, hence, may stimulate further experiments on nonlocal quantum correlations in atomic systems.     

Kerr介质中双模纠缠相干光与Bell态原子相互作用系统的原子偶极压缩

运用全量子理论并结合数值计算方法，研究了Kerr介质腔中处于Bell态的两个全同二能级纠缠原子与双模纠缠相干光场相互作用系统的原子偶极压缩特性.讨论了双原子体系的初态、光场的平均光子数、双模纠缠相干光场的纠缠程度以及Kerr介质与双模光场的耦合强度对原子偶极压缩特性的影响.结果表明：双原子体系的初态为|β₁₁>时，不会出现偶极压缩效应；初态为|β₀₀>，|β₀₁>或|β₁₀>时在一定条件下可能出现原子压缩效应，且此时原子压缩的特性与Kerr介质与双模光场的耦合强度、初始光场的平均光子数、双模纠缠相干光场的纠缠程度有关. 关键词： 量子光学 Bell态 双模纠缠相干光场 Kerr介质     

Exact results on decoherence and entanglement in a system of N driven atoms and a dissipative cavity mode

We solve the dynamics of an open quantum system where N strongly driven two-level atoms are equally coupled on resonance to a dissipative cavity mode. Analytical results are derived on decoherence, entanglement, purity, atomic correlations and cavity field mean photon number. We predict decoherencefree subspaces for the whole system and the N-qubit subsystem, the monitoring of quantum coherence and purity decay by atomic populations measurements, the conditional generation of atomic multi-partite entangled states and of cavity cat-like states. We show that the dynamics of atoms prepared in states invariant under permutation of any two components remains restricted within the subspace spanned by the completely symmetric Dicke states. We discuss examples and applications in the cases N = 3, 4. An erratum to this article can be found at     

Some statistical properties for a spin-(1/2) particle coupled to two spirals

In this paper we consider the problem of the interaction between two SU(2) quantum systems namely: two-level atom and multi-level atoms. The evolution operator is obtained and used to calculate the time-dependent dynamical operators. It has shown that the atomic inversion is sensitive to the change in the detuning parameter ?, the quantum numbers j_k as well as the atomic angles. The atomic squeezing is also considered and the phenomenon of squeezing is observed in both quadrature variances, however, with a periodic exchange between the quadratures. The degree of entanglement is examined by employing von Neumann entropy. It has shown that an increase in the value of the detuning parameter leads to a decrease in the degree of entanglement. However, for a weak coupling parameter the system shows reduction in the entropy. In the meantime the maximum entanglement can be reached when we increase the value for the quantum numbers j_k. Also it has shown that the atomic angles play a role for controlling the degree of entanglement.     

Thermal Field and Intrinsic Decoherence Effects on the Dynamics of N-level Moving Atomic System

Dynamical behaviour of Quantum Entanglement (QE) and atomic Quantum Fisher Information (AQFI) for a moving N-level atomic system is studied in a thermal environment. Time evolution of state vector of the entire system interacting with thermal field is calculated numerically in the presence of intrinsic decoherence. It is observed that intrinsic decoherence and thermal environment play dominant role during the time evolution of the quantum system. AQFI and entanglement show an opposite behaviour during its time evolution in the presence of thermal environment. AQFI is observed to be more prone to intrinsic decoherence as compared to the entanglement in a thermal environment. AQFI is found to be more prone to intrinsic decoherence as compared to the QE in a thermal environment. QE is found decaying when the parameter of intrinsic decoherence is increased in the absence of atomic motion. The damping behaviour of QE is observed for longer time-scales. The periodic response of entanglement due to atomic motion becomes moderate under the influence of these environments. The intrinsic decoherence and thermal environment are found to suppress the nonclassical effects of the quantum system. QE and AQFI saturate to a lower level for larger time-scales under the influence of these environments. Furthermore, the dynamics of AQFI and von Neumann entropy (VNE) changes remarkably by changing the mean number of photons.

     

The Entanglement Properties in the Coupled-Cavity System with the Detuning between an Atom and Cavity Field

We consider the situation that two atomic ensembles are separately trapped in coupled single-mode cavities, and each atom non-resonantly interacts with cavity field via a one-photon hopping. By employing the negativity measure of entanglement, we investigate the temporal evolution of entanglements between the cavities as well as between the cavity and atomic ensemble. By means of the numerical calculations, we discuss the influences of the number of atoms in an atomic ensemble and the detuning on the entanglement. The results show that as the number of atoms increases, the entanglement between the cavities is strengthened, contrary the entanglement between atomic ensemble and cavity is weakened. On the other hand, as the detuning increases, the entanglement between the cavities is weakened, contrary the entanglement between atomic ensemble and cavity is strengthened.

     

负值量子条件熵与双量子系统一类混合态纠缠量度

运用负值量子条件熵研究了双量子系统一类混合态的纠缠量度.给出了负值量子条件作为条件熵纠缠度的定义，证明了条件熵纠缠满足作为2×2系统一类混合纠缠态量度的四个基本条件.当双量子系统处于纯态时，条件熵纠缠度即为部分熵纠缠度.应用条件熵纠缠度研究了真空腔场中两全同二能级原子之间纯态和一类混合态纠缠的时间演化，比较了相同条件下两全同原子系统concurrence纠缠度的时间演化.结果表明，两纠缠度演化规律完全一致，验证了负值量子条件熵可以作为双量子系统纯态和一类混合态的纠缠量度. 关键词： 双量子系统 负值量子条件熵 条件熵纠缠度 混合态纠缠度     

Efficient entanglement purification in quantum repeaters

We present an efficient entanglement purification protocol (EPP) with controlled-not (CNOT) gates and linear optics. With the CNOT gates, our EPP can reach a higher fidelity than the conventional one. Moreover, it does not require the fidelity of the initial mixed state to satisfy F>1/2. If the initial state is not entangled, it still can be purified. With the linear optics, this protocol can get pure maximally entangled pairs with some probabilities. Meanwhile, it can be used to purify the entanglement between the atomic ensembles in distant locations. This protocol may be useful in long-distance quantum communication.     

原子与双模相干强场依赖强度耦合多光子过程中纠缠量度与制备

给出了依赖强度耦合双模多光子过程Jaynes-Cummings模型的有效哈密顿量.在强场条件下,分别用量子约化熵和量子相对熵研究了上述模型中原子与场之间的纠缠以及双模相干场的模间纠缠演化.研究表明,这两类纠缠演化均与原子跃迁时吸收(或发射)的光子数k密切相关.同时,还揭示了双光子过程(k=1)和多光子过程(k≥2)中不同的纠缠特性.讨论了纠缠态的制备,制备了与时间无关的原子-场的Einstein-Podolsky-Rosen态和双模相干场的模间纠缠态.     

Schmidt Number Entanglement Measure for Multipartite k-nonseparable States

In this paper, an entanglement measure for multipartite quantum states with respect to k-partition was introduced, which is called Schmidt number entanglement measure for multipartite k-nonseparable states, it is simply denoted by k-ME SN. We show that this measure is well-defined, i.e., it satisfies some basic properties as an entanglement measure. In addition, we give a super bound and lower bound of k-ME SN for multipartite pure states according to the definition of joint k-Schmidt number with respect to k-partition. Furthermore, we give some examples to show that Schmidt number entanglement measure can quantify the strength of entanglement for multipartite quantum states.

     

Spatial entanglement and sub-wavelength structures in atomic deflection

The deflection of V-level atomic beam in two mode quantized cavity field in a twin-photon state is investigated. Depending on the atom-light interaction scheme, two-dimensional position patterns in a sub-wavelength range as well as the effects of spatial entanglement are reported.     

Entanglement Dynamics of Two Atoms in the Squeezed Vacuum and the Coherent Fields

We investigate the entanglement dynamics of two atoms in a double damping Jaynes-Cummings model. The two atoms are initially in the Bell states and each is in a squeezed vacuum cavity field or coherent cavity field. Compared with the case in coherent field, the atomic entanglement in the squeezed vacuum field is stronger under the same conditions. The results show that we can adopt appropriate parameters such as mean photon number, detuning, the atomic spontaneous decay and the cavity decay, to realize better control of atomic entanglement in quantum information processing. What’s worth mentioning is that proper choosing of the last two parameters enables us to decrease disentanglement period and postpone the moment when the entanglement disappears. Finally, the atomic entanglement in double damping and non-identical Jaynes-Cummings model is obtained

     

Perfect State Transfer and Entanglement Generation with Coupled Cavities

We study atomic state transfer and entanglement generation when the N atomic ensemble is trapped in two coupled cavities. We show that based on the collective interaction between the atoms and local cavity fields an ideal quantum state transfer can be realized if some special conditions are satisfied. In addition, the maximal atom entangled state can be achieved. The effect of the cavity losses on the quantum processes is also studied.     

Kerr效应对非线性Jaynes-Cummings模型场熵和缠结的影响

Phoenix和Knight提出的量子熵理论,用量子熵作为缠结程度的量度,研究了附加克尔介质依赖强度耦合Jaynes-Cummings模型场熵演化的动力学特性和原子-场的缠结特性,详细地讨论了克尔效应及初始相干光场的强弱对场熵演化特性和原子-场缠结特性的影响,并与原子反转特性相比较.结果表明:在初始相干光场较弱时(n=10),克尔介质的非线性相互作用破坏了场熵演化的周期性,原子-场不再周期消缠结.但在初始相干光场较强时(n=50),克尔介质非线性相互作用只是使场熵演化的周期性减弱,场熵的演化仍近似地有周期性,原子-场仍周期消缠结,克尔效应越强,周期越小.当克尔介质与光场强耦合相互作用时(χ/g=5),原子-场持续消缠结.     

Quantum Treatment of the Interaction Between an N-Level Atom and Two Noninteracting Two-Level Atoms

We consider the problem of two two-level atoms interacting with N-level atom. We obtain the exact solution for the wave function for the case where both atoms are identical and the system is treated at exact resonance. We use the results obtained for discussing the temporal evolution of the atomic inversion, in particular, the collapse and revival phenomena. We build up our discussion on the variation of the atomic number j and the atomic angle θ. For small j, the system exhibits a small period of collapse, and for large j we observe a long period of revival. We employ the linear entropy in the discussion of entanglement. We show that the atomic angle θ influences the system in such a way that the period of partial entanglement increases with increase in the value of θ. In addition to the variance squeezing, we also examine the entanglement between the spinors and show that the squeezing phenomenon occurs in the second quadrature, being absent in the first quadrature. Also we realize that the squeezing phenomenon reaches its maximum and gets more pronounced for a small value of the atomic number and a large value of the atomic angle.