Relaxation in an entangled thermostat

A generalized Lindblad equation is derived that describes the relaxation of two systems of an arbitrary physical nature in an entangled thermostat. The relaxation of an atom and a mode of the electromagnetic field selected by a high-Q cavity is considered as an example. Using the introduced collective operators for an atom and a mode, it is shown that the entangled state of the thermostat can lead to the coherent and squeezed state of the atom and the mode.     

Entanglement swapping between atom and cavity and generation of entangled state of cavity fields

This paper proposes a scheme where entanglement swapping between atom and cavity can be realized. \Lambda -type three-level atoms interacting resonantly with cavity field are considered. By detecting atom and cavity field, it realizes entanglement swapping between atom and cavity. It uses the technique of entanglement swapping to generate an entangled state of two cavity fields by measuring on atoms. It discusses the experimental feasibility of the proposed scheme and application of entangled state of cavity fields.     

Kerr介质中纠缠原子与非简并双光子相互作用的动力学

考虑了在位于充满Kerr介质的腔中,一对纠缠的二能级原子之一与非简并双光子的相互作用,当该原子离开腔被作选测性测量时,分析测量后光场的量子性质,研究结果表明,在纠缠度一定时,Kerr效应使光场平均光子数的崩塌回复周期减小,光场的二阶相干度减弱,使Cauchy-Schwartz不等式关联程度减弱.     

Generation of maximally entangled atom pairs in driven dissipative cavity QED systems

We investigate the entanglement of an open tripartite system where a cavity field mode in thermal equilibrium is off-resonantly coupled with two atoms that are simultaneously driven by a resonant coherent field. For moderately detuned atom-field coupling and strong atomic driving we show the generation, at given interaction times and for low enough cavity decay rates, of atomic Bell states and of Bell state superpositions relevant for quantum gates implementation. The system can oscillate between bi-separable and fully separable states. Also we describe the distribution of quantum correlations between the atom-atom and the two atom-field subsystems. In the dispersive coupling regime with strongly driven atoms we show the generation of nearly stationary Bell states which remain protected from cavity dissipation.     

Excitation of an atom in a nonstationary cavity

The effect of excitation of an atom in an initially photon-free nonstationary cavity is predicted. Two excitation mechanisms are considered, both different from the trivial absorption of photons created due to the nonstationary Casimir effect. The first one is based on the fact that the photon states appear simultaneously with atomic excitation if the characteristic time of cavity nonstationarity is of the same order as the atomic transition time. The second one is associated with the “shake-up” effect caused by the modulation of the atomic ground-state Lamb shift upon a fast change in the cavity parameters. The presence of an atom in the nonstationary cavity affects the photon creation process. In particular, it changes the average number of generated photons and removes the constraint (inherent in the nonstationary Casimir effect) that only an even number of photons can be created. In addition, a new mechanism of photon generation associated with the shake-up effect appears.     

远程控制纠缠原子的偶极压缩

考虑初始处于EPR态的两个二能级原子A、B,将B原子注入处于真空态和单光子态的叠加态的腔中,演化一段时间后,对B原子进行选择性测量,通过选择合适的腔场初始叠加状态和演化时间,可控制原子A的偶极矩压缩效应.     

Entanglement dynamics between an isolated atom and a moving atom in the cavity

The entanglement dynamics between an isolated atom and a moving atom interacting with a cavity field is investigated. The results show that there appears sudden death of entanglement between the isolated atom and the moving atom and that the time of entanglement sudden death (ESD) is independent of the initial state of the system. It is interesting that the isolated atom can also entangle with a cavity field, though they do not interact with each other originally, which stems from the fact that the entanglement between the isolated atom and the moving atom may turn into the entanglement between the isolated atom and the cavity.     

Controllable emission properties of an atom inside a cavity by manipulating the atom outside the cavity

Consider a pair of two-level atoms initially in the EPR singlet state. Then we put one atom into a cavity. It is shown that the emission properties of the atom inside the cavity are much affected by the manipulation of the atom outside the cavity.     

Feedback control of a single atom in an optical cavity

We discuss feedback control of the motion of a single neutral atom trapped inside a high-finesse optical cavity. Based on the detection of single photons from a probe beam transmitted through the cavity, the position of the atom in the trap is estimated. Following this information, the trapping potential is switched between a high and a low value in order to counteract the atomic motion. This allowed us to increase the storage time by about one order of magnitude. Here, we describe the technical implementation of the feedback loop and give a detailed analysis of its limitations as deduced from Monte-Carlo simulations. We also discuss different strategies to further improve the performance of the feedback.     

Single atom as a mirror of an optical cavity

By tightly focusing a laser field onto a single cold ion trapped in front of a far-distant dielectric mirror, we could observe a quantum electrodynamic effect whereby the ion behaves as the optical mirror of a Fabry-Pérot cavity. We show that the amplitude of the laser field is significantly altered due to a modification of the electromagnetic mode structure around the atom in a novel regime in which the laser intensity is already changed by the atom alone. We propose a direct application of this system as a quantum memory for single photons.     

Generation of entangled coherent states for two cavity modes via resonant interaction with a V-type three-level atom

This paper proposes a scheme for the generation of entangled coherent states for two cavity modes. In the scheme a V-type three-level atom is sent through a two-mode cavity filled with a coherent field. After the atom cavity interaction and detection of the atomic state the cavity modes may evolve to a superposition of two-mode coherent states. As the scheme is based on resonant atom-cavity interaction, the required interaction time is short, which is important in view of the decoherence. Moreover, additional classical pulses are unnecessary before and after the atom-cavlty interaction.     

Quasideterministic generation of entangled atoms in a cavity

We present a scheme to generate a maximally entangled state of two three-level atoms in a cavity. The success or failure of the generation of the desired entangled state can be determined by detecting the polarization of the photon leaking out of the cavity. With the use of an automatic feedback, the success probability of the scheme can be made to approach unity.     

Multiphoton spontaneous emission of an atom in a detuned damped cavity

The multiphoton spontaneous emission of a two-level atom in a detuned damped cavity is investigated. The exact expressions for the atomic population inversion and the radiation rate are obtained. The various characteristic times are calculated.     

Spontaneous emission of an atom in a cavity with nonorthogonal eigenmodes

The spontaneous emission of an excited atom in a lossy cavity with nonorthogonal eigenmodes is analyzed. The quantum Langevin formalism is used to describe the dynamics of the spontaneous decay. The analysis shows that the spontaneous decay is modified by the Q value and the effective mode volume factor of each cavity eigenmode. The effective mode volume is generalized for cavities with nonorthogonal modes, which can be a very significant modification in the microcavity regime. It is shown that the spontaneous decay is not enhanced by the excess noise factor as claimed by other analyses.     

Generation of mesoscopic entangled states in a cavity coupled to an atomic ensemble

We propose a novel scheme for the efficient production of entangled states for N photons of the form |N>(a)|0>(b) + |0>(a)|N>(b) (NOON states) based on the resonant interaction of a pair of quantized cavity modes with an ensemble of atoms. We show that, in the strong-coupling regime, the adiabatic evolution of the system tends to a limiting state that describes mesoscopic entanglement between photons and atoms which can easily be converted to a purely photonic or atomic NOON state. We also demonstrate the remarkable property that the efficiency of this scheme increases exponentially with the cavity cooperativity factor, which gives efficient access to high number NOON states. The experimental feasibility of the scheme is discussed, and its efficiency is demonstrated numerically.     

Enhanced cooling of a V-type three-level atom in an optical cavity

We have studied theoretically and numerically the enhanced cooling of a V-type three-level atom in a high-finesse optical cavity and shown that the cooling rate can be increased by one order of magnitude over that of a two-level atom, and the momentum amplitude tends to a stationary state much smaller than that of a two-level atom. We have further shown that the cooling rate can be significantly improved by using feedback and a time-dependent pump.     

一个传送原子纠缠态的新方案

本文提出一个通过原子和腔场相互作用传送未知原子纠缠态的新方案,并且成功概率为100%.在这个方案里,我们主要利用两个原子用来接受被传送的原子纠缠态以及一个双模腔作为量子通道.由于腔场的两个模具有不同的频率和正交极化,因此这两个模能够被区分,并且处于腔场的不同区域.原子和腔场通过J-C哈密顿量发生共振相互作用,当原子和其中一个模相互作用时,另外一个模不受影响.该方案既不需要贝尔态测量,也不需要任何操作重构纠缠初态.这个方案也可以推广到传送N个原子的纠缠态.     

The dynamic properties of the two-level entangled atom in an optical field

The interaction of an optical field and one of the entangled atoms is analyzed in detail in this paper. Furthermore, the dynamic properties of the two-level entangled atom are manifested. The properties of the action are dependent on the initial state of the atom. After detecting the atom out of the field, we can obtain the state of the other atom moving in the field. It is shown that the state of the atom out of the field influences the dynamic properties of the atom in the field.     

利用Λ型原子与光场的纠缠态传送腔场的奇偶相干态的叠加态

根据简并Λ型三能级原子与单模光场的非共振相互作用系统的改进型有效哈密顿量，利用矩阵方法推导出任意初始情况下原子-光场系统的波函数，通过改变相互作用时间，制备出原子-腔场系统的纠缠态.提出利用原子-腔场系统的纠缠态进行概率传送腔场的奇、偶相干态的叠加态的有效方案.对于振幅很大的单模光场，通过实行Bell态测量，能成功地概率传送腔场的奇偶相干态的叠加态，其成功的总概率为0.25.