Entangling different degrees of freedom by quadrature squeezing cylindrically polarized modes

Quantum systems such as, for example, photons, atoms, or Bose-Einstein condensates, prepared in complex states where entanglement between distinct degrees of freedom is present, may display several intriguing features. In this Letter we introduce the concept of such complex quantum states for intense beams of light by exploiting the properties of cylindrically polarized modes. We show that already in a classical picture the spatial and polarization field variables of these modes cannot be factorized. Theoretically it is proven that by quadrature squeezing cylindrically polarized modes one generates entanglement between these two different degrees of freedom. Experimentally we demonstrate amplitude squeezing of an azimuthally polarized mode by exploiting the nonlinear Kerr effect in a specially tailored photonic crystal fiber. These results display that such novel continuous-variable entangled systems can, in principle, be realized.     

Sum Squeezing, Difference Squeezing, Higher-Order Antibunching and Entanglement of Two-Mode Photon-Added Displaced Squeezed States

In this paper, we study some higher-order nonclassical properties and intermodal entanglement that may arise in the so called two-mode photon-added displaced squeezed state. We derive analytical expressions for the degree of sum squeezing and difference squeezing, which are interesting kinds of two-mode squeezing, as well as for the degree of antibunching to any orders. We also examine the degree of entanglement between the two modes using the existing Hillery-Zubairy criterion. Based on the derived expressions we analyze in detail the behavior of these nonclassical effects and entanglement depending on the parameters involved.     

Squeezing and entanglement of a two-mode field in a four-level tripod atomic system

The interaction of a collection of N four-level tripod configuration atoms with two orthogonally polarized probe fields is investigated. Under the condition of electromagnetically induced transparency (EIT), we calculate the squeezing and entanglement spectra of the output probe fields. By analyzing the output spectrum, we find that the squeezing and entanglement of the probe fields can be well-preserved after passing through the optically thick medium. Additionally, the effects of the ground state dephasing rates of the atoms on the entanglement and squeezing of the output two-mode squeezed fields are investigated. It is shown that the dephasing rates will degrade the entanglement and squeezing, and these quantum properties can be lost when the dephasing rates increase up to a certain value. This will be useful in the quantum computation and quantum communication.     

Generation of Optical and Mechanical Squeezing in the Linear‐and‐Quadratic Optomechanics

Generation of strong stationary optical and mechanical squeezing is proposed for the linear‐and‐quadratic optomechanical system, where two cavity modes induce linear and quadratic optomechanical couplings, respectively. Through the linearization treatment, linearized coupling between cavity mode and mechanical mode and the mechanical parametric amplification process are achievable and controllable by independent driving lasers. Optical and mechanical squeezing are generated following different mechanisms. Optical squeezing works in the strong coupling regime, and mechanical amplification would push the system close to instability threshold, which could deeply improve ponderomotive squeezing even significantly beyond the 3 dB squeezing limit. Mechanical squeezing is generated based on the reservoir engineering method, where parametric amplification induces the squeezing transformation of mechanical mode; and linearized coupling, which operates in the red‐sideband and weak coupling limits, induces the ground‐state cooling of transformed mechanical mode. Finally, the original mechanical mode would be squeezed, which could also exceed 3 dB limit.     

Experimental demonstration of quantum teleportation of broadband squeezing

We demonstrate an unconditional high-fidelity teleporter capable of preserving the broadband entanglement in an optical squeezed state. In particular, we teleport a squeezed state of light and observe -0.8+/-0.2 dB of squeezing in the teleported (output) state. We show that the squeezing criterion translates directly into a sufficient criterion for entanglement of the upper and lower sidebands of the optical field. Thus, this result demonstrates the first unconditional teleportation of broadband entanglement. Our teleporter achieves sufficiently high fidelity to allow the teleportation to be cascaded, enabling, in principle, the construction of deterministic non-Gaussian operations.     

Entanglement swapping of continuous variable using squeezed vacuum states

We present a realistic scheme for the entanglement swapping of continuous variable, in which a two-mode squeezed vacuum state serves as a quantum channel. The position sum and momentum difference of two local modes are measured. By taking the input entangled state also as a two-mode squeezed vacuum state, we investigate the average fidelity and the von Neumann entropy of the output state. The results show that the perfect teleportation can be achieved by increasing the squeezing of the quantum channel and that any nonzero squeezing in both the quantum channel and the input entangled state is sufficient to swap the entanglement.     

Quantum Properties of the State via Operation of Superposition of Photon Subtraction Two Times and Photon Addition Two Times on Two Modes Squeezing Vacuum State

Superposition of photon subtraction two times and photon addition two times excited two modes squeezing vacuum state (SPSAESVT) is introduced, which is generated by operation of superposition of annihilation operator and creation operator on two modes squeezed vacuum state. Non-classical properties of SPSAESVT, such as squeezing effect, anti-bunching effect, the violation of Cauchy-Schwartze inequality and the entanglement property between two modes, are investigated. Using numerical methods, the influences of the superposition coefficient of operators and that of squeezing parameter on its non-classical properties are discussed. The results show that SPSAESVT does not display antibunching effect, but it displays squeezing effect, and there are the violation of Cauchy-Schwartze inequality and the entanglement between two modes. Further, its squeezing effect is not affected by the superposition coefficient of the operators, but there is a nonlinear relationship both between the violation of Cauchy-Schwartze inequality and the superposition coefficient, and between the entanglement property and the superposition coefficient. As squeezing parameter increases, its squeezing effect and entanglement property are strengthened, but the violation of Cauchy-Schwartze inequality is weakened.     

Enhanced squeezing and entanglement in a non-degenerate three-level cascade laser with injected squeezed light

We consider a non-degenerate three-level cascade laser coupled to a two-mode squeezed vacuum reservoir via the lossy single-port mirror. Applying the pertinent master equation, we analyze the effects of the injected squeezed light on the quadrature squeezing, entanglement and normalized intensity difference fluctuations. We show that the injected squeezed light considerably enhances the degree of squeezing and entanglement in the two-mode light for certain initial conditions. Moreover, the injected squeezed light increases the mean photon number where the squeezing and entanglement is significant. We also show that the presence of the injected squeezed light greatly reduces the noise in the intensity difference.     

Time evolution law of a two-mode squeezed light field passing through twin diffusion channels

We explore the time evolution law of a two-mode squeezed light field(pure state)passing through twin diffusion channels,and we find that the final state is a squeezed chaotic light field(mixed state)with entanglement,which shows that even though the two channels are independent of each other,since the two modes of the initial state are entangled with each other,the final state remains entangled.Nevertheless,although the squeezing(entanglement)between the two modes is weakened after the diffusion,it is not completely removed.We also highlight the law of photon number evolution.In the calculation process used in this paper,we make full use of the summation method within the ordered product of operators and the generating function formula for two-variable Hermite polynomials.     

单-双模组合压缩热态的纠缠性质及在量子隐形传态中的应用

基于单-双模组合压缩真空态一定范围内能够获得压缩增强的效果,引入单-双模组合压缩热态(DSMST),讨论其纠缠性质.利用Weyl编序算符在相似变换下的不变性,简洁方便地导出了DSMST的纠缠度-负对数值,并给出了当热效应存在时保持纠缠的条件.研究表明:与通常的双模压缩态相比,随着参数的增加,DSMST的纠缠度增加.作为DSMST的应用,利用其实现相干态的量子隐形传输.结果表明:不同于纠缠度随压缩参数增加,保真度获得改善是有条件的,该条件恰好就是一正交分量涨落出现压缩增强的参数区域.此外,解析推导了有效隐形传输保真度(1/2)的条件.     

Quantum entanglement and nonlocality properties of two-mode Gaussian squeezed states

Quantum entanglement and nonlocality properties of a family of two-mode Gaussian pure states have been investigated. The results show that the entanglement of these states is determined by both the two-mode squeezing parameter and the difference of the two single-mode squeezing parameters. For the same two-mode squeezing parameter, these states show larger entanglement than the usual two-mode squeezed vacuum state. The violation of Bell inequality depends strongly on all the squeezing parameters of these states and disappears completely in the limit of large squeezing. In particular, these states can exhibit much stronger violation of local realism than two-mode squeezed vacuum state in the range of experimentally available squeezing values.     

Generation of entangled TEM_(01) modes with periodically poled KTiOPO_4 crystal

Spatial quantum optics based on the high-order transverse mode is important for the super-resolution measurement and quantum image beyond the shot noise level. Quantum entanglement of the transverse plane Hermite–Gauss TEM_(01) mode has been demonstrated experimentally in this paper. Two squeezed TEM_(01) modes, which are generated by a pair of degenerate optical parametric amplifiers(DOPA) with the nonlinear crystals of periodically poled KTi OPO_4, have been combined to produce TEM_(01) mode entanglement using a beam splitter. The 1.5 dB for the sum of amplitude and 1.2 dB for the difference of phase below shot-noise level is achieved with the measurement system of a Bell state detection.     

Dual squeezed states in an atom-photon cluster and their manifestations

The general kinetic equation for an isolated two-level atom and a high-Q cavity mode in a heat bath exhibiting quantum correlations (entangled bath) is applied to the analysis of the squeezed states of the collective system. Two types of collective operators are introduced for the analysis: one is based on bosonic commutation relations, and the other, on the commutation relations of the algebra obtained by a polynomial deformation of the angular momentum algebra. On the basis of these relations, formulas for observables are constructed that identify squeezed states in the system. It is shown that, under certain conditions, the collective system exhibits dual squeezing within the relations for boson operators, as well as for the operators constructed from the angular momentum algebra. Such squeezing is demonstrated under a projective measurement of an atom and for an entanglement swapping protocol. In the latter case, when measuring two initially independent atomic systems, depending on the type of measurement, two cavity modes collapse into a nonseparable state, which is described either by a nonseparability relation based on boson operators or by a relation based on the operators of the algebra of the quasimomentum of the collective system consisting of these two modes.     

Generation of continuous variable Einstein-Podolsky-Rosen entanglement via the Kerr nonlinearity in an optical fiber

We report on the generation of a continuous variable Einstein-Podolsky-Rosen (EPR) entanglement using an optical fiber interferometer. The Kerr nonlinearity in the fiber is exploited for the generation of two independent squeezed beams. These interfere at a beam splitter and EPR entanglement is obtained between the output beams. The correlation of the amplitude (phase) quadratures is measured to be 4.0+/-0.2 (4.0+/-0.4) dB below the quantum noise limit. The sum criterion for these squeezing variances 0.80+/-0.03<2 verifies the nonseparability of the state. The product of the inferred uncertainties for one beam (0.64+/-0.08) is well below the EPR limit of unity.     

Quantifying non-classical correlations under thermal effects in a double cavity optomechanical system

We investigate the generation of quantum correlations between mechanical modes and optical modes in an optomechanical system,using the rotating wave approximation.The system is composed of two Fabry-Perot cavities separated in space;each of the two cavities has a movable end-mirror.Our aim is the evaluation of entanglement between mechanical modes and optical modes,generated by correlations transfer from the squeezed light to the system,using Gaussian intrinsic entanglement as a witness of entanglement in continuous variables Gaussian states,and the quantification of the degree of mixedness of the Gaussian states using the purity.Then,we quantify nonclassical correlations between mechanical modes and optical modes even beyond entanglement by considering Gaussian geometric discord via the Hellinger distance.Indeed,entanglement,mixdness,and quantum discord are analyzed as a function of the parameters characterizing the system(thermal bath temperature,squeezing parameter,and optomechanical cooperativity).We find that,under thermal effect,when entanglement vanishes,purity and quantum discord remain nonzero.Remarkably,the Gaussian Hellinger discord is more robust than entanglement.The effects of the other parameters are discussed in detail.     

利用置于光腔中的非线性耦合器制备压缩和连续变量纠缠光

利用置于光腔中的非线性耦合器制备了压缩和连续变量纠缠光.通过特征函数方法解析求解了双模腔场满足的主方程.分析发现：在一定的条件下,此系统能产生稳定的双模压缩和连续变量纠缠光,且压缩和纠缠的强度与系统的耦合参量及腔场损耗系数密切相关.     

Entanglement degradation of a two-mode squeezed vacuum in absorbing and amplifying optical fibers

Applying the recently developed formalism of quantum-state transformation of light at absorbing dielectric four-port devices [5], we calculate the quantum state of the outgoing modes of a two-mode squeezed vacuum transmitted through optical fibers of given extinction coefficients. Using the Peres-Horodecki separability criterion for continuous variable systems [4], we then compute both the maximal length of transmission of a two-mode squeezed vacuum through an absorbing system for which the transmitted state is still inseparable and the maximal gain for which inseparability can be observed in an amplifying setup. Finally, we estimate an upper bound of the entanglement preserved after transmission through an absorbing system. The results show that the characteristic length of entanglement degradation drastically decreases with increasing strength of squeezing.     

New features of entanglement and other applications of a two-qubit system

In this paper, we examine a class of special cases of a two-qubit system under time evolution, in the presence of local squeezed reservoirs, we report some results related to the occurrence of so-called entanglement sudden death (ESD) of two cases of the class, which are initially entangled. In addition, we calculate the information entropies, the purity and the single-atom entropy squeezing of the bipartite system. Finally, we discuss the effects of the local squeezed vacuum fields on the entanglement and other applications of the bipartite system.     

Generating EPR-entangled mechanical state via feeding finite-bandwidth squeezed light

Einstein–Podolski–Rosen(EPR) entanglement state is achievable by combining two single-mode position and momentum squeezed states at a 50:50 beam-splitter(BS). We investigate the generation of the EPR entangled state of two vibrating membranes in a ring resonator, where clockwise(CW) and counter-clockwise(CCW) travelling-wave modes are driven by lasers and finite-bandwidth squeezed lights. Since the optomechanical coupling depends on the location of the membranes, CW and CCW can couple to the symmetric and antisymmetric combination of mechanical modes for a suitable arrangement, which corresponds to a 50:50 BS mixing. Moreover, by employing the red-detuned driving laser and tuning the central frequency of squeezing field blue detuned from the driving laser with a mechanical frequency, the squeezing property of squeezed light can be perfectly transferred to the mechanical motion in the weak coupling regime. Thus, the BS mixing modes can be position and momentum squeezed by feeding the appropriate squeezed lights respectively, and the EPR entangled mechanical state is obtained. Moreover, cavity-induced mechanical cooling can further suppress the influence of thermal noise on the entangled state.     

Entanglement Swapping for Displaced Two-Mode Squeezed States

We discuss the entanglement swapping of two pairs of displaced two-mode squeezed states and find that the squeezing parameter of the outcoming squeezed state is less than that of the originM squeezed states. The calculation is greatly simplified by virtue of the natural expression of the two-mode squeezing operator in EPR eigenstate representation. A protocol for such entanglement swapping is proposed.``