A tentative approach to entanglement measures for a system of a three-level atom interacting with a quantized cavity-field

In this paper, an entanglement measure due to quasi-mutual entropy from initially entangled mixed states of a three-level atom interacting with a single cavity field is introduced. Detailed analytical and explicit expressions are given taking into account an arbitrary form of the intensity-dependent coupling. Despite its simplicity the model exhibits a very broad range of intricate physical effects and it is widely used in quantized theories of laser. We show that quantum revivals are possible for a broad continuous range of physical parameters in the case of initial coherent states. Entanglement degree effects are shown to be very sensitive to the initial state of the system. Numerical calculations under current experimental conditions are taken into account and it is found that the intensity-dependent coupling changes the general features dramatically.Received: 2 June 2003, Published online: 26 August 2003PACS: 03.65.Ud Entanglement and quantum nonlocality (e.g. EPR paradox, Bells inequalities, GHZ states, etc.) - 03.67.Hk Quantum communication - 42.65.-k Nonlinear optics - 32.80.Rm Multiphoton ionization and excitation to highly excited states (e.g., Rydberg states)