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Decoherence-free creation of atom-atom entanglement in cavity via fractional adiabatic passage

Stéphane GuérinHans-rudolf JauslinM. Amniat-talabM. Amniat-talab

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PhysicsQuantum PhysicsQuantum decoherence[ PHYS.QPHY ] Physics [physics]/Quantum Physics [quant-ph]FOS: Physical sciencesPhysics::OpticsQuantum entanglementAtomic and Molecular Physics and Opticslaw.inventionAdiabatic theoremlawQuantum mechanicsOptical cavityAtomPhysics::Accelerator PhysicsPhysics::Atomic PhysicsAtomic physicsAdiabatic processQuantum Physics (quant-ph)Laser beamsCoherence (physics)

description

We propose a robust and decoherence insensitive scheme to generate controllable entangled states of two three-level atoms interacting with an optical cavity and a laser beam. Losses due to atomic spontaneous transitions and to cavity decay are efficiently suppressed by employing fractional adiabatic passage and appropriately designed atom-field couplings. In this scheme the two atoms traverse the cavity-mode and the laser beam in opposite directions as opposed to other entanglement schemes in which the atoms are required to have fixed locations inside a cavity. We also show that the coherence of a traveling atom can be transferred to the other one without populating the cavity-mode.

10.1103/physreva.72.012339http://arxiv.org/abs/quant-ph/0501154