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arXiv:0807.0965 · Journal of Physics A Mathematical and Theoretical

Using a squeezed field to protect two-atom entanglement against spontaneous emissions

Jing Zhang, Re-Bing Wu, Chunwen Li, Tzyh‐Jong Tarn

Published Dec 9, 2008• 9 citations
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Abstract

Tunable interaction between two atoms in a cavity is realized by interacting the two atoms with an extra controllable single-mode squeezed field. Such a controllable interaction can be further used to control entanglement between the two atoms against amplitude damping decoherence caused by spontaneous emissions. For the independent amplitude damping decoherence channel, entanglement will be lost completely without controls, while it can be partially preserved by the proposed strategy. For the collective amplitude damping decoherence channel, our strategy can enhance the entanglement compared with the uncontrolled case when the entanglement of the uncontrolled stationary state is not too large.

DOI
10.1088/1751-8113/42/3/035304

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