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arXiv:0909.4023 · Physical Review A

Asymptotic entanglement dynamics phase diagrams for two electromagnetic field modes in a cavity

Raphael C. Drumond, Leonardo A. M. Souza, Marcelo Terra Cunha

Published Oct 6, 2010• 5 citations
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Abstract

We investigate theoretically an open dynamics for two modes of electromagnetic field inside a microwave cavity. The dynamics is Markovian and determined by two types of reservoirs: the ``natural'' reservoirs due to dissipation and temperature of the cavity, and an engineered one, provided by a stream of atoms passing trough the cavity, as devised by Pielawa et al. [Phys. Rev. Lett. 98, 240401 (2007)]. We found that, depending on the reservoir parameters, the system can have distinct ``phases'' for the asymptotic entanglement dynamics: it can disentangle at finite time or it can have persistent entanglement for large times, with the transition between them characterized by the possibility of asymptotical disentanglement. Incidentally, we also discuss the effects of dissipation on the scheme proposed in the above reference for generation of entangled states.

DOI
10.1103/physreva.82.042302

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