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arXiv:1101.1117 · Physical Review Letters

Entanglement Dynamics of a Strongly Driven Trapped Atom

Maryam Roghani, Hanspeter Helm, Heinz‐Peter Breuer

Published Jan 25, 2011• 20 citations
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Abstract

We study the entanglement between the internal electronic and the external vibrational degrees of freedom of a trapped atom which is driven by two lasers into electromagnetically induced transparency. It is shown that basic features of the intricate entanglement dynamics can be traced to Landau-Zener splittings (avoided crossings) in the spectrum of the atom-laser field Hamiltonian. We further construct an effective Hamiltonian that describes the behavior of entanglement under dissipation induced by spontaneous emission processes. The proposed approach is applicable to a broad range of scenarios for the control of entanglement between electronic and translational degrees of freedom of trapped atoms through suitable laser fields.

DOI
10.1103/physrevlett.106.040502

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