In cavity QED, the mutual interaction between natural atomic systems in presence of a radiation field was ignored due to its negligible impact compared with the coupling to the field. The newly engineered artificial atomic systems (such as quantum dots and superconducting circuits) proposed for quantum information processing enjoy strong interaction with same type of systems or even with other types in hybrid structures, which is coherently controllable and moreover they can be efficiently coupled to radiation fields. We present an exact analytic solution for the time evolution of a composite system of two interacting two-level quantum systems coupled to a single mode radiation field, which can be realized in cavity (circuit) QED. We show how the non-classical dynamical properties of the composite system are affected and can be tuned by introducing and varying the mutual coupling between the two systems. Particularly, the collapse-revival pattern shows a splitting during the revival intervals as the coupling ratio (system-system to system-field) increases, which is a sign of an interruption in the system-radiation energy exchange process. Furthermore, the time evolution of the bipartite entanglement between the two systems is found to vary significantly depending on the coupling ratio as well as the initial state of the composite system resulting in either an oscillatory behavior or a collapse-revival like pattern. Increasing the coupling ratio enhances the entanglement, raises its oscillation average value and emphasizes the collapse-revival like pattern. However, raising the coupling ratio beyond unity increases the revival time considerably. The effect of the other system parameters such as detuning and radiation field intensity on the system dynamics has been investigated as well.
In cavity QED, the mutual interaction between natural atomic systems in presence of a radiation field was ignored due to its negligible impact compared with the coupling to the field. The newly engineered artificial atomic systems (such as quantum dots and superconducting circuits) proposed for quantum information processing enjoy strong interaction with same type of systems or even with other types in hybrid structures, which is coherently controllable and moreover they can be efficiently coupled to radiation fields. We present an exact analytic solution for the time evolution of a composite system of two interacting two-level quantum systems coupled to a single mode radiation field, which can be realized in cavity (circuit) QED. We show how the non-classical dynamical properties of the composite system are affected and can be tuned by introducing and varying the mutual coupling between the two systems. Particularly, the collapse-revival pattern shows a splitting during the revival intervals as the coupling ratio (system-system to system-field) increases, which is a sign of an interruption in the system-radiation energy exchange process. Furthermore, the time evolution of the bipartite entanglement between the two systems is found to vary significantly depending on the coupling ratio as well as the initial state of the composite system resulting in either an oscillatory behavior or a collapse-revival like pattern. Increasing the coupling ratio enhances the entanglement, raises its oscillation average value and emphasizes the collapse-revival like pattern. However, raising the coupling ratio beyond unity increases the revival time considerably. The effect of the other system parameters such as detuning and radiation field intensity on the system dynamics has been investigated as well.
We study a model of two coupled two-level atoms (qubits) interacting off-resonance (at non-zero detuning) with a single mode radiation field. This system is of special interest in the field of quantum information processing (QIP) and can be realized in electron spin states in quantum dots or Rydberg atoms in optical cavities and superconducting qubits in linear resonators. We present an exact analytical solution for the time evolution of the system starting from any initial state. Utilizing this solution, we show how the entanglement sudden death (ESD), which represents a major threat to QIP, can be efficiently controlled by tuning atom-atom coupling and non-zero detuning. We demonstrate that while one of these two system parameters may not separately affect the ESD, combining the two can be very effective, as in the case of an initial correlated Bell state. However in other cases, such as a W-like initial state, they may have a competing impacts on ESD. Moreover, their combined effect can be used to create ESD in the system, as in the case of an anti-correlated initial Bell state. A clear synchronization between the population inversion collapse-revival pattern and the entanglement dynamics is observed at all system parameter combinations. Nevertheless, only for initial states that may evolve to ESD, the population inversion revival oscillations, where exchange of energy between the atoms and the field takes place, temporally coincide with the entanglement revival peaks, whereas the population collapse periods match the ESD intervals. The variation of the radiation field intensity has a clear impact on the duration of the ESD at any combination of the other system parameters.
We extend the study of the Jayne–Cummings (JC) model involving a pair of identical two-level atoms (or qubits) interacting with a single mode quantized field. We investigate the effects of replacing the radiation field mode with a composite spin, comprising [Formula: see text] qubits, or spin-1/2 particles. This model is relevant for physical implementations in superconducting circuit QED, ion trap and molecular systems. For the case of the composite spin prepared in a spin coherent state, we demonstrate the similarities of this set-up to the qubits-field model in terms of the time evolution, attractor states and in particular the collapse and revival of the entanglement between the two qubits. We extend our analysis by taking into account an effect due to qubit imperfections. We consider a difference (or “mismatch”) in the dipole interaction strengths of the two qubits, for both the field mode and composite spin cases. To address decoherence due to this mismatch, we then average over this coupling strength difference with distributions of varying width. We demonstrate in both the field mode and the composite spin scenarios that increasing the width of the “error” distribution increases suppression of the coherent dynamics of the coupled system, including the collapse and revival of the entanglement between the qubits.
We investigate the time evolution and asymptotic behavior of a system of two two-level atoms (qubits) interacting off-resonance with a single mode radiation field. The two atoms are coupled to each other through dipole-dipole as well as Ising interactions. An exact analytic solution for the system dynamics that spans the entire phase space is provided. We focus on initial states that cause the system to evolve to entanglement sudden death (ESD) between the two atoms. We find that combining the Ising and dipole-dipole interactions is very powerful in controlling the entanglement dynamics and ESD compared with either one of them separately. Their effects on eliminating ESD may add up constructively or destructively depending on the type of Ising interaction (Ferromagnetic or anti-Ferromagnetic), the detuning parameter value, and the initial state of the system. The asymptotic behavior of the ESD is found to depend substantially on the initial state of the system, where ESD can be entirely eliminated by tuning the system parameters except in the case of an initial correlated Bell state. Interestingly, the entanglement, atomic population and quantum correlation between the two atoms and the field synchronize and reach asymptotically quasi-steady dynamic states. Each one of them ends up as a continuous irregular oscillation, where the collapse periods vanish, with a limited amplitude and an approximately constant mean value that depend on the initial state and the system parameters choice. This indicates an asymptotic continuous exchange of energy (and strong quantum correlation) between the atoms and the field takes place, accompanied by diminished ESD for these chosen setups of the system. This system can be realized in spin states of quantum dots or Rydberg atoms in optical cavities, and superconducting or hybrid qubits in linear resonators.
We study the entanglement dynamics of a pair of non-identical interacting atoms (qubits) coupled off-resonance to a single-mode cavity radiation field and exposed to dephasing environments. The qubits are studied starting from various initial states that are disentangled from an initially coherent field. The system models the basic building units of quantum information processing (QIP) platforms under the realistic considerations of asymmetry and external environmental influences. We investigate how introducing a radiation field alters the system's entanglement dynamics in the presence of dephasing environments, and how it impacts the effects of the dephasing environments themselves. The work examines the problem under various settings of inter-qubit interactions, which are now experimentally controllable in some of the newly engineered artificial qubit systems. We illustrate that only upon introducing the radiation field, the system suffers a terminal disentanglement (followed by no revivals) in a finite time. This behavior is exacerbated when the atoms' interaction with the field is stronger. Moreover, the effects of the field's intensity and the atoms' detunings are vastly sensitive to the choice of the initial state. We also demonstrate that the closer the atoms' transition frequencies are to resonance with the field, the more pronounced are the effects of strengthening the independent dephasing environments corresponding to some initial states. Those states also suffered a greater reduction in entanglement content when the qubits with stronger atom-field interaction strength were influenced by a stronger independent dephasing environment. In addition, we examined the ability of the correlated dephasing environment to induce a noise-enhanced efficiency in the presence of an external radiation field. We showed that the radiation field could play a decisive role in enabling or restricting noise-enhanced efficiency, but one that is also highly sensitive to the system's initial state.
In this study, we theoretically investigate a system composed of two isolated two-level atoms, each confined within an independent single-mode optical cavity. The cavities are coherently coupled via an optical fiber, enabling photon-mediated interaction between the two subsystems. Each cavity sustains a single-mode quantized electromagnetic field, and each atom couples exclusively to the field within its respective cavity. We analyze the time dependent entanglement dynamics, exploring both atom-atom and cavity-field bipartite entanglement under this hybrid interaction framework. To quantify entanglement, we employ concurrence as the measurement metric. The effects of the atoms' initial states and the optical fiber’s coupling strength on both atom-atom and field-field entanglement are analyzed. Numerical results reveal that when the coupling strength of the optical fiber is close to zero, no entanglement is observed between either the atoms or the fields. However, as the fiber coupling strength increases, entanglement emerges and exhibits collapse and revival behavior over time.
The rapid advancement in the field of quantum information processing sparked great interest in developing what are believed to be new promising qubits made of artificial atoms as well as customized natural ones. Those qubits enjoy mutual interaction with other qubits of the same type or different one in what is known as the hybrid quantum systems. In this work, an asymmetrical generalized version of the famous Tavis-Cummings model is used to prototype the behavior of such hybrid systems. The problem is explored in its full generality by analytically solving the model while upholding realistic conditions, namely two mutually interacting non-identical qubits coupled off-resonance to a radiation field, with non-linearity in both the cavity medium and the qubit-field interaction. The work focuses on studying the entanglement dynamics of the system and its asymptotic behavior, with special emphasis on entanglement sudden death (ESD) and birth (ESB). The system is found to exhibit typical death-revival pattern, which asymptotically approaches a pseudo-steady state that is considerably sensitive to the degree of asymmetry between the qubits, the initial state, and other system parameters. We show that for certain initial entangled states, the system parameters can be tuned to provide maximized persistent terminal entanglement values that are steady and free of any collapse-revival patterns or ESD. In contrary, the disentangled initial states asymptotically attain scattered entanglement maxima that lack any systematic behavior. This terminal entanglement behavior can be attained more rapidly by strengthening the mutual interaction between the qubits, a process that is now experimentally accessible with contemporary artificial qubit systems. These results pave the road for preparing strongly entangled qubits in long-life steady states that are crucially needed for performing efficient quantum information algorithms. These systems can be realized using typical qubits such as quantum dots, trapped ions, superconductors, and Rydberg atoms, in either cavity or circuit QED structures.