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arXiv:2312.04313 · Annalen der Physik

Unidirectional Gaussian One‐Way Steering

Jamal El Qars

Published May 9, 2022• 10 citations
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Abstract

Abstract Steering is a type of quantum nonlocality that exhibits an inherent asymmetry between two observers. In a nondegenerate three‐level laser coupled to a two‐mode squeezed vacuum reservoir, under realistic experimental conditions, the Gaussian steering of two laser modes, and , generated within the cascade transitions, respectively are examined. It is found that the steerability is always higher than that from ; in addition, the steering asymmetry cannot exceed ln 2, which implies that the state never diverges to an extremal asymmetry state. It is shown how squeezed noise can play a constructive role in realizing one‐way steering. As the main result, it is demonstrated that the state can exhibit one‐way steering solely from , which is shown to emerge as a consequence of the fact that the intensity difference of the modes and is verified to remain always positive, irrespective of the physical and environmental parameters of . The generated unidirectional one‐way steering may provide a useful resource for the distribution of the trust in future asymmetric quantum information tasks.

DOI
10.1002/andp.202100386

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Abstract Steering is a type of quantum nonlocality that exhibits an inherent asymmetry between two observers. In a nondegenerate three‐level laser coupled to a two‐mode squeezed vacuum reservoir, under realistic experimental conditions, the Gaussian steering of two laser modes, and , generated within the cascade transitions, respectively are examined. It is found that the steerability is always higher than that from ; in addition, the steering asymmetry cannot exceed ln 2, which implies that the state never diverges to an extremal asymmetry state. It is shown how squeezed noise can play a constructive role in realizing one‐way steering. As the main result, it is demonstrated that the state can exhibit one‐way steering solely from , which is shown to emerge as a consequence of the fact that the intensity difference of the modes and is verified to remain always positive, irrespective of the physical and environmental parameters of . The generated unidirectional one‐way steering may provide a useful resource for the distribution of the trust in future asymmetric quantum information tasks.
Steering is a type of nonseparable quantum correlation, where its inherent asymmetric feature makes it distinct from Bell nonlocality and entanglement. In this paper, we investigate quantum steering in a two-mode Gaussian state [Formula: see text] coupled to a two-mode vacuum reservoir. The mode [Formula: see text] ([Formula: see text]) is emitted during the first (second) transition of a nondegenerate three-level cascade laser. By means of the master equation of the state [Formula: see text], we derive the analytical expression of the steady-state covariance matrix of the modes [Formula: see text] and [Formula: see text]. Using realistic experimental parameters, we show that the state [Formula: see text] can exhibit asymmetric steering. Furthermore, by an appropriate choice of the physical parameters of the state [Formula: see text], we show that one-way steering can be achieved. Essentially, we demonstrate that one-way steering can, in general, occur only from [Formula: see text]. Besides, we perform a comparative study between the steering of the two laser modes and their Gaussian Rényi-2 entanglement. As a result, we found that the entanglement and steering behave similarly in the same circumstances, i.e. both of them decay under dissipation effect; moreover, they can be well enhanced by inducing more and more quantum coherence in the state [Formula: see text]. In particular, we found that the steering remains always less than the Gaussian Rényi-2 entanglement.
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Abstract Quantum steering is a form of quantum correlation that exhibits an inherent asymmetry, distinguishing it from entanglement and Bell nonlocality. It is now understood that quantum steering plays a pivotal role in asymmetric quantum information tasks. In this work, a scheme is proposed to generate asymmetric steering between two mechanical modes by transferring quantum coherence from a correlated‐emission laser. To accomplish this, quantum Langevin equations is derived to describe the optomechanical coupling between two cavity modes and two mechanical modes along with the master equation of two‐mode laser. By examining the case where the cavity modes scatter at the anti‐Stokes sidebands, it is demonstrated that both two‐way and one‐way steering can be achieved by adjusting the strength of the field driving the gain medium of the laser. Furthermore, it is showed that the direction of one‐way steering can be controlled by varying the temperatures of the mechanical baths or the strengths of the optomechanical couplings. Additionally, it is revealed that the directionality of one‐way steering depends on the modes fluctuation levels of the modes, with the mode exhibiting larger fluctuations determining the direction. This highly controllable scheme could potentially be realized with current technology, offering a promising platform for implementing one‐way quantum information tasks.
Quantum correlations play a fundamental role in quantum information science. Within bipartite mixed states, they can arise in different incarnations, i.e. Bell nonlocality, steering, and entanglement. Besides being of fundamental interest, they can all be exploited to attain enhancements in quantum information processing tasks over classical methods. Here, in a two-mode Gaussian state [Formula: see text], where the mode [Formula: see text]([Formula: see text]) is generated during the first(second) transition of a correlated-emission laser, we perform a comparative study between the three forms of quantum correlations in the presence of dissipation and thermal noise. We use the master equation of the state [Formula: see text] to obtain the first and second moments of the laser modes variables in the steady state regime. Under realistic experimental conditions, we show that Bell nonlocality could be exhibited by the state [Formula: see text] only when the two laser modes [Formula: see text] and [Formula: see text] are weakly entangled, in contrast, it disappears when they are strongly entangled. Especially, we find that Bell nonlocality is strongly sensitive to thermal noise. Also, we show that the state [Formula: see text] can display one-way and two-way steering in a wide range of operating parameters. In particular, we demonstrate that one-way steering can be detected solely in the direction [Formula: see text]. Against thermal noise, entanglement is found to be more robust than steering, which is in turn found to be more robust than Bell nonlocality. The obtained results are helpful in understanding the behavior of quantum nonlocality in dissipative-noisy environments, and may find potential applications for quantum information tasks.
Abstract We present to use the thermal noise as an effective way to manipulate the direction of Einstein–Podolsky–Rosen (EPR) steering. In particular, a system of three-level cascade laser is under our consideration, in which the atoms are prepared in an initial superposition of the upper excited level and ground level and the cavity modes are damped by the thermal bath. It is found that the thermal noise plays a constructive role in realizing the one-way EPR steering and expanding the parameter region of the steady-state asymmetric steering. In the absence of the thermal noise, two-way steering mainly occurs due to the injected atomic coherence that is quite helpful for entanglement enhancement. Surprisingly, when the thermal noise is involved, the one-way steering substitutes for two-way steering and it can be obtainable in most parameter region. Actually, the thermal noise significantly increases the mean number of the emitted photon pairs and enlarges the intensity difference between two cavity modes, which leads to the striking asymmetry in the mean photon numbers and then induces the unidirectional steerability from the mode generated by the upper transition to the mode in the low transition. The present scheme may provide a resource in a long-distance quantum network for quantum secret sharing protocol.