Quantum and classical descriptions of the two-mode laser field

András Csehi, Ágnes Vibók, Gábor J. Halász +1 more

Coherent control experiments in molecules are often done with shaped laser fields. The electric field is described classically and control over the time evolution of the system is achieved by shaping the laser pulses in the time or frequency domain. Moving on from a classical to a quantum description of the light field allows one to engineer the quantum state of light to steer chemical processes. The quantum field description of the photon mode allows one to manipulate the light-matter interaction directly in phase space. In this paper we demonstrate the basic principle of coherent control with quantum light on the avoided crossing in lithium fluoride. Using a quantum description of light together with the nonadiabatic couplings and vibronic degrees of freedoms opens up alternative perspective on quantum control. We show the deviations from control with purely classical light field and how back-action of the light field becomes important in a few-photon regime.

Muhammad Suhail Zubairy, Surendra Singh

Shakir Ullah, Haleema Sadia Qureshi, Fazal Ghafoor

We study the quantum steering of a two-mode Gaussian state evolved by a simple quantum beat laser with the cavity field being initially in arbitrary two single-mode Gaussian states and the lasing medium being driven by a strong classical field. In presence of the cavity damping, the quantum steering time of the two-mode Gaussian state increases with the relative intensity of the coupling fields, whereas the relative phase switches the steerable states into the non-steerable and vice versa. We further show that the higher the non-classicality of the initial cavity modes, the longer the time of steerability in the two-mode Gaussian state. Nonetheless, the quantum steering is irrespective of the influence from the purity of the initial cavity modes of the laser system.

Hermann Haken

Daniel F. Walls, Gerard J Milburn

Haleema Sadia Qureshi, Shakir Ullah, Fazal Ghafoor

Abstract Quantum discord, an appropriate measure of quantum correlation, is analyzed in a two-mode Gaussian state of the cavity field evolved by a system of quantum beat laser. In the laser system, two arbitrary single-mode Gaussian states of the cavity fields and an external classical field couple to the atomic lasing medium. We calculate the time-dependent expression for the quantum discord both analytically and numerically, by following the reduced density matrix equation of the resulting cavity field. In this framework, we investigate the generation and control of Gaussian quantum discord in the two-mode Gaussian state of the cavity field at the output in terms of the purity and non-classicality of the two input cavity modes, the Rabi frequency of the classical driving field, the relative phase of the coupling parameters, and the damping rates of the cavity modes. The behaviour of quantum discord appears oscillatory due to the quantum beats in the output cavity field developed by the classical driving field in the medium as time passes. Moreover, we find that quantum discord switches on and off while adjusting the relative phase of the coupling parameters. Analysis of the analytical results agrees well with our numerical simulations.