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Entanglement measurement in a Cavity QED System

M. L. Terraciano, Rebecca Olson Knell, D. G. Norris, Jietai Jing, Luis A. Orozco, James Clemens, Perry R. Rice

Published Jan 1, 2007• 0 citations

Abstract

We measure an entanglement witness of a cavity QED system with the cross correlation of its orthogonal modes. The driven mode has information about the field, while the nondriven about the atom through spontaneous emission.

DOI: 10.1364/cqo.2007.cmi17

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