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Atomic coherence control on the entanglement of two atoms in two-photon processes

Yao-Hua Hu, Fang Mao-Fa, Qin Wu

Published Aug 1, 2007• 12 citations

Abstract

Considering two identical two-level atoms interacting with a single-mode thermal field through two-photon processes, this paper studies the atomic coherence control on the entanglement between two two-level atoms, and finds that the entanglement is greatly enhanced due to the initial atomic coherence. The results show that the entanglement can be manipulated by changing the initial parameters of the system, such as the superposition coefficients and the relative phases of the initial atomic coherent state and the mean photon number of the cavity field.

DOI: 10.1088/1009-1963/16/8/042

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