We propose a scheme for generation of two-atom maximally entangled states and the quantum information transfer between two atoms via two identical atoms in resonation with ultrahigh-Q toroidal microcavities.
A relatively simple scheme for generating maximally entangled photon-photon and atom-photon states via entanglement swapping using techniques of cavity QED is proposed.The scheme of preparing the maximally entangled photon-photon state does not require the transfer of quantum information between the atoms and cavity.In the scheme the cavity is only virtually excited and thus the requirement on the quality factor of the cavity is greatly loosened.The scheme of preparing the maximally entangled atom-photon state based on the two-photon JaynesCummings model only requires detecting the state of the single atom rather than a joint-Bell measurement.