IEEE Conference on Decision and Control (CDC)
Distributed generation of entanglement between spatially separated propagating Gaussian fields via coherent feedback
Zhan Shi, Hendra I. Nurdin
Abstract
In this paper we show how Einstein-Podolski-Rosen (EPR)-like entanglement between a pair of spatially separated propagating continuous-mode Gaussian fields can be generated via a coherent feedback loop that connects two spatially distant nondegenerate optical parametric amplifiers (NOPAs) over two transmission channels. In particular, the scheme generates entanglement in a distributed manner using spatially distributed resources. It is shown that similar to a single NOPA, the coherent feedback scheme has parameters that determine the achievable frequency dependent two-mode squeezing and entanglement bandwidth between the pair of continuous-mode fields. It is shown that in ideal scenarios, in the absence and presence of transmission losses, the feedback connection is able to provide a moderate increase in the quality of entanglement while achieving this in a more efficient manner by consuming less power, compared to conventional distribution of entanglement using a single NOPA.