Journal of Atomic and Molecular Physics
The time evolution of atom entanglement in number state field
Qin Dong
Abstract
Three-atom system is investigated in this paper. Atoms 1 and 2 is entangled initial and is independent with atom 3. The single-mode field is in fock state. We study the time evolution of atoms entanglement when atoms 2 and 3 are in the field. Using partial transposition negative eigenvalue method,we obtain that the entanglement is related strongly with the initial states of the three atomsthe photon numbers of the field and the coupling constants between atoms and cavity.