Acta Sinica Quantum Optica
The Time-evolution of the Atomic Population in the System of Atoms in Bell States Interacting with Two-mode Entangled Coherent Field
Zhuo‐Liang Cao
Abstract
The time-evolution of atomic population of a light-atoms interaction system,two atoms in Bell states Interacting with two-mode entangled coherent field,are investigated by means of quantum thoery and numerical method.The effect of the atomic initial state,mean photon numbers of field,the degree of the entanglment for the entangled coherent fields,and the coupling strength of dipole-dipole interaction between atoms on the atom's population are discussed by numerical calculation.The results show that the atomic population is time-independent provided that the atom is in |β11〉 state.For the other three Bell states,there will appear the periodical collapse-revival of the atomic population if the initial mean photon number reaches some special value.With the increase of the initial mean photon number,the oscillation frequency of the time-evolution of atomic population increases correspondingly,and the amplitude decreases.The revival period of the atomic population for the initial states |β00〉 and |β10〉 is twice of that for the initial state |β01〉.The degree of entanglement of the two-mode entangled coherent field and the intensity of two dipole-dipole interaction between atoms have no effects on the frequency of the Rabi oscillation,but have obvious effects on the amplitude of the oscillation.