Acta Sinica Quantum Optica
The Entanglement Properties of Two Λ-type atoms in a Dissipative Cavity
Liu Bao-ping
Abstract
The entanglement between two Λ-type three-level atoms interacting with coherent field in a dissipative cavity is investigated by means of the entanglement degree of quantum conditional entropy.A solution of the master equation is obtained by super operator method.The authors discuss the entanglement between the two atoms based on two kinds of different initial states(|ψa(0),|Φa(0)) and analyze the influence of decay coefficient of the cavity and mean photon number of the field on entanglement degree.In conclusion,when the atoms are initially in entangled state |ψa(0),the evolution of the entanglement degree depends on decay coefficient of the cavity and intensity of the field.If there is absence of dissipation,the entanglement degree evolves periodically;otherwise,the entanglement degree decays sharply and approaches a stable value.The weaker the intensity of the field is,the greater the stable value becomes.The greater the decay coefficient is,the faster it reaches the stable value.But for the other initial entangled state |Φa(0),the entanglement between the two atoms doesn't evolve with the time.It implies that the entangled state |Φa(0) can be preserved in such a dissipative system.