Physical Review A

Population transfer and quantum entanglement implemented in cold atoms involving two Rydberg states via an adiabatic passage

Xue-Dong Tian, Yi-Mou Liu, Cui-Li Cui, Jin-Hui Wu

Published Dec 14, 2015• 26 citations

Abstract

We study the adiabatic passage for a pair of interacting cold atoms driven into the ladder configuration with one ground state and two Rydberg states. We find, with proper single-photon and two-photon detunings, that it is viable to (i) achieve efficient population transfer from the ground state to either Rydberg state by fully overcoming the dipole blockade effect and (ii) implement maximal entangled states by partially overcoming the dipole blockade effect. These entangled atomic states are very stable and have purities and fidelities approaching 100%, among which one is of particular interest since it involves the simultaneous excitation of two different Rydberg states.

DOI: 10.1103/physreva.92.063411

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