Collective effects on atomic systems, nuclear spins and cavity quantum electrodyna...
Macroscopic behavior of non-relativistic interacting many fermion systems
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Total Authors: 2
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Affiliation: | [1] Univ Fed ABC, Ctr Ciencias Nat & Humanas, BR-09210170 Sao Paulo - Brazil
Total Affiliations: 1
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Document type: | Journal article |
Source: | Physical Review A; v. 86, n. 5 NOV 21 2012. |
Web of Science Citations: | 2 |
Abstract | |
New technologies providing tightly focusing lenses and mirrors with large numerical apertures and electro-optic modulation of single photons are now available for the investigation of photon-atom interactions without a cavity. From the theoretical side, new models must be developed which take into account the intrinsic open system aspect of the problem as well as details about atomic relative positions and temporal (spectral) features of the pulses. In this paper, we investigate the generation of nonclassical correlations between two atoms in free space interacting with a quantized pulse containing just one single photon. For this purpose, we develop a general theoretical approach which allows us to find the equations of motion for single-and two-body atomic operators from which we obtained the system density operator. We show that one single photon is capable of promoting substantial entanglement between two initially ground-state atoms, and we analyze the dependence of these correlations on atomic relative positions (vacuum effects) and spectral features of the single-photon pulse. (AU) | |
FAPESP's process: | 11/09258-5 - Quantum Description of the Excitation of Biomolecules by Single Photon Pulses |
Grantee: | Jader Pereira dos Santos |
Support Opportunities: | Scholarships in Brazil - Doctorate |