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Entanglement in atomic systems interacting with single-photon pulses in free space

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Autor(es):
Santos, J. P. [1] ; Semiao, F. L. [1]
Número total de Autores: 2
Afiliação do(s) autor(es):
[1] Univ Fed ABC, Ctr Ciencias Nat & Humanas, BR-09210170 Sao Paulo - Brazil
Número total de Afiliações: 1
Tipo de documento: Artigo Científico
Fonte: Physical Review A; v. 86, n. 5 NOV 21 2012.
Citações Web of Science: 2
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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)

Processo FAPESP: 11/09258-5 - Descrição Quântica da Excitação de Biomoléculas com Pulsos de um Fóton
Beneficiário:Jader Pereira dos Santos
Modalidade de apoio: Bolsas no Brasil - Doutorado