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Published June 2000 | Published + Accepted Version
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Dynamic generation of maximally entangled photon multiplets by adiabatic passage

Abstract

The adiabatic passage scheme for quantum state synthesis, in which atomic Zeeman coherences are mapped to photon states in an optical cavity, is extended to the general case of two degenerate cavity modes with orthogonal polarization. Analytical calculations of the dressed-state structure and Monte Carlo wave-function simulations of the system dynamics show that, for a suitably chosen cavity detuning, it is possible to generate states of photon multiplets that are maximally entangled in polarization. These states display nonclassical correlations of the type described by Greenberger, Horne, and Zeilinger (GHZ). An experimental scheme to realize a GHZ measurement using coincidence detection of the photons escaping from the cavity is proposed. The correlations are found to originate in the dynamics of the adiabatic passage and persist even if cavity decay and GHZ state synthesis compete on the same time scale. Beyond entangled field states, it is also possible to generate entanglement between photons and the atom by using a different atomic transition and initial Zeeman state.

Additional Information

© 2000 The American Physical Society. Received 10 August 1999; published 17 May 2000. The authors wish to thank Hideo Mabuchi, Sze Men Tan, and Peter Zoller for valuable discussions, and S.M.T. especially for his assistance with setting up the Monte Carlo simulations. This work was supported by the Defense Advanced Projects Agency via the initiative for Quantum Information and Computation (QUIC) administered by the Army Research Office, by the National Science Foundation, and by the Office of Naval Research. W.L. also gratefully acknowledges support from the Deutsche Forschungsgemeinschaft.

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