Effects of a classical homogeneous gravitational field on the cavity-field entropy and generation of the Schrodinger-cat states in the Jaynes-Cummings model

TL;DR

This study investigates how a classical homogeneous gravitational field influences the evolution of cavity-field entropy and the formation of Schrödinger-cat states in the Jaynes-Cummings model, revealing that gravity hampers cat state generation.

Contribution

It provides an exact and approximate analytical framework for understanding gravitational effects on cavity quantum states within the Jaynes-Cummings model.

Findings

Gravitational field destroys Schrödinger-cat state generation.

Gravity affects the cavity-field entropy evolution.

Exact solutions incorporate atomic motion and gravity effects.

Abstract

In this paper, we examine the effects of the gravitational field on the dynamical evolution of the cavity-field entropy and the creation of the Schrodinger-cat state in the Jaynes-Cummings model. We consider a moving two-level atom interacting with a single mode quantized cavity-field in the presence of a classical homogeneous gravitational field. Based on an su(2) algebra, as the dynamical symmetry group of the model, we derive the reduced density operator of the cavity-field which includes the effects of the atomic motion and the gravitational field. Also, we obtain the exact solution and the approximate solution for the system-state vector, and examine the atomic dynamics. By considering the temporal evolution of the cavity-field entropy as well as the dynamics of the Q-function of the cavity-field we study the effects of the gravitational field on the generation of the Schrodinger-cat states of the cavity-field by using the Q-function, field entropy and approximate solution for the system-state vector. The results show that the gravitational field destroys the generation of the Schrodinger-cat state of the cavity-field.