Deterministic creation of stationary entangled states by dissipation

TL;DR

This paper presents a practical method to generate stationary entangled states between two atoms using dissipation, by exploiting atomic distinguishability, specific positioning, and laser tuning, without environment engineering.

Contribution

It introduces a novel dissipation-based scheme for creating stationary entanglement with minimal environment engineering, utilizing atomic distinguishability and laser control.

Findings

Stationary entanglement can be achieved on demand by tuning laser Rabi frequency.

Entanglement occurs when Rabi sidebands match the undriven atom's frequency.

The system acts as a cascade open system with unidirectional fluorescence driving.

Abstract

We propose a practical physical system for creation of a stationary entanglement by dissipation without employing the environment engineering techniques. The system proposed is composed of two perfectly distinguishable atoms, through their significantly different transition frequencies, with only one atom addressed by an external laser field. We show that the arrangement would easily be realized in practice by trapping the atoms at the distance equal to the quarter-wavelength of a standing-wave laser field and locating one of the atoms at a node and the other at the successive antinode of the wave. The undesirable dipole-dipole interaction between the atoms, that could be large at this small distance, is adjusted to zero by a specific initial preparation of the atoms or by a specific polarization of the atomic dipole moments. Following this arrangement, we show that the dissipative relaxation can create a stationary entanglement on demand by tuning the Rabi frequency of the laser field to the difference between the atomic transition frequencies. The laser field dresses the atom and we identify that the entangled state occurs when the frequency of one of the Rabi sidebands of the driven atom tunes to frequency of the undriven atom. It is also found that this system behaves as a cascade open system where the fluorescence from the dressed atom drives the other atom with no feedback.