Microscopic model for a spatial multimode generation based on Multi-pump Four Wave Mixing in hot vapours

TL;DR

This paper develops a microscopic model for multimode quantum light generation via two-pump four wave mixing in hot atomic vapors, enabling better understanding and prediction of entanglement and mode properties.

Contribution

It introduces a novel microscopic description of multi-mode generation with two-pump 4WM in dense atomic media, extending existing models and providing analytical tools.

Findings

Describes angle and two-photon dependencies of multimode generation

Predicts gain distribution and quantum correlations among modes

Analyzes entanglement properties consistent with experimental data

Abstract

Multipartite entanglement is an important resource for quantum information processing. It has been shown that it is possible to employ alkali atoms to implement single device multipartite entanglement by using nonlinear processes with spatial modes. This work presents the first microscopic description of such multi-mode generation with two-pump four wave mixing (4WM) in dense atomic media. We implement an extension of a double $\Lambda$ model for a single pump 4WM in order to describe the multi-mode generation with a two-pump configuration. We propose a Floquet expansion to solve the multimode gain amplification and noise properties. The model describes the angle and the two-photon dependency of the multimode generation and the quantum correlations among the modes. We investigate the entanglement properties of the system, describing the main properties of previous experimental observations. Such a microscopic description can be used to predict the gain distribution of modes and the quantum correlation within a typical range of experimental parameters.