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Title: Time-dependent Froehlich transformation approach for two-atom entanglement generated by successive passage through a cavity

Abstract

Time-dependent Froehlich transformations can be used to derive an effective Hamiltonian for a class of quantum systems with time-dependent perturbations. We use such a transformation for a system with time-dependent atom-photon coupling induced by the classical motion of two atoms in an inhomogeneous electromagnetic field. We calculate the entanglement between the two atoms resulting from their motion through a cavity as a function of their initial position difference and velocity.

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  1. Department of Physics and Astronomy, University of Basel, Klingelbergstrasse 82, 4056 Basel (Switzerland)
  2. Institute of Theoretical Physics, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Beijing 100080 (China)
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OSTI Identifier:
20982248
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Journal Article
Resource Relation:
Journal Name: Physical Review. A; Journal Volume: 75; Journal Issue: 3; Other Information: DOI: 10.1103/PhysRevA.75.032302; (c) 2007 The American Physical Society; Country of input: International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA)
Country of Publication:
United States
Language:
English
Subject:
74 ATOMIC AND MOLECULAR PHYSICS; ATOMS; COUPLING; DISTURBANCES; ELECTROMAGNETIC FIELDS; HAMILTONIANS; PERTURBATION THEORY; PHOTON-ATOM COLLISIONS; PHOTONS; QUANTUM ENTANGLEMENT; TIME DEPENDENCE; TRANSFORMATIONS

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Li, Yong, Bruder, C., and Sun, C. P. Time-dependent Froehlich transformation approach for two-atom entanglement generated by successive passage through a cavity. United States: N. p., 2007. Web. doi:10.1103/PHYSREVA.75.032302.
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Li, Yong, Bruder, C., & Sun, C. P. Time-dependent Froehlich transformation approach for two-atom entanglement generated by successive passage through a cavity. United States. doi:10.1103/PHYSREVA.75.032302.
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Li, Yong, Bruder, C., and Sun, C. P. Thu . "Time-dependent Froehlich transformation approach for two-atom entanglement generated by successive passage through a cavity". United States. doi:10.1103/PHYSREVA.75.032302.
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@article{osti_20982248,
title = {Time-dependent Froehlich transformation approach for two-atom entanglement generated by successive passage through a cavity},
author = {Li, Yong and Bruder, C. and Sun, C. P.},
abstractNote = {Time-dependent Froehlich transformations can be used to derive an effective Hamiltonian for a class of quantum systems with time-dependent perturbations. We use such a transformation for a system with time-dependent atom-photon coupling induced by the classical motion of two atoms in an inhomogeneous electromagnetic field. We calculate the entanglement between the two atoms resulting from their motion through a cavity as a function of their initial position difference and velocity.},
doi = {10.1103/PHYSREVA.75.032302},
journal = {Physical Review. A},
number = 3,
volume = 75,
place = {United States},
year = {Thu Mar 15 00:00:00 EDT 2007},
month = {Thu Mar 15 00:00:00 EDT 2007}
}
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DOI:  10.1103/PHYSREVA.75.032302
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