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Probabilistic generation of entanglement in optical cavities

Quantum Physics 2009-11-07 v4

Abstract

We propose to produce entanglement by measuring the transmission of an optical cavity. Conditioned on the detection of a reflected photon, pairs of atoms in the cavity are prepared in maximally entangled states. The success probability depends on the cavity parameters, but high quality entangled states may be produced with a high probability even for cavities of moderate quality.

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@article{arxiv.quant-ph/0206142,
  title  = {Probabilistic generation of entanglement in optical cavities},
  author = {Anders S. Sorensen and Klaus Molmer},
  journal= {arXiv preprint arXiv:quant-ph/0206142},
  year   = {2009}
}

Comments

4+epsilon pages, including 3 figures. v2: improved discussion of imperfections. v3: corrected typos in Eqs. (3) and (4) + minor changes. v4: improved discussion of ring cavity

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