Abstract
We propose an optical cavity-QED scheme for the deterministic generation of polarization-entangled photon pairs that operates with high fidelity even in the bad cavity limit. The scheme is based on the interaction of an excited four-level atom with two empty optical cavity modes via an adiabatic passage process. Monte Carlo wavefunction simulations are used to evaluate the fidelity of the cavity-QED source and its entanglement capability in the presence of decoherence. In the bad cavity limit, fidelities close to one are predicted for state-of-the-art experimental parameter values. © 2008 IOP Publishing Ltd.
Original language | English |
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Article number | 045505 |
Journal | Journal of Physics B: Atomic, Molecular and Optical Physics |
Volume | 41 |
Issue number | 4 |
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Publication status | Published - 28 Feb 2008 |