Published July 2007 | Version v1
Journal article

Continuous source of phase-controlled entangled two-photon laser

  • 1. Institute for Quantum Studies and Department of Physics, Texas A and M University, Texas 77843-4242 (United States)
  • 2. Frick Laboratory, Department of Chemistry, Princeton University, New Jersey 08544 (United States)
  • 3. Department of Physics, Korea Advanced Institute of Science and Technology, Daejeon, 305-701 (Korea, Republic of)

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We show that an absolute coherent phase of a laser can be used to manipulate the entanglement of photon pairs in two-photon laser. We present simple physics behind a general master equation for two-photon laser. Our focus is on the generation of a continuous source of macroscopically entangled photon pairs in the double Λ (or Raman) scheme. We show how the steady-state photon numbers and entanglement depend on the laser parameters, especially the phase. We obtain a relationship between entanglement and two-photon correlation. We derive conditions that give steady-state entanglement for the spontaneous Raman-electromagnetic-induced transparency scheme and use it to identify the region with macroscopic entanglement. No entanglement is found for the double resonant Raman scheme

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Journal Title
Physical Review. A
Journal Volume
76
Journal Issue
1
Journal Page Range
p. 013809-013809.7
ISSN
1050-2947
CODEN
PLRAAN

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(c) 2007 The American Physical Society