Physics – Quantum Physics
Scientific paper
2009-07-07
Physics
Quantum Physics
24 pages, 9 figures
Scientific paper
A three-level atom in a $\Lambda$ configuration trapped in an optical cavity forms a basic unit in a number of proposed protocols for quantum information processing. Through control with an appropriate laser, this system allows for efficient storage of cavity photons into long-lived atomic excitations, and their retrieval with high fidelity. This process presumes an adiabatic transfer through the `dark state', a coherent superposition of the two lower levels of the $\Lambda$ system, by a slow variation of the intensity of the control laser. We study the full quantum mechanics of this transfer process with a view to examine the nonadiabatic effects, as the control laser is varied in time. The nonadiabatic effects arise due to inevitable excitations of the system to states involving the highest level of the $\Lambda$ configuration, which is radiative. We formulate the problem in terms of the instantaneous eigenstates and solve it numerically, allowing for spontaneous decays from the excited level. We present detailed results for both storage and retrieval for a suitable range of variation rates and intensity of the control laser, and examine optimum conditions for the transfer process.
Ghosh Joyee
Ghosh Rahul
Kumar Deepak
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