Entangling two-level atoms by spontaneous emission

2002/04/24 by Lech Jakóbczyk, L. Jakobczyk, Jakobczyk, L.
Computer Science · Physics and Astronomy · #FOS: Physical sciences #Mechanical and Optical Resonators #Quantum Information and Cryptography #Quantum Mechanics and Applications #Quantum Physics (quant-ph) #quant-ph

paper · pdf · doi:10.48550/arxiv.quant-ph/0204140

corrected some errors in Sect. 3

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Abstract

It is shown that the dissipation due to spontaneous emission can entangle two closely separated two-level atoms.

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