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Q: Fachverband Quantenoptik und Photonik

Q 30: Poster: Photonics, laser development and applications, ultrashort laser pulses, quantum effects

Q 30.76: Poster

Tuesday, March 18, 2014, 16:30–18:30, Spree-Palais

Influence of dipole-dipole interactions on decoherence-free states — •François Damanet and John Martin — Institut de Physique Nucléaire, Atomique et de Spectroscopie, Université de Liège, Bât. B15, B-4000 Liège, Belgium

Decoherence, known as the consequence of the coupling of any quantum system to its environment, causes information loss in the system and represents a major problem in the physical realization of quantum computers [1]. Decoherence-Free States (DFS) are considered as a possible solution to this problem. A set of trapped cold atoms placed in a DFS state will be immune against decoherence due to spontaneous emission. However, because of dipole-dipole interactions between atoms, induced dephasing effects are likely to destroy the coherence and drive the system out of its DFS [1-2]. In this work, we study numerically the dynamics of a set of two-level atoms initially in a DFS with respect to dissipative processes by solving the master equation including both dissipative dynamics and dipole dipole interactions. We focus our attention on the influence of dipolar coupling on the radiated energy rate and coherence of the system as in [3]. In particular, by averaging over many realizations of close randomly distributed atomic positions, we show the formation of a superradiant-like pulse and we study its properties as a function of the dipolar coupling strength.

[1] D. A. Lidar & K. B. Whaley, Lectures Notes in Phys., Vol. 622, p83-120, Springer (2003).

[2] M. Gross & S. Haroche, Physics reports 93, 301-396 (1982).

[3] W. Feng, Y. Li & S. -Y. Zhu, arXiv :1302.0957. (2013).