Quantum Physics Letters
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Journal

Quantum Physics Letters


Volume
& Issue

Volume 12, Issue 2


Published
on

August 1, 2024


Pages

21-33


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Article

Impact of Thermal Reservoir on Entanglement and Squeezing Characteristics of a Three-Level Laser Driven by Coherent Light in an Open Cavity

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Authors

Aliyyi Adem* Affiliation:
Department of Physics, Wolkite University, P.O.Box 07, Wolkite, Ethiopia


Abstract

This study investigates the entanglement and squeezing characteristics of light generated by a non-degenerate, coherently driven three-level laser in an open cavity, coupled to a thermal reservoir through a single-port mirror. By solving the master equation and Hamiltonian, we derived the steady-state solutions for the atomic operators, enabling us to calculate the average photon number, quadrature variance, entanglement, and normalized second-order correlation of the cavity radiation. Our results indicate that higher spontaneous emission rates significantly reduce the average photon number, while the mean of thermal light ($\langle n_{th} \rangle$) enhance it. We found that the light is squeezed primarily in the minus quadrature, achieving maximum squeezing of 37.9% at $\langle n_{th} \rangle = 0$, and slightly decreasing with increased thermal effects. Spontaneous emission reduces photon number variance, while thermal reservoirs amplify it. Additionally, squeezing enhances entanglement, and both are interdependent, with higher squeezing producing more entanglement. These results have implications for quantum communication, computing, and sensing by improving secure communication, error correction, and measurement precision.


Keywords

Operator dynamics, Photon statistics, Quadrature squeezing, Photon entanglement, Second-order correlations


Citation

Adem, A. (2023). Impact of thermal reservoir on entanglement and squeezing characteristics of a three-level laser driven by coherent light in an open cavity. Quantum Physics Letters, 12(2), 21–33. https://doi.org/10.12785/qpl/120202

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