TY - JOUR T1 - Spontaneous Emission Induced Entanglement and Steady Entanglement in Two Atomic System AU - Xu , Huiyun AU - Yang , Guohui JO - Journal of Atomic and Molecular Sciences VL - 1 SP - 42 EP - 50 PY - 2016 DA - 2016/07 SN - 7 DO - http://doi.org/10.4208/jams.101515.112015a UR - https://global-sci.org/intro/article_detail/jams/8113.html KW - Quantum Entanglement, Spontaneous Emission, Photon Exchange. AB -

We report possibility of generating entanglement between two atoms in free space when their spatial separation is on the order of wavelength or less. We show that these two atoms get coupled by photon exchange due to spontaneous decay, which in turn generates the atomic entanglement. By introducing the incoherent pumping, one can obtain the steady entanglement, and the incoherent pumping can overcome the decay of the atoms. Moreover, one can obtain the larger value of steady entanglement via proper tuning the incoherent pumping.