Dynamics of Entropy and Nonclassicality Features of the Interaction between a ◇-type Four-Level Atom and a Single-Mode Field in the Presence of Intensity-Dependent Coupling and Kerr Nonlinearity

The interaction between a◇-type four-level atom and a single-mode field in the presence of Kerr medium with intensity-dependent coupling involving multi-photon processes has been studied. Using the generalized(nonlinear)Jaynes–Cummings model, the exact analytical solution of the wave function for the considered system under particular condition, has been obtained when the atom is initially excited to the topmost level and the field is in a coherent state. Some physical properties of the atom-field entangled state such as linear entropy showing the entanglement degree, Mandel parameter, mean photon number and normal squeezing of the resultant state have been calculated. The effects of Kerr medium, detuning and the intensity-dependent coupling on the temporal behavior of the latter mentioned nonclassical properties have been investigated. It is shown that by appropriately choosing the evolved parameters in the interaction process, each of the above nonclassicality features, which are of special interest in quantum optics as well as quantum information processing, can be revealed.

A GENERALIZED JAYNES-CUMMINGS MODEL WITH INTENSITY-DEPENDENT COUPLING

Jaynes-Cummings model (JCM) for describing a two-level atom interacting with a single-mode radiation field via the one-photon transition is one of the important theoretical models in quantum optics. Recently, Sukumar et al. have generalized the JCM

Jaynes-Cummings model with intensity-dependent coupling and Schrbdinger cat state

Linear superposition principle is a basic characteristic of quantum mechanics. The quantum interference of matter wave results from this principle. Recently, considerable effort has been devoted to the study of the properties of superpositions of two or more coherent states, i.e. the Schr(?)dinger cat states.It is shown that the superpositions of coherent states have properties different from those of the coherent state, such as the higher-order squeezing, sub-Poissonian distribution, oscillatory photon statistics and antibunching effect, because of the quantum interference between the components of the cat states. The emergence of these non-classical effects makes the study of the Schr(?)

Entropy squeezing and atomic inversion in the K-photon Jaynes–Cummings model in the presence of the Stark shift and a Kerr medium:A full nonlinear approach

The interaction between a two-level atom and a single-mode field in the k-photon Jaynes-Cummings model （JCM） in the presence of the Stark shift and a Kerr medium is studied. All terms in the Hamiltonian, such as the single-mode field, its interaction with the atom, the contribution of the Stark shift and the Kerr medium effects are considered to be f-deformed. In particular, the effect of the initial state of the radiation field on the dynamical evolution of some physical properties such as atomic inversion and entropy squeezing are investigated by considering different initial field states （coherent, squeezed and thermal states）.

Nonlinear Interaction and Entanglement Transfer from SU(1,1) Coherent State to Mixed Atoms

For nonlinear interactions with different forms of intensity-dependent coupling, entanglement transfer from the correlated two-mode SU（1,1） coherent states （SCS） to the initially separable and mixed atoms is investigated. It is found that suitable intensity-dependent coupling can enhance the entanglement transfer and make the atomic entanglement evolve periodically especially for the initially mixed atomic states. For SCS, the entanglement between the two modes is strengthened with the increase of the photon number difference （PND） between the two modes of the fields. When PND is odd, the entanglement between the atoms is less than that when PND is even.

Spectral broadening induced by intense ultra-short pulse in 4H–SiC crystals

We report the observation of spectral broadening induced by 200 femtosecond laser pulses with the repetition rate of 1 kHz at the wavelength of 532 nm in semi-insulating 4H–SiC single crystals.It is demonstrated that the full width at half maximum of output spectrum increases linearly with the light propagation length and the peak power density,reaching a maximum 870 cm-1on a crystal of 19 mm long under an incident laser with a peak power density of 60.1 GW/cm2.Such spectral broadening can be well explained by the self-phase modulation model which correlates time-dependent phase change of pulses to intensity-dependent refractive index.The nonlinear refractive index n2 is estimated to be1.88×10-15cm2/W.The intensity-dependent refractive index is probably due to both the nonlinear optical polarizability of the bound electrons and the increase of free electrons induced by the two-photon absorption process.Super continuum spectra could arise as crystals are long enough to induce the self-focusing effect.The results show that SiC crystals may find applications in spectral broadening of high power lasers.