Stationary three-dimensional entanglement via dissipative Rydberg pumping

Abstract

We extend the recent result of a bipartite Bell singlet [A. W. Carr and M. Saffman, Phys. Rev. Lett. 111, 033607 (2013)] to a stationary three-dimensional entanglement between two-individual neutral Rydberg atoms. This proposal makes full use of the coherent dynamics provided by a Rydberg-mediated interaction and the dissipative factor originating from the spontaneous emission of a Rydberg state. The numerical simulation of the master equation reveals that both the target state negativity $\mathcal{N}({\stackrel{\ifmmode \hat{}\else \^{}\fi{}}{\ensuremath{\rho}}}_{\ensuremath{\infty}})$ and fidelity $\mathcal{F}({\stackrel{\ifmmode \hat{}\else \^{}\fi{}}{\ensuremath{\rho}}}_{\ensuremath{\infty}})$ can exceed 99.90%. Furthermore, a steady three-atom singlet state $|{S}_{3}\ensuremath{\rangle}$ is also achievable based on the same mechanism.