Evolution of the superposition of displaced number states with the two-atom multiphoton Jaynes–Cummings model: interference and entanglement

Abstract

In this paper, we study the evolution of two two-level atoms interacting with a single-mode quantized radiation field, namely, the two-atom multiphoton Jaynes–Cummings model (JCM). We assume that the field and the atoms are initially prepared in the superposition of displaced number states and excited atomic states, respectively. For this system, we investigate the atomic inversion, Wigner function, phase distribution and entanglement. We show that for symmetric (asymmetric) atoms, the system can generate asymmetric (symmetric) cat states at a quarter of the revival time. Furthermore, the degrees of entanglement for the field–atoms and the one-atom–remainder tangles depend on the rate of energy flow between the parties. The interference in phase space decreases the degree of entanglement in the bipartite.