Preparation of Entanglement of Atoms and of Photons via Cavity Input–Output Process

Abstract

We propose a method to prepare multipartite entangled states such as cluster states and graph states based on the cavity input–output process and single photon measurement. Two quantum gates, a controlled phase gate and a fusion gate between two atoms trapped in respective cavities, are proposed to prepare atomic cluster states and graph states with one and two dimensions. We also introduce a scheme that can generate an arbitrary multipartite photon cluster state which uses two coherent states as a qubit basis.