Collapse and revival dynamics of two entangled trapped ions
Atle Svandal, J. P. Hansen · Physical Review A · 2002
We study the long-time dynamics of two entangled ions coupled by a single vibrational mode and two lasers with different frequencies as proposed by M\o{}lmer and S\o{}rensen [Phys. Rev. Lett. 82, 1835 (1999)]. It is shown that the time development involves collapses and revivals well known from the dynamics of a single atom in a cavity or in a trap. The revival time is found to be insensitive to the details of the initial collective vibrational state. Therefore, revival and collapse phenomena are obtained for coherent, thermal as well as other vibrational states.