Scientific Reports (May 2018)

Quantum entanglement of a harmonic oscillator with an electromagnetic field

  • Dmitry N. Makarov

DOI
https://doi.org/10.1038/s41598-018-26650-8
Journal volume & issue
Vol. 8, no. 1
pp. 1 – 8

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Abstract At present, there are many methods for obtaining quantum entanglement of particles with an electromagnetic field. Most methods have a low probability of quantum entanglement and not an exact theoretical apparatus based on an approximate solution of the Schrodinger equation. There is a need for new methods for obtaining quantum-entangled particles and mathematically accurate studies of such methods. In this paper, a quantum harmonic oscillator (for example, an electron in a magnetic field) interacting with a quantized electromagnetic field is considered. Based on the exact solution of the Schrodinger equation for this system, it is shown that for certain parameters there can be a large quantum entanglement between the electron and the electromagnetic field. Quantum entanglement is analyzed on the basis of a mathematically exact expression for the Schmidt modes and the Von Neumann entropy.