Generation of pure continuous-variable entangled cluster states of four separate atomic ensembles in a ring cavity

A practical scheme is proposed for the creation of continuous-variable entangled cluster states of four distinct atomic ensembles located inside a high-finesse ring cavity. The scheme does not require a set of external input squeezed fields, a network of beam splitters, and measurements. It is based on nothing else than the dispersive interaction between the atomic ensembles and the cavity mode and a sequential application of laser pulses of a suitably adjusted amplitudes and phases. We show that the sequential laser pulses drive the atomic “field modes” into pure squeezed vacuum states. The state is then examined against the requirement to belong to the class of cluster states. We illustrate the method on three examples of the entangled cluster states: the so-called continuous-variable linear, square, and T-type cluster states.

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