Conditional STIRAP based on Rydberg blockade: entanglement fidelities in three- and four-level schemes

Abstract

Abstract This paper investigates the generation of quantum entanglement by means of conditional stimulated Raman adiabatic passage (STIRAP) based on Rydberg blockade. The paper compares the entanglement fidelities in three-level and four-level schemes and analyzes the adiabatic conditions in both cases. In particular, Green–Horne–Zeilinger states can be deterministically generated in an atomic ensemble interacting with a single control atom.