Dephasing-assisted preparation of asymmetric steering in coupled quantum wells

Abstract

It is shown that the dephasing rates are usually harmful for quantum correlations in various systems. Nevertheless, we explore that the dephasing rates in the coupled quantum wells (QWs), as a major contribution of the decay processes, can assist to generate one-way Einstein-Podolsky-Rosen (EPR) steering. By applying two strong fields to drive two dipole-allowed transitions while the other transitions are coupled with two quantized modes, the asymmetric EPR steering is possible to obtain at steady state through a single-pathway dissipation in the three-well system. According to dressed-state and Bogoliubov mode transformation, we find that the dephasing rates play a role in modifying the dressed-state populations and the dissipation rate through multiple quantum interference mechanisms. The positive effect of the dephasing rates from a nanostructure on quantum correlation is expected to find potential applications in quantum information processing.