Dynamics of the interaction between a trapped three-level ion with a two-mode quantized field in the nonlinear regime in the presence of a Kerr medium

In this paper, the dynamical properties of a trapped three-level ion which interacts with a two-mode quantized field in the presence of a Kerr medium are studied. The ion-field coupling is also considered to be intensity-dependent (nonlinear interaction). In this respect, the Lambda, V and ladder-type three-level ions are considered. Via solving the time-dependent Schorodinger equation, the state vectors of the corresponding ion-field systems are analytically obtained after choosing special initial conditions. In the continuation, the mean phonon number as a criterion of trapping energy, the population inversion as a criterion of exchanging energy (between the ion and the field) and the linear entropy as a criterion of entanglement between the trapped ion and the field are studied. To get more general insight about the interaction conditions, the effect of intensity-dependent ion-field coupling (nonlinearity regime) on the dynamics of system is investigated. Finally, by comparing the obtained results for the three configurations of trapped three-level ions with the previously considered two-level one, we conclude that the degree of entanglement for three-level ions is more than the two-level ion. Also, among the considered trapped ions, the ladder-type ion possesses the most amount of entanglement with the quantized field, whereas the Lambda-type possesses the least. We also conclude that, the general temporal behaviour of the other considered quantities (mean phonon number and population inversion) are the same for all three types of trapped three-level ions.