Collective multipartite Einstein-Podolsky-Rosen steering via cascaded four-wave mixing of rubidium atoms

Collective multipartite Einstein-Podolsky-Rosen (EPR) steering is a type of quantum correlation shared among n parties, where the EPR paradox of one party can be realized only by performing local measurements on all the remaining n - 1 parties. Here, we propose an efficient method to produce collective multipartite EPR steering via symmetrically and asymmetrically cascading parametric amplification processes, i.e., four-wave mixing (FWM) of rubidium atoms. The simplified collective-steering criterion is introduced using the Coffman-Kundu-Wootters monogamy relation. Moreover, by actively adjusting the parametric gains, the collective EPR steerability is optimized in our schemes. We find that the scale of collective steering can be extended by cascading more FWMs; in particular, introducing optical loss is useful for generating collective steering with more parties only in the asymmetry structure. Our results pave the way for the construction of quantum networks and provide a promising candidate for one-sided device-independent quantum cryptography among multiple users.

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The study introduces an efficient method to generate collective multipartite EPR steering by cascading parametric amplification processes, optimizing collective EPR steerability through adjusting parametric gains, which holds potential for constructing quantum networks.