Two-photon entanglement in multi-qubit bi-directional waveguide QED

Abstract: We study entanglement generation and control in bi-directional waveguide QED driven by a two photon Gaussian wavepacket. In particular, we focus on how increasing the number of qubits affects the overall average pairwise entanglement in the system. We also investigate how the presence of a second photon can introduce non-linearities, thereby manipulating the generated entanglement. In addition, we show that through the introduction of chirality and small decay rates, entanglement can be stored and enhanced up to factors of 2 and 3, respectively. Finally, we analyze the influence of finite detunnings and time-delays on the generated entanglement.