We show that it is possible to achieve laser oscillation and two-mode entanglement by using dressed-state phase-dependent electromagnetically induced transparency (EIT) in a double $\Lambda$ system. Under certain conditions, two beams of bichromatic fields induce the depopulation of a coherent superposition state of the two excited states and the quantum beat of a pair of cavity fields. While one of two beams of bichromatic fields dresses the atoms, the other and the pair of cavity fields are in phase-controlled EIT interaction with the dressed atoms. On the basis of this, the pair of cavity fields not only operates well above threshold and exhibit subshot noise but also is in an entangled state. This mechanism suggests an efficient way to achieve bright entangled source of light.

• Received 5 August 2009

DOI:https://doi.org/10.1103/PhysRevA.80.053829