Dynamics of quantum correlations in a qubit-qutrit spin system under random telegraph noise

Abstract

We study the dimensionless time evolution of the logarithmic negativity and geometric quantum discord of a qubit-qutrit XXX spin model under the both Markovian and non-Markovian noise channels. We find that at a special temperature interval the quantum entanglement based on the logarithmic negativity reveals entanglement sudden deaths together with revivals. The revival phenomenon is due to the non-Markovianity resulting from the feedback effect of the environment. At high temperatures, the scenario of death and revival disappears. The geometric quantum discord evolves alternatively versus time elapsing with damped amplitudes until the system reaches steady state. It is demonstrated that the dynamics of entanglement negativity undergoes substantial changes by varying temperature, and it is much more fragile against the temperature rather than the geometric quantum discord. The real complex heterodinuclear [Ni(dpt)(H2O)Cu(pba)] · 2H2O [with pba = 1,3-propylenebis(oxamato) and dpt = bis-(3-aminopropyl)amine] is an experimental representative of our considered bipartite qubit-qutrit system that may show remarkable entanglement deaths and revivals at relatively high temperatures and high magnetic field that is comparable with the strength of the exchange interaction J between Cu+2 and Ni+2 ions, i.e., k B T ≈ J and μ B B ≈ J.