Abstract
We employ (1+1)-dimensional quantum cellular automata to study the evolution of entanglement and coherence near criticality in quantum systems that display nonequilibrium steady-state phase transitions. This construction permits direct access to the entire space-time structure of the underlying nonequilibrium dynamics, and allows for the analysis of unconventional correlations, such as entanglement in the time direction between the "present" and the "past." We show how the uniquely quantum part of these correlations-the coherence-can be isolated and that, close to criticality, its dynamics displays a universal power-law behavior on approach to stationarity. Focusing on quantum generalizations of classical nonequilibrium systems: the Domany-Kinzel cellular automaton and the Bagnoli-Boccara-Rechtman model, we estimate the universal critical exponents for both the entanglement and coherence. As these models belong to the one-dimensional directed percolation universality class, the latter provides a key new critical exponent, one that is unique to quantum systems.
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