Sudden Birth Research Articles

Dynamics of genuine multipartite entanglement in a quantum spin system

The time evolution of genuine multipartite entanglement is numerically studied in a model many-spin system decohered by a structured spin bath. It is found that multipartite entanglement can be more persistent than the bipartite entanglement and can even evolve into a specific constant under certain conditions. Besides, multipartite entanglement sudden death and sudden birth are observed. It is shown that the randomness of the coupling strength and connectivity between the spins in the environment will suppress these birth and death phenomena. Furthermore, the initial state of the central system plays a significant role in determining multipartite entanglement dynamics.

Effect of retardation on the dynamics of entanglement between atoms

The role of retardation in the entanglement dynamics of two distant atoms interacting with a multi-mode field of a ring cavity is discussed. The retardation is associated with a finite time required for light to travel between the atoms located at a finite distance and between the atoms and the cavity boundaries. We explore features in the concurrence indicative of retardation and show how these features evolve depending on the initial state of the system, distance between the atoms and the number of modes to which the atoms are coupled. In particular, we consider the short-time and the long time dynamics for both the multi- and sub-wavelength distances between the atoms. It is found that the retardation effects can qualitatively modify the entanglement dynamics of the atoms not only at multi- but also at sub-wavelength distances. We follow the temporal evolution of the concurrence and find that at short times of the evolution the retardation induces periodic sudden changes of entanglement. To analyze where the entanglement lies in the space spanned by the state vectors of the system, we introduce the collective Dicke states of the atomic system that explicitly account for the sudden changes as a periodic excitation of the atomic system to the maximally entangled symmetric state. At long times, the retardation gives rise to periodic beats in the concurrence that resemble the phenomenon of collapses and revivals in the Jaynes-Cummings model. In addition, we identify parameter values and initial conditions at which the atoms remain separable or are entangled without retardation during the entire evolution time, but exhibit the phenomena of sudden birth and sudden death of entanglement when the retardation is included.

Control of two-atom entanglement with two thermal fields in coupled cavities

The dynamical evolution of a quantum system composed of two coupled cavities, each containing a two-level atom and a single-mode thermal field, is investigated under different conditions. The entanglement between the two atoms is controlled by the hopping strength and the detuning between the atomic transition and the cavities. We find that when the atomic transition is far off-resonant with both the eigenmodes of the coupled-cavity system, the maximally entangled state for the two atoms can be generated with the initial state in which one atom is in the ground state and the other is in the excited state. When both the two atoms are initially in the excited state, the entanglement exhibits periodical sudden birth and death. By choosing appropriate parameter values, the initial maximal entanglement of the two atoms can be frozen. The relation between the concurrence and the cooperative parameter is calculated.

Dynamics of entanglement and Bell-nonlocality for the interacting of coupled superconductor qubits and common environment

Utilizing the concurrence and the Bell inequality, we investigated in detail the evolution of entangled decoherence of two superconductor qubits in non-Markovian process. The results show that the evolution of entanglement dynamics can cause entanglement sudden death (ESD) and entanglement sudden birth (ESB) because of the interaction between the environment and the quantum qubits. The concurrence of a quantum system is not only related with the environmental dissipation effects, the interaction between the qubits, and the initial quantum state, but also strongly related with the coupling symmetry between qubit-environment. Under certain initial states, the effect of environmental dissipation can be avoided completely by controlling the coupling model between qubits and environments. The interaction between qubits can prolong the survival time of the entanglement, and it is the dynamic for reviving the entanglement of quantum system. The further research results indicate that, the non-Markovian memory effects of the environment are helpful to prolong the survival time of the entanglement or to prevent the outbreak of ESD.

Entanglement evolution of three-qubit mixed states in multipartite cavity—reservoir systems

We analyze the multipartite entanglement evolution of three-qubit mixed states composed of a GHZ state and a W state. For a composite system consisting of three cavities interacting with independent reservoirs, it is shown that the entanglement evolution is restricted by a set of monogamy relations. Furthermore, as quantified by the negativity, the entanglement dynamical property of the mixed entangled state of cavity photons is investigated. It is found that the three cavity photons can exhibit the phenomenon of entanglement sudden death (ESD). However, compared with the evolution of a generalized three-qubit GHZ state which has the equal initial entanglement, the ESD time of mixed states is later than that of the pure state. Finally, we discuss the entanglement distribution in the multipartite system, and point out the intrinsic relation between the ESD of cavity photons and the entanglement sudden birth of reservoirs.

Quantum communication in spin chains with three-site and Dzyaloshinsky–Moriya interactions

We investigate an arbitrary single-qubit state transfer through spin chains with three-site and Dzyaloshinsky–Moriya interactions as well as the quantum discord transfer through double independent spin chains. It is shown that both the three-site and Dzyaloshinsky–Moriya interactions can improve the transfer quality in some cases and the influence of a combination of the three-site and Dzyaloshinsky–Moriya interactions is not simply a linear addition of each contribution. We also find that the three-site coupling may enhance the maximum discord more obviously while the Dzyaloshinsky–Moriya coupling may accelerate the maximum discord more effectively. Furthermore, we show that the quantum discord can always be transferred while the quantum entanglement has a threshold of minimum entanglement to be transferred and may experience entanglement sudden birth and death or even never receive any entanglement for some initial states.

Discontinuity of the Measurement-Induced Nonlocality Evolution

A novel resource, i.e. measurement-induced nonlocality, was proposed by Luo and Fu [Phys. Rev. Lett. 106 (2011) 120401]. It can directly reflect the usefulness of quantum nonlocality in quantum protocols. We investigate the dynamics of measurement-induced nonlocality by exactly solving a model which consists of two independent atoms each subject to a zero-temperature muti-mode cavity. We find that the dynamics of measurement-induced nonlocality is discontinuity under some special conditions. The reason for this phenomenon is the constraint of the von Neumann measurements which do not disturb the reduced density operator. We also find the sudden death phenomenon and the sudden birth phenomenon.

Sudden birth and sudden death of thermal fidelity in a two-qubit system

We study the energy level crossing and the thermal fidelity in a two-qubit system with the presence of a transverse inhomogeneous magnetic field. With the help of contour plots, we clearly identify the ground states of the system in different regions of parameter space, and discuss the corresponding energy level crossing. The fidelity between the ground state of the system and the state of the system at temperature T is calculated. The result shows that the fidelity is very sensitive to the magnetic field anisotropic factor, indicating that this factor may be used as a controller of the fidelity. The influence of the Yangian transition operators on the fidelity of the system is discussed. We find that the Yangian operators can change the fidelity dramatically and give rise to sudden birth and sudden death phenomena of the thermal fidelity. This makes the corresponding Yangian operators possible candidates for switchers to turn the fidelity on and off.

Quantifying Quantumness with Sudden Birth or Death of Entanglement for Two-Qubits System

Quantumness of the correlations between two qubits, coupled to a cavity field whenever the system is open or closed, is investigated when sudden death (or birth) of the entanglement occurs. It is found that quantum correlation not exists only in the entangled state. It’s found that the dephasing parameters and the purity of the initial states play an important role in the dynamics behaviors of the quantum correlations, including entanglement. Quantumness of the correlations and entanglement, due to dephasing of the cavity, are damped until the same their values which are contained in their initial states.

Exploring qubit‐qubit entanglement mediated by one‐dimensional plasmonic nanowaveguides

AbstractWe exploit the qubit‐qubit coupling induced by plasmon‐polariton modes in a one‐dimensional nanowaveguide to obtain various two‐qubit entanglement situations. Firstly, we observe three phenomena occurring when preparing the initial state of the system and leaving it freely relax: spontaneous formation of entanglement, sudden birth and revival.Then, we show that plugging a laser to each of the qubit, the system arrives to an steady state which, depending on their inter‐qubit distance, can also be entangled. For this situation, we also characterize the quantum state of the system showing the entanglement‐purity‐diagram typical for two‐qubit systems. (© 2012 WILEY‐VCH Verlag GmbH & Co. KGaA, Weinheim)

Anomalous Temperature Effects of the Entanglement of Two Coupled Qubits in Independent Environments

We investigate the entanglement dynamical behavior of two coupled qubits via a Heisenberg XX interaction, which are connected with two independent finite temperature heat baths. By numerical simulations of the quantum master equation, it is found that the interesting phenomena of entanglement sudden death (ESD) as well as sudden birth (ESB) appear during the evolution process for particular initial states. We also show that two critical temperatures T1 (determining that the quantum state is entangled or separable) and T2 (where maximal stationary entanglement can be observed) exist, and stationary entanglement exhibits a non-monotonic behavior as a function of the finite temperature noise strength. These results enlarge the domain of the reasonable experimental temperature where stationary entanglement can be observable.

Dynamics of two-level systems beyond the rotating-wave approximation

We study the dynamics of quantum discord and entanglement in a two-qubit system coupled to the same quantized field without rotating-wave approximation. In the absence of initial correlations, we show that maximal quantum discord (entanglement) can be obtained in the strong coupling regime. Analytical result corresponding to an effective Hamiltonian is given. In a deep strong coupling regime, sudden death and sudden birth of entanglement are observed, while the peak value of quantum discord is reached periodically. The results of our investigation also suggest that some special quantum state with non-zero quantum discord may be created.

The dynamics of entanglement and quantum discord of two atoms in coupled cavities

We investigate the dynamics of quantum correlations such as entanglement and quantum discord between two noninteracting atoms, each of which is trapped inside one of two coupled cavities. We find that the cavity decay can induce both entanglement and quantum discord between the two atoms when they are initially prepared in doubly excited state. The result shows the sudden death and sudden birth of entanglement and robustness of the quantum discord to sudden death. It is also found that the doubly excited state is responsible for the sudden death of entanglement. Moreover, the sudden death of entanglement can be controlled by the intercavity hopping rate.

Decoherence and Multipartite Entanglement of Non-Inertial Observers

The decoherence effect on multipartite entanglement in non-inertial frames is investigated. The GHZ state is considered to be shared between partners with one partner in the inertial frame whereas the other two are in accelerated frames. One-tangle and π-tangles are used to quantify the entanglement of the multipartite system influenced by phase damping and phase flip channels. It is seen that for the phase damping channel, entanglement sudden death (ESD) occurs for p > 0.5 in the infinite acceleration limit. On the other hand, in the case of the phase flip channel, ESD behavior occurs at p = 0.5. It is also seen that entanglement sudden birth (ESB) occurs in the case of phase flip channel just after ESD, i.e. p > 0.5. Furthermore, it is seen that the effect of the environment on multipartite entanglement is much stronger than that of the acceleration of non-inertial frames.

Dynamics of three-qubit entanglement in photonic crystals

The time evolution of residual entanglement in a three-qubit system embedded in a photonic crystal is investigated by using a modified conjugate gradient method. In the isotropic photonic crystal the phenomena of entanglement ``sudden death'' and entanglement ``sudden birth'' are found due to the decoherence induced by the environment and its memory effect. Compared with the environment of an isotropic photonic crystal, entanglement has a longer lifetime in the anisotropic photonic crystal if the transition frequency is near the band edge. However, once the entanglement disappears, at a finite time in the anisotropic photonic crystal, it cannot revive, which means the phenomenon of entanglement sudden birth cannot happen in the anisotropic photonic crystal. The tripartite entanglement decays faster than bipartite entanglement in both types of photonic crystal, which indicates that multipartite entanglement is more fragile than bipartite entanglement in resisting quantum noise.

Dynamics of Quantum Entanglement in Reservoir with Memory Effects

The non-Markovian dynamics of quantum entanglement is studied by the Shabani—Lidar master equation when one of entangled quantum systems is coupled to a local reservoir with memory effects. The completely positive reduced dynamical map can be constructed in the Kraus representation. Quantum entanglement decays more slowly in the non-Markovian environment. The decoherence time for quantum entanglement can be markedly increased with the change of the memory kernel. It is found out that the entanglement sudden death between quantum systems and entanglement sudden birth between the system and reservoir occur at different instants.

Sudden birth and control of entanglement between two atoms successively passing through a bimodal cavity

The dynamics of entanglement of two atoms passing through a bimodal cavity one after another are investigated by employing the concurrence. The effects of the atomic coherence of the first atom and the initial entanglement of the cavity field on the time evolution of atom-atom entanglement are analyzed. The results show that the phenomenon of sudden birth of entanglement between two atoms occurs under some conditions and the maximum for the creation of the entanglement is dependent on the initial entanglement of the cavity field. Moreover, the threshold time and maximum for the creation of the entanglement can be controlled by changing the amplitude of atom. We find that the proposal may provide us with a theoretical way to control and manipulate the entanglement.

三个两能级原子与数态场相互作用的纠缠特性

The dynamics of entanglement of three two-level atoms initially in GHZ state system interacting with a Fock state field are investigated by means of concurrence and linear entropy.The effect of photon number on the time evolution of concurrence and linear entropy is analyzed.The results show that the phenomenon of sudden birth of entanglement between two atoms trapped in a cavity occurs and the threshold time and maximum for the creation of the entanglement can be controlled by the photon number.The measurement of the atom outside the cavity leads to the periodic evolution of the concurrence and an increase of the photon number results in decreasing in the maximum of concurrence and shortening of the evolution period of the time behavior of concurrence.

Classical and quantum correlations for two-mode coherent-state superposition

Quantum discord, a kind of quantum correlation, is defined as the mismatch between two quantum analogues of classically equivalent expressions of the mutual information. Distinguish classical and quantum correlations in quantum systems is therefore of both fundamental and practical importance. We investigate here the dynamics of classical and quantum correlations for two-mode coherent-state superposition in vacuum environment, which are known to be particularly useful for quantum information processing. By analytical and numerical analyzes we find that, contrary to what is usually stated in the literature, quantum discord under decoherence may exhibit sudden death and sudden birth phenomena, and we show also that the classical and quantum correlations vanish at infinite time. Moreover, the quantum discord may be less or more robust than entanglement against environment depending on different strength regimes of the optical fields of the two-mode coherent-state superposition.

Quantum complementarity of cavity photons coupled to a three-level system

Recently a device enabling the ultrafast all-optical control of the wave-particle duality of light was proposed [Ridolfo et al., Phys. Rev. Lett. 106, 013601 (2011)]. It is constituted by a three-level quantum emitter strongly coupled to a microcavity and can be realized by exploiting a great variety of systems ranging from atomic physics and semiconductor quantum dots to intersubband polaritons and Cooper pair boxes. Control pulses with specific arrival times, performing which-path and quantum-eraser operations, are able to destroy and recover interference almost instantaneously. Here we show that the coherence sudden death implies the sudden birth of a higher order correlation function storing coherence. Such storing enables coherence rebirth after the arrival of an additional suitable control pulse. We derive analytical calculations describing the all-optical control of the wave-particle duality and the entanglement-induced switch-off of the strong coupling regime. We also present analytical calculations describing a homodynelike method exploiting pairs of phase locked pulses with precise arrival times to probe the optical control of wave-particle duality of this system. Within such a method the optical control of wave-particle duality can be directly probed by just detecting the photons escaping the microcavity.