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arXiv:0712.2509 · Physical Review Letters

Local Control of Entanglement in a Spin Chain

Francesco Plastina, Tony J. G. Apollaro

Published Oct 26, 2007• 53 citations
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Abstract

In a ferromagnetic spin chain, the control of the local effective magnetic field allows us to manipulate the static and dynamical properties of entanglement. In particular, the propagation of quantum correlations can be driven to a great extent so as to achieve an entanglement transfer on demand toward a selected site.
DOI
10.1103/physrevlett.99.177210

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