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arXiv:0712.4349 · Physical Review A

Entanglement propagation through spin chains in the presence of a staggered magnetic field

R. H. Crooks, Dmitri V. Khveshchenko

Published Jun 3, 2008• 13 citations
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Abstract

We study the dynamics of entanglement in an $XY$ spin chain subject to a staggered magnetic field and contrast it to the previously discussed uniform field case. We find that in the isotropic $(XX)$ limit a staggered field can provide almost equally favorable conditions for a high-fidelity transfer of entanglement, while even a modest amount of exchange anisotropy appears to have a strong detrimental effect. We also study interactions between different waves of entanglement and assess the possibility of simultaneous transmission of multiple bits of quantum information.

DOI
10.1103/physreva.77.062305

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