We study the dynamical behavior of two initially entangled qubits, each locally coupled to an environment embodied by an interacting spin chain. We consider energy-exchange qubit–environment couplings resulting in rich and highly non-trivial entanglement dynamics. We obtain exact results for the time evolution of the concurrence between the two qubits and find that, by tuning the interaction parameters, one can freeze the dynamics of entanglement, therefore inhibiting their relaxation into the spin environments, as well as activate a sudden-death phenomenon. We also discuss the effects of an environmental quantum phase transition on the features of the two-qubit entanglement dynamics.We study the dynamical behavior of two initially entangled qubits, each locally coupled to an environment embodied by an interacting spin chain. We consider energy-exchange qubit–environment couplings resulting in rich and highly non-trivial entanglement dynamics. We obtain exact results for the time evolution of the concurrence between the two qubits and find that, by tuning the interaction parameters, one can freeze the dynamics of entanglement, therefore inhibiting their relaxation into the spin environments, as well as activate a sudden-death phenomenon. We also discuss the effects of an environmental quantum phase transition on the features of the two-qubit entanglement dynamics.

Jan 1, 20100 citations

Entanglement of two qubits coupled to an XY spin chain: Role of energy current

Ben‐Qiong Liu, Bin Shao, Jian Zou

We investigate the entanglement dynamics of a two-qubit system which interacts with a Heisenberg $XY$ spin chain constrained to carry an energy current. We show an explicit connection between the decoherence factor and entanglement, and numerically and analytically study the dynamical process of entanglement in both weak- and strong-coupling cases for two initial states, the general pure state and the mixed Werner state. We provide results that the entanglement evolution depends not only on the energy current, the anisotropy parameter and the system-environment couplings but also on the size of degrees of freedom of environment. In particular, our results imply that entanglement will be strongly suppressed by the introduction of energy current on the environmental spin chain in the weak-coupling region while it is not sensitive to the energy current in the strong-coupling region. We also observe the sudden death of entanglement in the system and show how the energy current affects the phenomenon.We investigate the entanglement dynamics of a two-qubit system which interacts with a Heisenberg $XY$ spin chain constrained to carry an energy current. We show an explicit connection between the decoherence factor and entanglement, and numerically and analytically study the dynamical process of entanglement in both weak- and strong-coupling cases for two initial states, the general pure state and the mixed Werner state. We provide results that the entanglement evolution depends not only on the energy current, the anisotropy parameter and the system-environment couplings but also on the size of degrees of freedom of environment. In particular, our results imply that entanglement will be strongly suppressed by the introduction of energy current on the environmental spin chain in the weak-coupling region while it is not sensitive to the energy current in the strong-coupling region. We also observe the sudden death of entanglement in the system and show how the energy current affects the phenomenon.

Physical Review ADec 10, 200916 citations

Rabi oscillations, decoherence, and disentanglement in a qubit–spin-bath system

Ning Wu, Arun Nanduri, HERSCHEL A. RABITZ

We examine the influence of environmental interactions on simple quantum systems by obtaining the exact reduced dynamics of a qubit coupled to a one-dimensional spin bath. In contrast to previous studies, both the qubit-bath coupling and the nearest-neighbor intrabath couplings are taken as the spin-flip $XX$ type. We first study the Rabi oscillations of a single qubit with the spin bath prepared in a spin coherent state, finding that nonresonance and finite intrabath interactions have significant effects on the qubit dynamics. Then we discuss the bath-induced decoherence of the qubit when the bath is initially in the ground state and show that the decoherence properties depend on the internal phases of the spin bath. By considering two independent copies of the qubit-bath system, we finally probe the disentanglement dynamics of two noninteracting entangled qubits. We find that entanglement sudden death appears when the spin bath is in its critical phase. We show that the single-qubit decoherence factor is an upper bound for the two-qubit concurrence.We examine the influence of environmental interactions on simple quantum systems by obtaining the exact reduced dynamics of a qubit coupled to a one-dimensional spin bath. In contrast to previous studies, both the qubit-bath coupling and the nearest-neighbor intrabath couplings are taken as the spin-flip $XX$ type. We first study the Rabi oscillations of a single qubit with the spin bath prepared in a spin coherent state, finding that nonresonance and finite intrabath interactions have significant effects on the qubit dynamics. Then we discuss the bath-induced decoherence of the qubit when the bath is initially in the ground state and show that the decoherence properties depend on the internal phases of the spin bath. By considering two independent copies of the qubit-bath system, we finally probe the disentanglement dynamics of two noninteracting entangled qubits. We find that entanglement sudden death appears when the spin bath is in its critical phase. We show that the single-qubit decoherence factor is an upper bound for the two-qubit concurrence.

arXiv:1403.4900Physical Review AJun 9, 201425 citations

Suppressing entanglement sudden death by initial system-environment correlation

Ping Yue, Qiang Zheng, Zhongzhou Ren

This paper studies the entanglement dynamics of the system S composed of two non-interactional qubits A and B. The third qubit C is its environment, E, which only interacts with the S qubit B by the Dzyaloshinskii-Moriya spin-orbit coupling. Considering the following states as the whole (S+E): the initially S-E correlated state and the separable one, the entanglement of S has no sudden death for the former case. This result sheds some light on the control of quantum entanglement, which will be helpful for quantum information processing.This paper studies the entanglement dynamics of the system S composed of two non-interactional qubits A and B. The third qubit C is its environment, E, which only interacts with the S qubit B by the Dzyaloshinskii-Moriya spin-orbit coupling. Considering the following states as the whole (S+E): the initially S-E correlated state and the separable one, the entanglement of S has no sudden death for the former case. This result sheds some light on the control of quantum entanglement, which will be helpful for quantum information processing.

Chinese Physics CJul 1, 20120 citations

Quantum Spin Baths Induced Transition of Decoherence and Entanglement

Pochung Chen, Cheng-Yan Lai, Jo-Tzu Hung +3 more

We investigate the reduced dynamics of single or two qubits coupled to an interacting quantum spin bath modeled by a XXZ spin chain. By using the method of time‐dependent density matrix renormalization group (t‐DMRG), we evaluate nonperturbatively the induced decoherence and entanglement. We find that the behavior of both decoherence and entanglement strongly depend on the phase of the underlying spin bath. We show that spin baths can induce entanglement for an initially disentangled pair of qubits. We observe that entanglement sudden death only occurs in paramagnetic phase and discuss the effect of the coupling range.We investigate the reduced dynamics of single or two qubits coupled to an interacting quantum spin bath modeled by a XXZ spin chain. By using the method of time‐dependent density matrix renormalization group (t‐DMRG), we evaluate nonperturbatively the induced decoherence and entanglement. We find that the behavior of both decoherence and entanglement strongly depend on the phase of the underlying spin bath. We show that spin baths can induce entanglement for an initially disentangled pair of qubits. We observe that entanglement sudden death only occurs in paramagnetic phase and discuss the effect of the coupling range.

AIP conference proceedingsJan 1, 20080 citations

Transition of decoherence and entanglement induced by interaction quantum spin baths

Jo-Tzu Hung, Chung‐Yu Mou, Pochung Chen

We investigate the reduced dynamics of two qubits coupled to an interacting quantum spin bath modeled by a XXZ spin chain. By using the method of time-dependent density matrix renormalization group (t-DMRG), it is shown that when the spin bath is in an ordering state, the reduced dynamics of qubits strongly depends on the range of the spin chain that qubits coupled to. Only for ordering spin baths, both decoherence and entanglement show qualitatively different behaviors when the coupling range changes. In particular, In particular, we find that in the parametic regime where there is no ordering in the bath, the coupling range is irrelevant. On the other hand, for ordering spin baths, when the coupling range increases from local coupling to infinite range coupling, the reduced dynamics of qubits exhibits a transition in which initially entangled states no longer suffers from the entanglement sudden death when the coupling range is large.We investigate the reduced dynamics of two qubits coupled to an interacting quantum spin bath modeled by a XXZ spin chain. By using the method of time-dependent density matrix renormalization group (t-DMRG), it is shown that when the spin bath is in an ordering state, the reduced dynamics of qubits strongly depends on the range of the spin chain that qubits coupled to. Only for ordering spin baths, both decoherence and entanglement show qualitatively different behaviors when the coupling range changes. In particular, In particular, we find that in the parametic regime where there is no ordering in the bath, the coupling range is irrelevant. On the other hand, for ordering spin baths, when the coupling range increases from local coupling to infinite range coupling, the reduced dynamics of qubits exhibits a transition in which initially entangled states no longer suffers from the entanglement sudden death when the coupling range is large.

Journal of Physics Conference SeriesMar 1, 20091 citation

We investigate the entanglement dynamics of a two-qubit system which interacts with a Heisenberg

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spin chain constrained to carry an energy current. We show an explicit connection between the decoherence factor and entanglement, and numerically and analytically study the dynamical process of entanglement in both weak- and strong-coupling cases for two initial states, the general pure state and the mixed Werner state. We provide results that the entanglement evolution depends not only on the energy current, the anisotropy parameter and the system-environment couplings but also on the size of degrees of freedom of environment. In particular, our results imply that entanglement will be strongly suppressed by the introduction of energy current on the environmental spin chain in the weak-coupling region while it is not sensitive to the energy current in the strong-coupling region. We also observe the sudden death of entanglement in the system and show how the energy current affects the phenomenon.

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type. We first study the Rabi oscillations of a single qubit with the spin bath prepared in a spin coherent state, finding that nonresonance and finite intrabath interactions have significant effects on the qubit dynamics. Then we discuss the bath-induced decoherence of the qubit when the bath is initially in the ground state and show that the decoherence properties depend on the internal phases of the spin bath. By considering two independent copies of the qubit-bath system, we finally probe the disentanglement dynamics of two noninteracting entangled qubits. We find that entanglement sudden death appears when the spin bath is in its critical phase. We show that the single-qubit decoherence factor is an upper bound for the two-qubit concurrence.