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arXiv:1306.0130 · Quantum Information Processing

Spontaneous emission can locally create quantum discord out of classical correlations

Marek Gwóźdź, Lech Jakóbczyk

Published Sep 26, 2013• 3 citations
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Abstract

We consider local time evolution given by spontaneous emission in the system of independent two-level atoms. It is shown that all classically correlated initial states are driven into the states with transient non-zero quantum discord. Thus local creation of genuine quantum correlations can be observed in a simple physical system of non-interacting atoms which are not completely isolated from the environment.

DOI
10.1007/s11128-013-0639-0

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