We investigate the quantum entanglement dynamics of two coupled harmonic oscillators with a time-dependent interaction. Using the Lewis-Riesenfeld invariant method, we derive the exact analytical wave functions without any perturbative or adiabatic approximations and combine this with a phase-space analysis using the Wigner function to provide a complete description of the system's quantum state evolution. We obtain general expression form for the purity and the linear entropy
SL=1−P for arbitrary excitation numbers
(n,m), allows a systematic study of entanglement for a large class of quantum states. We show that the entanglement dynamics is very sensitive to the interplay between the detuning parameters
θ and
ϑ2, the frequency parameter
β0 and the coupling strength
ε: the increase of detuning takes the system from slow irregular oscillations to fast and regular periodic behavior, and the stronger coupling systematically enhances both the amplitude and the average value of the linear entropy. Most importantly, for the resonance case
ω1=ω2=1 and strong couplings
ε≈0.99, the system shows robust undamped synchronized periodic oscillations of the linear entropy for all quantum states considered, indicating preserved quantum coherence without saturation. Our findings demonstrate that linear entropy is a sensitive and practical entanglement witness, and we establish explicit analytical relations between the coupling parameters of the system and its entanglement properties, which are directly relevant to quantum information processing and the control of quantum correlations in continuous-variable systems.
Harmonic chains are used as a model in quantum information theory for ion traps and simple solid state systems. Entanglement is a quantum effect in which observations made on one object instantaneously affect measurement outcomes on the other. This study investigates interparticle entanglement in finite chains of coupled harmonic oscillators as a function of the vibrational modes, mode excitations, and bipartition of oscillators. The methods used and results extend previous work for the Gaussian ground state to excited states. Entanglement is analyzed by calculating the purity of the reduced density matrix of the combined wavefunctions of the oscillators in the chain, tracing over subensembles. Analytic and numerical results for a varying effective spring constants between the particles and number of particles in the chain are presented. Interesting correlations between the symmetries of the vibrational modes and their excitations, and the symmetries of the partitions were discovered. Results show that higher excitation numbers result in higher entanglement. Adding energy to the modes will never decrease entanglement, however, the relationship between energy and entanglement is not simple. Different combinations of mode energy excitations will produce the same entanglement, even if the total energy of the system differs. Patterns indicate that the combination of symmetry in mode shapes and partition determines excitation number purity equivalence classes.
When the coupling rate between two quantum systems becomes as large as their characteristic frequencies, it induces dramatic effects on their dynamics and even on the nature of their ground state. The case of a qubit coupled to a harmonic oscillator in this ultrastrong coupling regime has been investigated theoretically and experimentally. Here, we explore the case of two harmonic oscillators in the ultrastrong coupling regime. Probing the properties of their ground state remains out of reach in natural implementations. Therefore, we have realized an analog quantum simulation of this coupled system by dual frequency pumping a nonlinear superconducting circuit. The pump amplitudes directly tune the effective coupling rate. We observe spectroscopic signature of a mode hybridization that is characteristic of the ultrastrong coupling. We experimentally demonstrate a key property of the ground state of this simulated ultrastrong coupling between modes by observing simultaneous single- and two-mode squeezing of the radiated field below vacuum fluctuations.
The ultrastrong coupling between the elementary excitations of matter and microcavity modes is studied in a fully analytical quantum-mechanical theoretical framework. The elementary excitation could be phonons, excitons, plasmons, etc. From the diagonalization of the Hamiltonian, we obtain the ground state of the polariton Hamiltonian. The ground state belongs to the Gaussian class. Using the Gaussian property, we calculate the quantum entanglement in the ground state. We use two different measures for quantum entanglement---entanglement entropy and the logarithmic negativity parameter---and obtain rather simple analytical expressions for the entanglement measures. Our findings show that the amount of quantum entanglement in the ground state is quite significant in the ultrastrong-coupling regime. It can be obtained from the measurement of the polariton frequencies.
Dynamics of quantum entanglement of two qubits in two identical quantum Rabi models is studied analytically in the framework of corrections to the rotating-wave approximations. A closed-form expression for the entanglement dynamics initiated from the well-known Bell states is derived, which is very close to the numerical exact results up to the ultrastrong coupling regime. It is found that the vanishing entanglement can be purely induced by the counter-rotating terms, and can be enhanced with the atom–cavity coupling.
We consider a system composed of a two-level system (i.e., a qubit) and a harmonic oscillator in the ultrastrong-coupling regime, where the coupling strength is comparable to the qubit and oscillator energy scales. Special emphasis is placed on the possibility of preparing nonclassical states in this system. These nonclassical states include squeezed states, Schr\"odinger-cat states, and entangled states. We start by comparing the predictions of a number of analytical methods that can be used to describe the system under different assumptions, thus analyzing the properties of the system in various parameter regimes. We then examine the ground state of the system and analyze its nonclassical properties. We finally discuss some questions related to the possible experimental observation of the nonclassical states and the effect of decoherence.