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arXiv:2006.16439 · Journal of Physics A Mathematical and Theoretical

Negativity of the Wigner function and thermal effects of Bell-cat states

Vinícius N. A. Lula-Rocha, Sérgio Floquet, Marco A. S. Trindade, M.C.B. Fernandes, J. D. M. Vianna

Published Aug 17, 2020• 1 citation
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Abstract We applied the thermofield dynamics formalism to analyze how the non-classical properties of the Bell-cat states are influenced by a gradual change of temperature values, in a thermal equilibrium system. To this purpose we calculate the thermal Wigner functions for these states, whose negative volume is associated with non-classical properties, and we evaluate how these non-classical features vary with temperature. Our results indicate that these properties are almost absent for temperatures of around 2 K.

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10.1088/1751-8121/abafe6

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