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Asymptotic entanglement in quantum walks from delocalized initial conditions

Alexandre C. Orthey, Edgard P. M. Amorim

Published Mar 7, 2017• 0 citations
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Abstract

We study the entanglement between the internal (spin) and external (position) degrees of freedom of the discrete time quantum walk on the line. We show the dependence between the asymptotic entanglement and the initial dispersion for delocalized states and establish a way to connect the asymptotic entanglement between local and delocalized states. We find out a simple relation between the phases of the initial spin state, which evidences that the delocatization of the state enhances from one (local state) to a continuous set of initial spin states reaching maximal entanglement. Our main finding could be tested in current experimental platforms.

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