Abstract We investigate thermal quantum correlations and the entropic uncertainty relation in the presence of quantum memory under two kinds of two-qubit spin squeezing models, namely the one-axis twisting model and two-axis countertwisting model. We provide the analytical expressions of quantum correlations and the entropic uncertainty relation in the ground state for these two models and we find a simple relationship between quantum discord and entropic uncertainty. It is found that there is a fully anti-correlated relationship between quantum correlations and entropic uncertainty. Also, the maximal quantum correlation and minimal uncertainty can be achieved when the spin squeezing parameters are large enough. Accordingly, these results may be significant in practical goals in which the maximum quantum correlation and minimum uncertainty are required such as in quantum key distribution and quantum computing.
Abstract We investigate thermal quantum correlations and the entropic uncertainty relation in the presence of quantum memory under two kinds of two-qubit spin squeezing models, namely the one-axis twisting model and two-axis countertwisting model. We provide the analytical expressions of quantum correlations and the entropic uncertainty relation in the ground state for these two models and we find a simple relationship between quantum discord and entropic uncertainty. It is found that there is a fully anti-correlated relationship between quantum correlations and entropic uncertainty. Also, the maximal quantum correlation and minimal uncertainty can be achieved when the spin squeezing parameters are large enough. Accordingly, these results may be significant in practical goals in which the maximum quantum correlation and minimum uncertainty are required such as in quantum key distribution and quantum computing.
Abstract The measurement precision for two incompatible observables in a typical quantum system can be improved by the aid of one particle as a quantum memory. In this work, we study the entropic uncertainty relation in the presence of quantum memory (EUR-QM) and dense coding capacity (DCC) for arbitrary two-qubit X-states, and then we obtain an explicit relationship between the lower bound of the uncertainty and DCC. As an example, we examine the thermal EUR-QM as well as DCC in two kinds of two-qubit spin squeezing models (one-axis twisting model and two-axis counter-twisting model) under an external magnetic field. In the following, we relate EUR-QM to DCC and show analytically that there is an anti-correlated relation between them, and especially in the ground state. Our results show that for both the models, the entropic uncertainty and its bound can be decreased by reinforcing the spin squeezing parameters or decreasing the temperature of the system. Notably, we reveal that the valid dense coding cannot carry out in the one-axis twisting model, nevertheless, if we properly choose the Hamiltonian parameters, the two-axis counter-twisting model not only carries out the valid dense coding but also the optimal dense coding surely can be achieved. Thereby, our observations might offer new insights into quantum measurement precision and the optimal dense coding for the regimes of various solid-state systems.
Abstract In this work, we investigate the dynamics of quantum-memory-assisted entropic uncertainty relation (EUR) and quantum correlation quantified by entropic discord and geometric discord within the Markovian reservoir and non-Markovian reservoir. Particularly, when the initial state is a pure sate or mixed state the EUR gradually increases during the evolution at first, but subsequently tends to stable in the long-time limit. On other hand, for the separable state the EUR almost keeps constant. In contrast, quantum discord decay asymptotically to zero for all types of initial states. As an application, we prove that both two quantum discords witnessed by the EUR are determined by the version of discord chosen, which regardless of the reservoir.
The entropic uncertainty principle imposes a limit on how precisely two incompatible observables can be measured, which can be reduced when quantum memory is involved. We theoretically investigate the dynamics of the quantum-memory-assisted entropic uncertainty relation when either quantum memory alone or both the measured particle and the quantum memory interact with a squeezed-vacuum bath through energy-preserving interactions. We show that in both scenarios, the squeezing phase of the reservoir decreases the entropic uncertainty (EU), whereas the squeezing strength increases the EU. In addition, we find that EU can be significantly reduced when both the measured particle and quantum memory are subjected to a common squeezed-vacuum bath. Furthermore, we explore the key factors controlling the behavior of EU by exploring the competition between quantum discord and minimal missing information. Moreover, we examine the tightness of the entropic uncertainty bound (EUB) in both system-environment setups and observe that the EUB is less tight when both the measured particle and quantum memory are coupled to a common squeezed-vacuum bath.
Abstract We address the dynamics of the lower bound of geometric quantum discord and quantum-memory-assisted entropic uncertainty in a two-qutrit system when exposed to classical channels characterized by power-law (PL) and random telegraph (RT) noises. The system-channel coupling strategy is examined in two contexts: common qutrit-environment (CQE) and different qutrit-environment (DQE) configurations. We show that the geometric quantum discord functions remain anti-correlated with entropic uncertainty and decline as uncertainty appears in the system. The rate of entropic uncertainty appearance seems more prevalent than the decline rate of quantum discord function, suggesting that uncertainty causes the quantum correlations to fade in quantum systems. We find that non-local correlations estimated by the lower bound of geometric quantum discord are not destroyed even at the maximum entropic disorder and entropic uncertainty. In addition, the efficacy of entropic uncertainty and the lower bound is strongly influenced by the state’s purity factor, with the former being more robust at higher purity values and the latter at lower purity values. All the parameters impact entropic uncertainty, however, the mixedness of the state is noticed to greatly alter the generation of quantum memory. Besides, PL noise caused Markovian behavioral dynamics, and the RT noise allowed non-Markovian dynamics, while the latter remains more resourceful for the quantum correlations preservation and entropic uncertainty suppression. We also demonstrate how to model longer quantum correlations and provide optimal parameter settings for suppressing the dephasing and entropic uncertainty effects.
Uncertainty principle establishes a remarkable lower bound to predict the measured outcome of two non-commuting observables. In this paper, based on the quantum renormalization-group method, we study the relation between quantum-memory-assisted entropic uncertainty relation (QMA-EUR) and quantum phase transition (QPT) in the spin XXZ model. The results shows that the entropic uncertainty and the lower bound have similar traits. In addition, we propose two schemes, one is based on quantum discord and classical correlation, the other Holevo quantity and mutual information, both can tighten the bound of EUR in the presence of quantum memory. The tighter the entropy uncertainty relationship is, the higher the accuracy of the predicted results will be. Moreover, we can obtain the optimal lower bound with the help of Holevo quantity and mutual information, which have the best optimization effect in this model. Additionally, we study QPT by virtue of EUR and after a certain number of iterations, finding that the value of QMA-EUR of the whole block-block state can form two saturated values, which are related to two different phases: spin-fluid phase and Néel phase. Afterwards, we discover that the QMA-EUR of the block-block state obeys the nonanalytic and scaling properties with entropic uncertainty relation exponent associated with correlation length. Our findings show that QMA-EUR deserves to be used as an effective tool in reflecting quantum criticality for more quantum many-body systems and may also shed light on many applications in quantum physics including the quantum key distribution, the detection of QPT and the evaluation of the capacity of quantum computation in critical systems.
We explore the dynamical behaviors of the measurement uncertainty and quantum correlation for a vertical quantum-dot system in the presence of magnetic field, including electron-electron interaction and Coulomb-blocked systems. Stemming from the quantum-memory-assisted entropic uncertainty relation, the uncertainty of interest is associated with temperature and parameters related to the magnetic field. Interestingly, the temperature has two kinds of influences on the variation of measurement uncertainty with respect to the magnetic-field-related parameters. We also discuss the relation between the lower bound of Berta et al. and the quantum discord. It is found that there is a natural competition between the quantum discord and the entropy min Π i B S Π i B ( ρ A | B ) . Finally, we bring in two improved bounds to offer a more precise limit to the entropic uncertainty.