Quantum speed limit time and entanglement in a system composed of coupled quantum dots are investigated. The excess electron spin in each quantum dot constitutes the physical system (qubit). Also the spin interaction is modeled through the Heisenberg model and the spins are imposed by an external magnetic field. Taking into account the spin relaxation as a non-Markovian process, the quantum speed limit and entanglement evolution are discussed. Our findings reveal that increasing the magnetic field leads to the faster quantum evolution. In addition, the temperature increment causes the longer quantum speed limit time as well as the entanglement degradation.
The effects of initial conditions and system parameters on entanglement dynamics and asymptotic entanglement for a two-qubit anisotropic XY Heisenberg system in the presence of an inhomogeneous magnetic field and spin-orbit interaction are investigated. We suppose that each qubit interacts with a separate thermal reservoir which is held in its own temperature. The effects of the parameters of the system and environment like spin-orbit interaction and temperature difference of reservoirs are also discussed.
The role of spin-orbit interaction in the ground state and thermal entanglement of a Heisenberg
XYZ two-qubit system in the presence of an inhomogeneous magnetic field is investigated. We show that the ground state entanglement tends to vanish suddenly for a certain value of the spin-orbit parameter
D and, when
D crosses its critical value
Dc, the entanglement undergoes a revival. Indeed, when
D crosses its critical value
(Dc), the ground state entanglement tends to its maximum value
(C=1). Also, at finite temperatures there are revival regions in the $D\text{\ensuremath{-}}T$ plane. In these regions, entanglement first increases with increasing temperature and then decreases and ultimately vanishes for temperatures above a critical value. We find that this critical temperature is an increasing function of
D and that the amount of entanglement in the revival region depends on the spin-orbit parameter. Therefore when spin-orbit interaction is included larger thermal entanglement can exist at higher temperatures. We also show that the rate of enhancement of thermal entanglement by
D is not the same for ferromagnetic
(Jz<0) and antiferromagnatic
(Jz>0) chains. The entanglement teleportation via the quantum channel constructed by the above system is also investigated, and the influence of the spin-orbit interaction on the fidelity of teleportation and entanglement of replica states is studied. We show that, by introducing spin-orbit interaction, the entanglement of the replica state and fidelity of teleportation can be increased for the case of
Jz<0. We also argue that a minimal entanglement of the channel is required to realize efficient entanglement teleportation and, in the case of
Jz<0, this minimal entanglement can be achieved by introducing spin-orbit interaction.
Solid state based quantum information processing is focused on physical implementation of all necessary elements of quantum computation and quantum information in solid state systems, mainly due to their scalability compared to e.g. optical systems. Among many proposals to realize these types of devices, such as quantum dots as charge qubits or Josephson junction circuits, we study here one of the most promising candidates, i.e., the spin of an electron confined to a quantum dot as a qubit. Experimentally, it has been shown that the relaxation rate of this two level system can be pushed above few seconds in low magnetic fields. Moreover, using spin echo techniques, \nthe spin dephasing time can be maximized up to milliseconds with the current technology. This long spin decay time is one of the main reasons that make this system desirable for quantum computation and quantum information purposes. \nWe reexamined the recent measurement based proposal called one-way quantum computation which exploits entanglement and local measurements as tools to perform quantum computation on N qubits. Although it was suggested in the original work to entangle the qubits via the nearest neighbor Ising interaction, we investigated how one can generate the so-called cluster states with the Heisenberg interaction. We extended our method to include more general forms of Heisenberg interaction such as asymmetric coupling of adjacent qubits. These forms of couplings, rather than Ising interaction, are more encountered in solid state devices, and therefore make it possible to perform one-way quantum computation with electron spins in quantum dots coupled via exchange interaction to their adjacent spins. \n \nChapters II, III, and IV of my thesis are devoted to the study of the spin-orbit interaction in heterostructure quantum dots and its effect on the spin dynamics. We observed that one can actually use spin-orbit interaction to manipulate the spin state of an electron on time scales much smaller than the spin dephasing time. Specifically, in chapter II, we studied the effect of a nearby functioning quantum point contact (QPC) on the relaxation of the electron spin and show that the charge fluctuations in QPC lead to spin relaxation of the confined electron in the presence of spin-orbit interactiom and an applied magnetic field. We also addressed the relation of this rate to the microscopic parameters of the system and found some geometrical dependence of the spin relaxation time on the orientation of the QPC on the substrate. Moreover, we showed in chapters III and IV that the spin-orbit interaction can play a positive role, in order to rotate the spin around the Bloch sphere. We considered different mechanisms, particularly, Electron Dipole Spin Resonance (EDSR) and holonomic unitary gates in quantum dots. We verified that these mechanisms of spin manipulation can be realized in solid state systems with the state of the art semiconductor technologies. \n \nChapter V of the thesis covers a slightly different topic and focuses on the role of the Coulomb interaction in electronic transport. There, we reviewed the non-analytic corrections to the Fermi liquid behavior and their consequences on the momentum occupation number of the electrons in a two dimensional electron gas (2DEG). As an example, we calculated the tunneling rate from an interacting electron reservoir onto a quantum dot and compared our result to the corresponding case for electron tunneling between bilayer 2DEGs. Moreover, within RPA approximation, we found that the electron-plasmon coupling leads to a quadratic frequency dependence of the electron self-energy at low frequencies at the Fermi surface. This correction suppresses the same order corrections due to the particle-hole bubble. \n \n \n
Abstract In quantum information, it is important to recognize the effects of additional interactions, such as spin–orbit interactions, on the quantum information resources of two-qubit Heisenberg states. Therefore, we study the nonlocal correlation dynamics affected by the intrinsic decoherence of the spin–spin-Heisenberg-XYZ interaction, which is supported by spin–orbit interactions (Dzyaloshinsky–Moriya) of the x x and y y directions together. The two spins are coupled to an external inhomogeneous magnetic field (EIMF) in the x x -direction. We investigate and compare the nonclassical correlation dynamics of local quantum Fisher information, local quantum uncertainty, and log-negativity. The results show that spin–spin and spin–orbit interactions have a high capability to enhance non-local correlations in the presence of an external magnetic field. The enhanced non-local correlation can be further improved by strengthening the spin–spin and spin–orbit interactions, as well as by increasing the EIMF’s inhomogeneity and uniformity, which increases the amplitudes and fluctuations of the generated non-local correlation oscillations. The degradation of non-local correlations due to intrinsic decoherence can be controlled by spin–spin interactions. These degradation correlations can be enhanced by increasing the intensities of spin–orbit interactions, as well as by increasing the EIMF’s inhomogeneity and uniformity.