Dynamic entanglement between two end molecules in a polar-molecule array is investigated in static electric fields. Specific initial states are set to probe the evolution of the molecular system under the influence of intrinsic decoherence. We analyze the degree of entanglement between the end molecules by use of concurrence. When the Bell states are initially shared between the end molecules, the end-to-end concurrence shows either a fragile or a robust behavior. The robust concurrence is less affected by decoherence, reflecting a situation that the initial Bell state can be shared between the end molecules for long periods of time. The stability of the entanglement shared between two arbitrary molecules in the array is further studied. Furthermore, we show how to induce a high end-to-end concurrence via transfer of a separable state. The state is transferred from one end molecule to the other. During the back-and-forth transfer processes, the concurrence cyclically reveals high peaks, corresponding to different Bell-like states. In addition, population inversion is observed to only occur at the end molecules in the array. We further examine the contribution of effective states to the concurrence and discuss the effects of decoherence, dipole-field interaction, and dipole-dipole interaction on its properties.
Dynamic entanglement between two end molecules in a polar-molecule array is investigated in static electric fields. Specific initial states are set to probe the evolution of the molecular system under the influence of intrinsic decoherence. We analyze the degree of entanglement between the end molecules by use of concurrence. When the Bell states are initially shared between the end molecules, the end-to-end concurrence shows either a fragile or a robust behavior. The robust concurrence is less affected by decoherence, reflecting a situation that the initial Bell state can be shared between the end molecules for long periods of time. The stability of the entanglement shared between two arbitrary molecules in the array is further studied. Furthermore, we show how to induce a high end-to-end concurrence via transfer of a separable state. The state is transferred from one end molecule to the other. During the back-and-forth transfer processes, the concurrence cyclically reveals high peaks, corresponding to different Bell-like states. In addition, population inversion is observed to only occur at the end molecules in the array. We further examine the contribution of effective states to the concurrence and discuss the effects of decoherence, dipole-field interaction, and dipole-dipole interaction on its properties.
An array of ultracold polar molecules trapped in an external electric field is regarded as a promising carrier of quantum information. Under the action of this field, molecules are compelled to undergo pendular oscillations by the Stark effect. Particular attention has been paid to the influence of intrinsic decoherence on the model of linear polar molecular pendular states, thereby we evaluate the tripartite entanglement with negativity, as well as fidelity of bipartite quantum systems for input and output signals using electric dipole moments of polar molecules as qubits. According to this study, we consider three typical initial states for both systems, respectively, and investigate the temporal evolution with variable values of the external field intensity, the intrinsic decoherence factor, and the dipole-dipole interaction. Thus, we demonstrate the sound selection of these three main parameters to obtain the best entanglement degree and fidelity.
Abstract We consider two ultracold polar symmetric top molecules coupled by dipole-dipole interaction in an external electric field with appreciable intensity gradient, serving as the physical carrier of quantum information. Each molecule is induced to undergo pendular oscillations under the strong static electric field. Based on the pendular states of polar symmetric top molecules as candidate qubits, we investigate the bipartite quantum correlations of the two polar molecular system for the thermal equilibrium states, characterized by negativity and quantum discord, and then analyze the corresponding coherence, measured by relative entropy and l1 norm. Furthermore, we also examine the dynamics of the entanglement and coherence of the system in the presence of intrinsic decoherence, and explore the relations of their temporal evolution with various physical system parameters for two different initial Bell states. It is found that quantum correlations and coherence of the two polar molecules in pendular states can be manipulated by adjusting appropriate reduced variables including external electric field, dipole-dipole interaction, ambient temperature and decoherence factor. Our findings could be used for molecular quantum computing based on rotational states.
In proposals for quantum computers using arrays of trapped ultracold polar molecules as qubits, a strong external field with appreciable gradient is imposed in order to prevent quenching of the dipole moments by rotation and to distinguish among the qubit sites. That field induces the molecular dipoles to undergo pendular oscillations, which markedly affect the qubit states and the dipole-dipole interaction. We evaluate entanglement of the pendular qubit states for two linear dipoles, characterized by pairwise concurrence, as a function of the molecular dipole moment and rotational constant, strengths of the external field and the dipole-dipole coupling, and ambient temperature. We also evaluate a key frequency shift, △ω, produced by the dipole-dipole interaction. Under conditions envisioned for the proposed quantum computers, both the concurrence and △ω become very small for the ground eigenstate. In principle, such weak entanglement can be sufficient for operation of logic gates, provided the resolution is high enough to detect the △ω shift unambiguously. In practice, however, for many candidate polar molecules it appears a challenging task to attain adequate resolution. Simple approximate formulas fitted to our numerical results are provided from which the concurrence and △ω shift can be obtained in terms of unitless reduced variables.
In proposals for quantum computers using arrays of trapped ultracold polar molecules as qubits, a strong external field with appreciable gradient is imposed in order to prevent quenching of the dipole moments by rotation and to distinguish among the qubit sites. That field induces the molecular dipoles to undergo pendular oscillations, which markedly affect the qubit states and the dipole-dipole interaction. We evaluate entanglement of the pendular qubit states for two linear dipoles, characterized by pairwise concurrence, as a function of the molecular dipole moment and rotational constant, strengths of the external field and the dipole-dipole coupling, and ambient temperature. We also evaluate a key frequency shift, △ω, produced by the dipole-dipole interaction. Under conditions envisioned for the proposed quantum computers, both the concurrence and △ω become very small for the ground eigenstate. In principle, such weak entanglement can be sufficient for operation of logic gates, provided the resolution is high enough to detect the △ω shift unambiguously. In practice, however, for many candidate polar molecules it appears a challenging task to attain adequate resolution. Simple approximate formulas fitted to our numerical results are provided from which the concurrence and △ω shift can be obtained in terms of unitless reduced variables.
We study the entanglement of two adsorbed polar molecules in static electric fields. The concurrence is estimated to quantify the entanglement. The adsorbed molecules reveal significant rotational characteristics, such as anticrossing features, due to the influences of electric field and quantum confinement. Numerical results demonstrate that these rotational properties dominate the amount and profile of concurrence. At zero temperature, an enhanced concurrence is obtained near the anticrossing in the ground state. Moreover, we analyze the effect of temperature on the concurrence. The temperature-dependent concurrence displays a suppressed behavior, especially at the anticrossing.
Quantum entanglement and coherence are both essential physical resources in quantum theory. Cold polar molecules have long coherence time and strong dipole-dipole interaction and thus have been suggested as a platform for quantum information processing. In this paper, we employ the pendular states of the polar molecules trapped in static electric fields as the qubits, and put forward several theoretical schemes to generate the entanglement and coherence for two coupled dipoles by using optimal control theory. Through the designs of appropriate laser pulses, the transitions from the ground state to the Bell state and maximally coherent state can be realized with high fidelities 0.9906 and 0.9943 in the two-dipole system, respectively. Meanwhile, we show that the degrees of entanglement and coherence between the two pendular qubits are effectively enhanced with the help of optimized control fields. Furthermore, our schemes are generalized to the preparation of the Hardy state and even to the creation of arbitrary two-qubit states. Our findings can shed some light on the implementation of quantum information tasks with the molecular pendular states.