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arXiv:quant-ph/0305078 · Physical review. B, Condensed matter

Qubit disentanglement and decoherence via dephasing

Tianbao Yu, Joseph H. Eberly

Published Oct 17, 2003• 260 citations
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Abstract

We consider whether quantum coherence in the form of mutual entanglement between a pair of qubits is susceptible to decay that may be more rapid than the decay of the coherence of either qubit individually. An instance of potential importance for solid-state quantum computing arises if embedded qubits (spins, quantum dots, Cooper pair boxes, etc.) are exposed to global and local noise at the same time. Here we allow separate phase-noisy channels to affect local and nonlocal measures of system coherence. We find that the time for decay of the qubit entanglement can be significantly shorter than the time for local dephasing of the individual qubits.

DOI
10.1103/physrevb.68.165322

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