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arXiv:quant-ph/0602128 · Journal of Physics A Mathematical and General

Local aspects of disentanglement induced by spontaneous emission

Anna Jamróz

Published May 31, 2006• 54 citations
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Abstract

We consider spontaneous emission of two two-level atoms interacting with vacuum fluctuations. We study the process of disentanglement in this system and show the possibility of changing disentanglement time by local unitary operations.
DOI
10.1088/0305-4470/39/24/009

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