Entanglement dynamics of two distant atoms in two detuning cavities

We investigate the entanglement dynamics via the concurrence of two distant atoms interacting off-resonantly with two cavity fields in Fock states, respectively. We find that the evolution of entanglement has sudden death and sudden birth phenomena, that with the increase of photon numbers in the two cavities, the alternate frequency of sudden death and sudden birth turns fast, and that the amplitude of concurrence oscillates regularly with oscillation frequency becoming slow when the cavity fields have the same photon numbers. While, the maximum of concurrence declines and the amplitude of concurrence oscillates irregularly when the two cavity fields have different photon numbers. In addition, we find the length of death time is dependent on the initial entanglement.

A study on entanglement dynamics for a four-qubit model

In this paper, we consider the entanglement dynamics of a four-qubit model [2006 Phys. Rev. A 74 042328] where two entangled qubits a and b locally interact with separate qubits A and B via the spin-exchange-like Hamiltonian. We study the effect of purity of initial entangled state of qubits a, b on the entanglement evolution and its relation with energy transfer. Also, we find that the total bipartite entanglement of qubits a, b plus A, B is not a constant any longer when the initial entangled state of a, b is not pure, which is a complement to the result in the paper [2007 J. Phys. B 40 S45] for the pure case.

Entanglement Dynamics of Two Qubits Coupled Independently to Cavities in the Ultrastrong Coupling Regime:Analytical Results

Dynamics of quantum entanglement of two qubits in two identical quantum Rabi models is studied analytically in the framework of corrections to the rotating-wave approximations. A closed-form expression for the entanglement dynamics initiated from the well-known Bell states is derived, which is very close to the numerical exact results up to the ultrastrong coupling regime. It is found that the vanishing entanglement can be purely induced by the counter-rotating terms, and can be enhanced with the atom-cavity coupling.

Combined Effect of Classical Chaos and Quantum Resonance on Entanglement Dynamics

We use linear entropy of an exact quantum state to study the entanglement between internal electronic states and external motional states for a two-level atom held in an amplitude-modulated and tilted optical lattice. Starting from an unentangled initial state associated with the regular ＇island＇ of classical phase space, it is demonstrated that the quantum resonance leads to entanglement generation, the chaotic parameter region results in the increase of the generation speed, and the symmetries of the initial probability distribution determine the final degree of entanglement. The entangled initial states are associated with the classical ＇chaotic sea＇, which do not affect the final entanglement degree for the same initial symmetry. The results may be useful in engineering quantum dynamics for quantum information processing.

Entanglement dynamics in two-component Bose-Einstein condensates

Based on the exact solution of the time-dependent Schrodinger equation for two-species Bose-Einstein condensates （BECs） consisting of two hyperfine states of the atoms coupled by a tuned adiabatic and time-varying Raman coupling, we obtain analytically the entanglement dynamics of the system with various initial states, particularly the SU（2） coherent state, for both of cases with and without the nonlinear interactions. It is shown that the effect of nonlinear interaction on the entanglement appears only in a longer time period depending on the BEC parameters.

Entanglement dynamics of two-qubit systems in different quantum noises

The entanglement dynamics of two-qubit systems in different quantum noises are investigated by means of the operator-sum representation method. We find that, except for the amplitude damping and phase damping quantum noise, the sudden death of entanglement is always observed in different two-qubit systems with generalized amplitude damping and depolarizing quantum noise.

Quantum entanglement dynamics based on composite quantum collision model

By means of composite quantum collision models,we study the entanglement dynamics of a bipartite system,i.e.,two qubits S1 and S2 interacting directly with an intermediate auxiliary qubit SA,while SA is in turn coupled to a thermal reservoir.We are concerned with how the intracollisions of the reservoir qubits influence the entanglement dynamics.We show that even if the system is initially in the separated state,their entanglement can be generated due to the interaction between the qubits.In the long-time limit,the steady-state entanglement can be generated depending on the initial state of S1 and S2 and the environment temperature.We also study the dynamics of tripartite entanglement of the three qubits S1,S2,and SA when they are initially prepared in the GHZ state and separated state,respectively.For the GHZ initial state,the tripartite entanglement can be maintained for a long time when the collision strength between the environment qubits is sufficiently large.

Exact Entanglement Dynamics in Three Interacting Qubits

Motivated by recent experimental studies on coherent dynamics transfer in three interacting atoms or electron spins [Phys. Rev. Lett 114（2015） 113002, Phys. Rev. Lett 120（2018） 243604], here we study entanglement entropy transfer in three interacting qubits. We analytically calculate time evolutions of wave function, density matrix and entanglement of the system. We find that initially entangled two qubits may alternatively transfer their entanglement entropy to other two qubit pairs. Thus dynamical evolution of three interacting qubits may produce a genuine three-partite entangled state through entanglement entropy transfers. In particular, different pairwise interactions of the three qubits endow symmetric and asymmetric evolutions of the entanglement transfer,characterized by the quantum mutual information and concurrence. Finally, we discuss an experimental proposal of three Rydberg atoms for testing the entanglement dynamics transfer of this kind.

Dynamics of the entanglement witness for three qubits in common environment

In the measurement-based model of quantum computing, a one-way quantum computer consisting of many qubits can be immersed in a common environment as a simple decoherence mechanism. This paper studies the dynamics of entanglement witness for 3-qubit cluster states in the common environment. The result shows that environment can induce an interesting feature in the time evolution of the entanglement witness： i.e., the periodical collapse and revival of the entanglement dynamics.

Dynamics of vibrational chaos and entanglement in triatomic molecules: Lie algebraic model

In this paper, the dynamics of chaos and the entanglement in triatomic molecular vibrations are investigated. On the classical aspect, we study the chaotic trajectories in the phase space. We employ the linear entropy to examine the dynamical entanglement of the two bonds on the quantum aspect. The correspondence between the classical chaos and the quantum dynamical entanglement is also investigated. As an example, we apply our algebraic model to molecule H2O.

Motion-Enhanced Quantum Entanglement in the Dynamics of Excitation Transfer

We investigate the dynamics of entanglement in the excitation transfer through a model consisting of three interacting molecules coupled to environments. It is shown that the entanglement can be further enhanced if the distance between the molecules is oscillating. Our results demonstrate that the motional effect plays a constructive role on quantum entanglement in the dynamics of excitation transfer. This mechanism might provide a useful guideline for designing artificial systems to battle against decoherence.

On entanglement invariant for a double Jaynes-Cummings model

In a recent paper [Phys. Rev. A 76 042313 （2007）], Sainz and Bjork introduced an entanglement invariant ε under evolution for a system of four qubits interacting through two isolated Jaynes-Cummings Hamiltonians. This paper proves that this entanglement invariant ε is closely connected with the linear entropy between two independent subsystems.

Effects of intrinsic decoherence on the entanglement of a two-qutrit 1D optical lattice chain with nonlinear coupling

We have investigated the intrinsic decoherence on the entanglement of a two-qutrit one-dimensional （1D） optical lattice chain with nonlinear coupling. As a measure of the entanglement, the negativity of the system is calculated. It is shown that the influence of intrinsic decoherence on the entanglement varies in different initial systems.

Partial entropy change and entanglement in the mixed state for a Jaynes-Cummings model with Kerr medium

By using the algebraic dynamical approach, an atom--field bipartite system in mixed state is employed to investigate the partial entropy change and the entanglement in a cavity filled with Kerr medium. The effects of different nonlinear intensities are studied. One can find that the Kerr nonlinearity can reduce the fluctuation amplitudes of the partial entropy changes and the entanglement of the two subsystems, and also influence their periodic evolution. Meanwhile, increasing the Kerr nonlinear strength can convert the anti-correlated behaviour of the partial entropy change to the positively correlated behaviour. Furthermore, the entanglement greatly depends on the temperature. When the temperature or the nonlinear intensity increases to a certain value, the entanglement can be suppressed greatly.

Quantum communication in spin star configuration

This paper considers a generalized spin star system which can be solved exactly, with the central spin-1/2 system embedded in an outer ring of N spin-1/2 particles（denoted as spin bath）. In this model, in addition to the central-outer interaction, each pair of nearest neighbour of the bath interacts within themselves. The general expressions of the eigenstates as well as the eigenvalues of the model are derived with the use of the symmetries of system. It analyses the quantum state transfer and the dynamical behaviour of entanglement created during quantum communication. It also analyses the efficiency of the configuration regarded as quantum phase covariant clone or decoherence model. Some interesting results are discovered concerning the properties of quantum communication in this model.

Entanglement of two Jaynes-Cummings atoms in single-excitation space

We study the entanglement dynamics of two atoms coupled to their own Jaynes-Cummings cavities in single-excitation space.Here,we use concurrence to measure atomic entanglement,and consider the Bell-like states to be initial states.Our analysis suggests that collapse and revival take place in entanglement dynamics.The physical mechanism behind entanglement dynamics is periodic information and energy exchange between atoms and light fields.For the initial Bell-like states,evolutionary periodicity of the atomic entanglement can only be found if the ratio of the two atom-cavity coupling strengths is a rational number.Also,whether there is a time translation between two kinds of initial Bel-like state depends on odd versus even numbers of the coupling strength ratio.

Distributed entanglement generation from asynchronously excited qubits

The generation of GHZ states calls for simultaneous excitation of multiple qubits.The peculiarity of such states is reflected in their nonzero distributed entanglement which is not contained in other entangled states.We study the optimal way to excite three superconducting qubits through a common cavity resonator in a circuit such that the generation of distributed entanglement among them could be obtained at the highest degree in a time-controllable way.A non-negative measure quantifying this entanglement is derived as a time function of the quadripartite system evolution.We find that this measure does not stay static but obtains the same maximum periodically.When the qubit-resonator couplings are allowed to vary,its peak value is enhanced monotonically by increasing the greatest coupling strength to one of the qubits.The period of its peak to peak revival maximizes when the couplings become inhomogeneous,thus qubit excitation becoming asynchronous,at a relative ratio of 0.35.The study demonstrates the role of asynchronous excitations for time-controlling multi-qubit systems,in particular in extending entanglement time.

Distillability sudden death for two-qutrit states under an XY quantum environment

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Dissipaton equation of motion approach to open quantum systems

This paper presents a comprehensive account of the dissipaton-equation-of-motion （DEOM） theory for open quantum systems. This newly developed theory treats not only the quantum dissipative systems of primary interest, but also the hybrid enviromnent dynamics that are also experimentally measurable. Despite the fact that DEOM recovers the celebrated hierarchical-equations-of-motion （HEOM） formalism, these two approaches have some fundamental differences. To show these differ- ences, we also scrutinize the HEOM construction via its root at the influence functional path integral formalism. We conclude that many unique features of DEOM are beyond the reach of the HEOM framework. The new DEOM approach renders a statistical quasi-particle picture to account for the environment, which can be either bosonic or fermionic. The review covers the DEOM construction, the physical meanings of dynamical variables, the underlying theorems and dissipaton algebra, and recent numerical advancements for efficient DEOM evaluations of various problems. We also address the issue of high-order many-dissipaton truncations with respect to the invariance principle of quantum mechanics of SchrSdinger versus Heisenberg prescriptions. DEOM serves as a universal tool for characterizing of stationary and dynamic properties of system-and-bath interferences, as highlighted with its real-time evaluation of both linear and nonlinear current noise spectra of nonequilibrium electronic transport.