The thermal quantum discord (QD) is studied in a two-qubit Heisenberg XXZ system with DzyaloshinskiiMoriya (DM) interaction. We compare the thermal QD with thermal entanglement in this system and find remarkable d...The thermal quantum discord (QD) is studied in a two-qubit Heisenberg XXZ system with DzyaloshinskiiMoriya (DM) interaction. We compare the thermal QD with thermal entanglement in this system and find remarkable differences between them. For instance, we show situations where QD decreases asymptotically to zero with temperature T while entanglement decreases to zero at the point of critical temperature, situations where QD decreases with certain tunable parameters such as Dx and Dx when entanglement increases. We find that the characteristic of QD is exotic in this system and this possibly offers a potential solution to enhance entanglement of a system. We also show that tunable parameter Dx is more efficient than parameter Dz in most regions for controlling the QD.展开更多
基金Supported by the National Natural Science Foundation of China under Grant Nos.90503009,10775116973 Program under Grant No.2005CB724508
文摘The thermal quantum discord (QD) is studied in a two-qubit Heisenberg XXZ system with DzyaloshinskiiMoriya (DM) interaction. We compare the thermal QD with thermal entanglement in this system and find remarkable differences between them. For instance, we show situations where QD decreases asymptotically to zero with temperature T while entanglement decreases to zero at the point of critical temperature, situations where QD decreases with certain tunable parameters such as Dx and Dx when entanglement increases. We find that the characteristic of QD is exotic in this system and this possibly offers a potential solution to enhance entanglement of a system. We also show that tunable parameter Dx is more efficient than parameter Dz in most regions for controlling the QD.