Pairwise thermal entanglement in a three-qubit Heisenberg XX model with a nonuniform magnetic field and Dzyaloshinski-Moriya interaction

Pairwise thermal entanglement in a three-qubit Heisenberg XX model is investigated when a nonuniform mag- netic field and the Dzyaloshinski-Moriya interaction are included. We find that the nonuniform magnetic field and Dzyaloshinski-Moriya interaction are the more efficient control parameters for the increase of entanglement and critical temperature. For both the nearest neighbour sites and the next nearest neighbour sites, the magnetic field can induce entanglement to a certain extent and the Dzyaloshinski-Moriya interaction can enhance the entanglement to a stable value. The steady value of the nearest neighbour site entanglement C12 is larger than the next nearest neighbour site entanglement C13. An interesting phenomenon is that the entanglement curve of C12 appears a peak value when the Dzyaloshinski-Moriya interaction is considered in a nonuniform magnetic field.

Thermal entanglement in molecular spin rings

The thermal entanglement in the triangular molecular spin ring with Dzyaloshinskii-Moriya interaction is studied. The concurrences of arbitrary two spins of the triangular molecular spin ring for various cases are evaluated. The tendency of the concurrence with Dzyaloshinskii-Moriya interaction and temperature is analysed and discussed. We note that the concurrence arrives at its maximum in the regime with the large Dzyaloshinskii-Moriya interaction and low temperature, and gradually decreases to zero with the increase of temperature. The concurrence has different features for the ferromagnetic and antiferromagnetic cases. For completeness, we also numerically calculate the concurrence of spin rings with N 〉 3 spins and analyse their behaviours.

Teleportation and thermal entanglement in two-qubit Heisenberg X Y Z spin chain with the Dzyaloshinski-Moriya interaction and the inhomogeneous magnetic field

This paper studies the average fidelity of teleportation and thermal entanglement for a two-qubit Heisenberg XYZ chain in the presence of both an inhomogeneous magnetic field and a Dzyaloshinski-Moriya interaction. It shows that for a fixed Dz, the increase of bz will broaden the critical temperature at the cost of decreasing the thermal entanglement. And it can modulate the inhomogeneous magnetic field and the Dzyaloshinski-Moriya interaction for the average fidelity of teleportation to be optimal.

Thermal entanglement of the Ising Heisenberg diamond chain with Dzyaloshinskii Moriya interaction

We investigate the thermal entanglement in a spin-l/2 Ising-Heisenberg diamond chain, in which the vertical Heisen- berg spin dimers alternate with single Ising spins. Due to the fact that the Dzyaloshinskii-Moriya （DM） interaction con- tributes to unusual and interesting magnetic properties in actual materials, and moreover it plays a significant role in the degree of the entanglement of the Heisenberg quantum spin systems, we focus on the effects of different DM interactions, including Dz and Dx, on the thermal entanglement of the Heisenberg spin dimer. The concurrence, as a measure of spin dimer entanglement, is calculated for different values of exchange interactions, DM interaction, external magnetic field, and temperature. It is found that the critical temperature and the critical magnetic field corresponding to the vanishing of entanglement increase with DM interaction, and the entanglement revival region gets larger by increasing DM interac- tion, thus DM interaction favors the formation of the thermal entanglement. It is observed that different DM interaction parameters （Dz and Dx） have remarkably different influences on the entanglement. Different from the case Dz, there is the non-monotonic variation of the concurrence with temperature in the case Dx, and additionally the DM interaction Dx can induce the entanglement near zero temperature in the case that the antiferromagnetic Ising-type interaction constant is larger than the antiferromagnetic Heisenberg interaction constant. It is also shown that for the same value of DM interaction the critical magnetic field of the case Dx is larger than that of the case Dz.

Thermal entanglement in two-qutrit spin-1 anisotropic Heisenberg model with inhomogeneous magnetic field

The thermal entanglement of a two-qutrit spin-1 anisotropic Heisenberg XXZ chain in an inhomogeneous magnetic field is studied in detail. The effects of the external magnetic field （B）, a parameter b which controls the inhomogeneity of B, and the bilinear interaction parameters Jx = Jy ≠ Jz on the thermal variation of the negativity are studied in detail. It is found that negativity N decreases when the values of magnetic field, inhomogeneity b and temperature are increasing. In addition, N remains at higher temperatures for higher values of Jz and lower values of B and b.

Thermal entanglement of the spin-1 Ising-Heisenberg diamond chain with biquadratic interaction

We investigate the thermal entanglement of the spin-1 Ising-Heisenberg diamond chain, which can be regarded as a theoretical model for the homometallic molecular ferrimagnet [Ni_3（C_4H_2O_4）_2-（μ_3-OH）_2（H_2O）_4]n ·（2H_2O）n. Two cases,i.e., the isotropic Heisenberg（Ising-XXX） coupling model and anisotropic Heisenberg（Ising-XXZ） coupling model, are discussed respectively. The negativity is chosen as the measurement of the thermal entanglement. By means of the transfermatrix approach, we focus on the effects of biquadratic interaction parameters on the negativity of the infinite spin-1 Ising-Heisenberg diamond chain. In the Ising-XXX coupling model, it is shown that for the case with ferromagnetic coupling the thermal entanglement can be induced by the biquadratic interaction, but the external magnetic field will suppress the occurrence of the entanglement induced by the biquadratic interaction. In the Ising-XXZ coupling model,for the case with antiferromagnetic coupling, due to the biquadratic interaction the effect of the anisotropy parameter on the entanglement will be suppressed at near-zero temperature. Moreover, the biquadratic interaction makes the threshold temperature increase. The effects of the external magnetic field on the thermal entanglement are also discussed, and it is observed that the entanglement revival phenomena exist in both models considered.

Thermal entanglement in a spin-1/2 Ising-Heisenberg butterfly-shaped chain with impurities

We investigate the effect of impurities on the thermal entanglement in a spin-1/2 Ising-Heisenberg butterfly-shaped chain,where four interstitial Heisenberg spins are localized on the vertices of a rectangular plaquette in a unit block.By using the transfer-matrix approach,we numerically calculate the partition function and the reduced density matrix of this model.The bipartite thermal entanglement between different Heisenberg spin pairs is quantified by the concurrence.We also discuss the fluctuations caused by the impurities through the uniform distribution and the Gaussian distribution.Considering the effects of the external magnetic field,temperature,Heisenberg and Ising interactions as well as the parameter of anisotropy on the thermal entanglement,our results show that comparing with the case of the clean model,in both the twoimpurity model and the impurity fluctuation model the entanglement is more robust within a certain range of anisotropic parameters and the region of the magnetic field where the entanglement occurred is also larger.

Thermal entanglement and teleportation of a thermally mixed entangled state of a Heisenberg chain through a Werner state

The thermal entanglement and teleportation of a thermally mixed entangled state of a two-qubit Heisenberg XXX chain under the Dzyaloshinski Moriya （DM） anisotropic antisymmetric interaction through a noisy quantum channel given by a Werner state is investigated. The dependences of the thermal entanglement of the teleported state on the DM coupling constant, the temperature and the entanglement of tbe noisy quantum channel are studied }n detail for both the ferromagnetic and the antiferromagnetic cases. The result shows that a minimum entanglement of the noisy quantum channel must be provided in order to realize the entanglement teleportation. The values of fidelity of the teleported state are also studied for these two cases. It is found that under certain conditions, we can transfer an initial state with a better fidelity than that for any classical communication protocol.

Tunable thermal entanglement in an effective spin-star system using coupled microcavities

We theoretically explore the possibility of realizing controllable thermal entanglement of effective spins in a four-qubit anisotropic Heisenberg XXZ coupling spin-star system constructed by coupled microcavities. We analyse the dependence of thermal entanglement in this system on temperature, inhomogeneity of the magnetic field, and anisotropy, which can be readily tuned via the external laser fields. The peculiar characteristic and the full controllability of the thermal entanglement are demonstrated to be useful for quantum information processing.

Thermal entanglement in a two-qubit Heisenberg XY chain with the Dzyaloshinskii-Moriya interaction

This paper investigates thermal entanglements of a two-qubit Heisenberg XY chain in the presence of the Dzyaloshinskii-Moriya anisotropic antisymmetric interaction. By the concept of concurrence, it is found that the effects of spin-orbit coupling on the entanglement are different from those of spin-spin model. The analytical expressions of concurrence are obtained for this model.

Thermal Entanglement in the Pure Dzyaloshinskii-Moriya Model with Magnetic Field

We investigate the effects of the directions of Dzyaloshinskii Moriya （DM） interaction and magnetic field on the thermal entanglement in the pure DM model. It is found that when the Hamiltonian is H1 = D. （σ1 ＋σ2） ＋B.σ1, the entanglement can reach its maximum if the directions of the magnetic field and the DM vector are parallel. In addition, when the Hamiltonian is H2 = D @ （σ1 σ2） ＋ B. （σ1 ＋ σ2）, if the directions of the magnetic field and the DM vector are perpendicular in a high magnetic field, or their directions are parMlel in a weak magnetic field, the entanglement can also reach its maximum. Thus the entanglement can be enhanced by adjusting the direction of the external magnetic field, and this is feasible within the current experimental technology.

Effects of Anisotropy on Pair-wise Entanglement of a Four-Qubit Heisenberg XXZ Chain

The pair-wise thermal entanglement in a four-qubit Heisenberg XXZ chain ＆ investigated to study the role of anisotropy when an external magnetic field is included. It is found that pair-wise entanglement is absent between nearest- and next-nearest neighbouring qubits with anisotropic parameter △≤-1. For two nearest-neighbouring qubits, increasing the parameter can not only induce the entanglement, but also extend the entanglement region in terms of magnetic field B and temperature T. For two next-nearest-neighbouring qubits, increasing anisotropic parameter can shift the location of the entanglement and control the extent of the entanglement in terms of magnetic field at a finite temperature.

A thermal entangled quantum refrigerator based on a two-qubit Heisenberg model with Dzyaloshinskii-Moriya interaction in an external magnetic field

Based on an isotropic two spin-1/2 qubits Heisenberg model with the Dzyaloshinskii-Moriya interaction in an ex- ternal magnetic field, we have constructed an entangled quantum refrigerator. Expressions for the basic thermodynamic quantities, i.e., the heat exchanged, the net work input, and the coefficient of performance, are derived. Some intriguing features and their qualitative explanations in zero and non zero magnetic fields are given. The influence of the thermal entanglement on the refrigerator is investigated. The results obtained here have general significance and will be helpful to understand the performance of an entangled quantum refrigerator.

Quantum phase transition and entanglement in Heisenberg XX spin chain with impurity

In this paper, we study the quantum phase transition and the effect of impurity on the thermal entanglement between any two lattices in three-qubit Heisenberg XX chain in a uniform magnetic field. We show that the quantum phase transition always appears when impurity parameter is an arbitrary constant and unequal to zero, the external magnetic field and impurity parameters have a great effect on it. Also, there exists a relation between the quantum phase transition and the entanglement. By modulating the temperature, magnetic field and the impurity parameters, the entanglement between any two lattices can exhibit platform-like behaviour, which can be used to realize entanglement switch.

Thermal quantum correlations of a spin-1/2 Ising-Heisenberg diamond chain with Dzyaloshinskii-Moriya interaction

We investigate the properties of thermal quantum correlations in an infinite spin-1/2 Ising-Heisenberg diamond chain with Dzyaloshinskii-Moriya（DM） interaction. The thermal quantum discord（TQD） and the thermal entanglement（TE）are discussed as two kinds of important methods to measure the quantum correlation, respectively. It is found that DM interaction plays an important role in the thermal quantum correlations of the system. It can enhance the thermal quantum correlations by increasing DM interaction. Furthermore, the thermal quantum correlations can be promoted by tuning the external magnetic field and the Heisenberg coupling parameter in the antiferromagnetic system. It is shown that the behaviors of TQD differ from those of TE. TQD is more robust against decoherence than TE. For the measurement of TQD, the ＂regrowth＂ phenomenon occurs in the ferromagnetic system. We also find that the anisotropy favors the thermal quantum correlations of the system with weak DM interaction.

Entanglement in a generalized Jaynes-Cummings model

We investigate the pairwise entanglement and global entanglement in a generalized Jaynes-Cummings model, which can be used to realize Greenberger-Horne-Zeilinger （GHZ） entangled state （Zheng S B 2001 Phys. Rev. Lett. 87 230404）. Our results show that the W-type entangled states cannot be generated based on the model. The dependences of entanglement on Rabi frequency λ and dipole-dipole coupling strength Ω are given. It is found that there exists the quantum phase transition when λ= Ω. For typical experimental data, the critical temperature for pairwise entanglement is on the order of 10^-6 K. Based on these results, two strategies that overcome decoherence are proposed.

A new finite-dimensional thermal coherent state and its Wigner distribution function

This paper constructs a new type of finite-dimensional thermal coherent states （FDTCS）, which differs from the proceeding thermal coherent state in construction, as realisations of SU（2） Lie algebra. Using the technique of integration within an ordered product of operator, it investigates the orthonormality and completeness relation of the FDTCS. Based on the thermal Wigner operator in the thermal entangled state representation, the Wigner function of the FDTCS is obtained. The nonclassical properties of the FDTCS are discussed in terms of the negativity of its Wigner function.

Entangled quantum heat engine based on two-qubit Heisenberg XY model

Based on a two-qubit isotropic Heisenberg XY model under a constant external magnetic field,we construct a four-level entangled quantum heat engine（QHE）.The expressions for the heat transferred,the work,and the efficiency are derived.Moreover,the influence of the entanglement on the thermodynamic quantities is investigated analytically and numerically.Several interesting features of the variations of the heat transferred,the work,and the efficiency with the concurrences of the thermal entanglement of two different thermal equilibrium states in zero and nonzero magnetic fields are obtained.

Evolution law of a negative binomial state in an amplitude dissipative channel

For the first time we derive the evolution law of the negative binomial state In） （nI in an ampli-tude dissipative channel with a damping constant to. We find that after passing through the channel, the final state is still a negative binomial state, however the parameter γ evolves into The decay law of theaverage photon number is also obtained.

New approach for deriving the exact time evolution of the density operator for a diffusive anharmonic oscillator and its Wigner distribution function

Using thermal entangled state representation,we solve the master equation of a diffusive anharmonic oscillator（AHO） to obtain the exact time evolution formula for the density operator in the infinitive operator-sum representation.We present a new evolution formula of the Wigner function（WF） for any initial state of the diffusive AHO by converting the WF calculation into an overlap between two pure states in an enlarged Fock space.It is found that this formula is very convenient in investigating the WF＇s evolution of any known initial state.As applications,this formula is used to obtain the evolution of the WF for a coherent state and the evolution of the photon-number distribution of diffusive AHOs.