The Dynamics of Quantum Entanglement and General Quantum Correlations in the Double Tavis-Cumming Model

We study the dynamics of quantum correlations involving entanglement and discord of two pairs of two-level atoms in cavity QED. In the model, two atoms A and C are coupled with a single-mode cavity field via Tavis-Cumming interaction at one location, and the same for B and D at another location. The two locations are connected by the entanglement of the atoms AB and CD while there are no any direct interactions between them. Through comparing the robustness of entanglement and discord of the atoms in various initial conditions of cavities, it is shown the discord is more robust than the entanglement and would be useful in quantum information technology.     

Thermal Entanglement Between Atoms in the Four-Cavity Linear Chain Coupled by Single-Mode Fibers

Natural thermal entanglement between atoms of a linear arranged four coupled cavities system is studied. The results show that there is no thermal pairwise entanglement between atoms if atom-field interaction strength f or fiber-cavity coupling constant J equals to zero, both f and J can induce thermal pairwise entanglement in a certain range. Numerical simulations show that the nearest neighbor concurrence C_AB is always greater than alternate concurrence C_AC in the same condition. In addition, the effect of temperature T on the entanglement of alternate qubits is much stronger than the nearest neighbor qubits.     

Geometry of the Unification of Quantum Mechanics and Relativity of a Single Particle

The paper summarizes, generalizes and reveals the physical content of a recently proposed framework that unifies the standard formalisms of special relativity and quantum mechanics. The framework is based on Hilbert spaces H of functions of four space-time variables x,t, furnished with an additional indefinite inner product invariant under Poincaré transformations. The indefinite metric is responsible for breaking the symmetry between space and time variables and for selecting a family of Hilbert subspaces that are preserved under Galileo transformations. Within these subspaces the usual quantum mechanics with Shrödinger evolution and t as the evolution parameter is derived. Simultaneously, the Minkowski space-time is embedded into H as a set of point-localized states, Poincaré transformations obtain unique extensions to H and the embedding commutes with Poincaré transformations. Furthermore, the framework accommodates arbitrary pseudo-Riemannian space-times furnished with the action of the diffeomorphism group.     

Collective states in highly symmetric atomic configurations and single-photon traps

We study correlated states in circular and linear-chain configurations of identical two-level atoms containing the energy of a single quasi-resonant photon in the form of a collective excitation, where the collective behavior is mediated by exchange of transverse photons between the atoms. For a circular atomic configuration containing N atoms, the collective energy eigenstates can be determined by group-theoretical means making use of the fact that the configuration possesses a cyclic symmetry group Z _N . For these circular configurations, the carrier spaces of the various irreducible representations of the symmetry group are at most two-dimensional, so that the effective Hamiltonian on the radiationless subspace of the system can be diagonalized analytically. As a consequence, the radiationless energy eigenstates carry a Z _N quantum number p = 0, 1, …, N, which is analogous to the angular momentum quantum number l = 0, 1, … carried by particles propagating in a central potential, such as a hydrogen-like system. Just as the hydrogen s states are the only electronic wave functions that can occupy the central region of the Coulomb potential, the quasi-particle corresponding to a collective excitation of the circular atomic sample can occupy the central atom only for vanishing Z _N quantum number p. When a central atom is present, the p = 0 state splits into two, showing level crossing at certain radii; in the regions between these radii, damped oscillations between two “ extreme” p = 0 states occur, where the excitation occupies either the outer atoms or the central atom only. For large numbers of atoms in a maximally subradiant state, a critical interatomic distance of λ/2 emerges both in the linear-chain and in the circular configuration of atoms. The spontaneous decay rate of the linear configuration exhibits a jumplike “critical” behavior for next-neighbor distances close to a half-wavelength. Furthermore, both the linear-chain and the circular configurations exhibit exponential photon trapping once the next-neighbor distance becomes less than a half-wavelength, with the suppression of spontaneous decay being particularly pronounced in the circular system. In this way, circular configurations containing sufficiently many atoms may be natural candidates for single-photon traps.     

Unitarity in “Quantization Commutes with Reduction”

Let M be a compact Kähler manifold equipped with a Hamiltonian action of a compact Lie group G. In this paper, we study the geometric quantization of the symplectic quotient M // G. Guillemin and Sternberg [Invent. Math. 67, 515–538 (1982)] have shown, under suitable regularity assumptions, that there is a natural invertible map between the quantum Hilbert space over M //G and the G-invariant subspace of the quantum Hilbert space over M.Reproducing other recent results in the literature, we prove that in general the natural map of Guillemin and Sternberg is not unitary, even to leading order in Planck’s constant. We then modify the quantization procedure by the “metaplectic correction” and show that in this setting there is still a natural invertible map between the Hilbert space over M // G and the G-invariant subspace of the Hilbert space over M. We then prove that this modified Guillemin–Sternberg map is asymptotically unitary to leading order in Planck’s constant. The analysis also shows a good asymptotic relationship between Toeplitz operators on M and on M // G.     

Tight Uniform Continuity Bounds for Quantum Entropies: Conditional Entropy,Relative Entropy Distance and Energy Constraints

We present a bouquet of continuity bounds for quantum entropies, falling broadly into two classes: first, a tight analysis of the Alicki–Fannes continuity bounds for the conditional von Neumann entropy, reaching almost the best possible form that depends only on the system dimension and the trace distance of the states. Almost the same proof can be used to derive similar continuity bounds for the relative entropy distance from a convex set of states or positive operators. As applications, we give new proofs, with tighter bounds, of the asymptotic continuity of the relative entropy of entanglement, E_R, and its regularization \({E_R^{\infty}}\), as well as of the entanglement of formation, E_F. Using a novel “quantum coupling” of density operators, which may be of independent interest, we extend the latter to an asymptotic continuity bound for the regularized entanglement of formation, aka entanglement cost, \({E_C=E_F^{\infty}}\). Second, we derive analogous continuity bounds for the von Neumann entropy and conditional entropy in infinite dimensional systems under an energy constraint, most importantly systems of multiple quantum harmonic oscillators. While without an energy bound the entropy is discontinuous, it is well-known to be continuous on states of bounded energy. However, a quantitative statement to that effect seems not to have been known. Here, under some regularity assumptions on the Hamiltonian, we find that, quite intuitively, the Gibbs entropy at the given energy roughly takes the role of the Hilbert space dimension in the finite-dimensional Fannes inequality.     

Density of states of two-dimensional aluminum nanoclusters in the Hubbard model

The density of states of a two-dimensional square nanosystem composed of N × N aluminum atoms (N = 3?30) is calculated in the framework of the Hubbard model. It is demonstrated that, at a small parameter N, the density of states depends substantially on the number of atoms and on the position of a particular atom in the lattice. As the parameter N increases, the density of states for the vertex and edge atoms tends to the value of the density of states for the bulk atoms. The temperature of the system is implicitly included by specifying the energy of hopping in the initial Hamiltonian.     

Multipartite quantum correlations among atoms in QED cavities

We study the nonlocality dynamics for two models of atoms in cavity quantum electrodynamics (QED); the first model contains atoms in a single cavity undergoing nearest-neighbor interactions with no initial correlation, and the second contains atoms confined in n different and noninteracting cavities, all of which were initially prepared in a maximally correlated state of n qubits corresponding to the atomic degrees of freedom. The nonlocality evolution of the states in the second model shows that the corresponding maximal violation of a multipartite Bell inequality exhibits revivals at precise times, defining, nonlocality sudden deaths and nonlocality sudden rebirths, in analogy with entanglement. These quantum correlations are provided analytically for the second model to make the study more thorough. Differences in the first model regarding whether the array of atoms inside the cavity is arranged in a periodic or open fashion are crucial to the generation or redistribution of quantum correlations. This contribution paves the way to using the nonlocality multipartite correlation measure for describing the collective complex behavior displayed by slightly interacting cavity QED arrays.     

Quantification of Quantum Entanglement in a Multiparticle System of Two-Level Atoms Interacting with a Squeezed Vacuum State of the Radiation Field

We quantify multiparticle quantum entanglement in a system of N two-level atoms interacting with a squeezed vacuum state of the electromagnetic field. We calculate the amount of quantum entanglement present among one hundred such two-level atoms and also show the variation of that entanglement with the radiation field parameter. We show the continuous variation of the amount of quantum entanglement as we continuously increase the number of atoms from N = 2 to N = 100. We also discuss that the multiparticle correlations among the N two-level atoms are made up of all possible bipartite correlations among the N atoms.     

Dissociative Excitation of the Odd Sextet Levels of the Cobalt Atom by Collisions of Electrons with Cobalt Dichloride Molecules

Inelastic collisions of slow electrons with cobalt dichloride molecules, leading to the formation of excited cobalt atoms in odd sextet states, are experimentally studied. At an incident electron energy of 100 eV, thirty six dissociative excitation cross sections are measured for levels belonging to the z⁶D°, z⁶F°, and z⁶G° terms. In the electron energy range of 0–100 eV, ten optical excitation functions are recorded. The full cross sections for the dissociative excitation of the cobalt atom levels and the contribution of cascade transitions to their population are determined. The cross sections for electron–molecule and electron–atom collisions are compared.     

Damping in the Interaction of a Field and Two Three-Level Atoms Through Quantized Caldirola–Kanai Hamiltonian

We investigate the damped interaction between two Λ-type three-level atoms and a quantized single-mode cavity field, for which the Hamiltonian of the field is rewritten in Caldirola–Kanai form. We obtain the wave functions for the case where the two atoms are initially prepared in arbitrary pure states and the field is initially prepared in the coherent state. We investigate numerically the influence of the damping parameter on the temporal behavior of the Mandel Q-parameter, linear entropy, and normal squeezing. We find the damping parameter and initial atomic states to play central roles in the nonclassical features and the degree of entanglement.     

Monogamy Relations in Terms of Tsallis-Q Entropy in any Dimensional System

Monogamy of entanglement is a fundamental property of multipartite entangled states. In this article, due to the convexity of Trρ^q with respect to q when q ≥ 1, we give a monogamy-like relation in terms of Tsallis-q entanglement entropy of assistance (TqEEA) for pure states over an n- partite any dimensional system and monogamy-like relations in terms of Tsallis-q entanglement entropy (TqEE) for mixed states for any dimensional system, we also give a lower bound for the TqEE of a four-partite pure state. At last, we show that the generalized W-class states satisfy the polygamy relation in terms of TqEE when q = 2.     

Finite Hamiltonian systems: Linear transformations and aberrations

Finite Hamiltonian systems contain operators of position, momentum, and energy, having a finite number N of equally-spaced eigenvalues. Such systems are under the æis of the algebra su(2), and their phase space is a sphere. Rigid motions of this phase space form the group SU(2); overall phases complete this to U(2). But since N-point states can be subject to U(N) ?U(2) transformations, the rest of the generators will provide all N ² unitary transformations of the states, which appear as nonlinear transformations—aberrations—of the system phase space. They are built through the “finite quantization” of a classical optical system.     

A Total Measure of Multi-Particle Quantum Correlations in Atomic Schrödinger Cat States

We propose a total measure of multi-particle quantum correlation in a system of N two-level atoms (N qubits). We construct a parameter that encompasses all possible quantum correlations among N two-level atoms in arbitrary symmetric pure states and define its numerical value to be the total measure of the net atom-atom correlations. We use that parameter to quantify the total quantum correlations in atomic Schrödinger cat states, which are generated by the dispersive interaction in a cavity. We study the variation of the net amount of quantum correlation as we vary the number of atoms from N=2 to N=100 and obtain some interesting results. We also study the variation of the net correlation, for fixed interaction time, as we increase the number of atoms in the excited state of the initial system, and notice some interesting features. We also observe the behaviour of the net quantum correlation as we continuously increase the interaction time, for the general state of N two-level atoms in a dispersive cavity.     

Double Semions in Arbitrary Dimension

We present a generalization of the double semion topological quantum field theory to higher dimensions, as a theory of \({d-1}\) dimensional surfaces in a d dimensional ambient space. We construct a local Hamiltonian that is a sum of commuting projectors and analyze the excitations and the ground state degeneracy. Defining a consistent set of local rules requires the sign structure of the ground state wavefunction to depend not just on the number of disconnected surfaces, but also upon their higher Betti numbers through the semicharacteristic. For odd d the theory is related to the toric code by a local unitary transformation, but for even d the dimension of the space of zero energy ground states is in general different from the toric code and for even \({d > 2}\) it is also in general different from that of the twisted \({Z_2}\) Dijkgraaf–Witten model.     

Relation Between Stereographic Projection and Concurrence Measure in Bipartite Pure States

One-qubit pure states, living on the surface of Bloch sphere, can be mapped onto the usual complex plane by using stereographic projection. In this paper, after reviewing the entanglement of two-qubit pure state, it is shown that the quaternionic stereographic projection is related to concurrence measure. This is due to the fact that every two-qubit state, in ordinary complex field, corresponds to the one-qubit state in quaternionic skew field, called quaterbit. Like the one-qubit states in complex field, the stereographic projection maps every quaterbit onto a quaternion number whose complex and quaternionic parts are related to Schmidt and concurrence terms respectively. Rather, the same relation is established for three-qubit state under octonionic stereographic projection which means that if the state is bi-separable then, quaternionic and octonionic terms vanish. Finally, we generalize recent consequences to 2?N and 4?N dimensional Hilbert spaces (N ≥ 2) and show that, after stereographic projection, the quaternionic and octonionic terms are entanglement sensitive. These trends are easily confirmed by direct computation for general multi-particle W- and GHZ-states.     

Entanglement measure for pure <Emphasis Type="Italic">M</Emphasis> ⊗ <Emphasis Type="Italic">N</Emphasis> bipartite quantum states

We propose an entanglement measure for pure M ? N bipartite quantum states. We obtain the measure by generalizing the equivalent measure for a 2 ? 2 system, via a 2 ? 3 system, to the general bipartite case. The measure emphasizes the role Bell states have, both for forming the measure and for experimentally measuring the entanglement. The form of the measure is similar to the generalized concurrence. In the case of 2 ? 3 systems, we prove that our measure, which is directly measurable, equals the concurrence. It is also shown that, in order to measure the entanglement, it is sufficient to measure the projections of the state onto a maximum of M(M ? 1)N(N ? 1)/2 Bell states.     

Entanglement and Berry Phase in a Parameterized Three-Qubit System

In this paper, we construct a parameterized form of unitary \(\breve {R}_{123}(\theta _{1},\theta _{2},\varphi )\) matrix through the Yang-Baxterization method. Acting such matrix on three-qubit natural basis as a quantum gate, we can obtain a set of entangled states, which possess the same entanglement value depending on the parameters ?? ₁ and ?? ₂. Particularly, such entangled states can produce a set of maximally entangled bases Greenberger-Horne-Zeilinger (GHZ) states with respect to ?? ₁ = ?? ₂ = π/2. Choosing a useful Hamiltonian, one can study the evolution of the eigenstates and investigate the result of Berry phase. It is not difficult to find that the Berry phase for this new three-qubit system consistent with the solid angle on the Bloch sphere.     

Uniform Entanglement Frames

We present several criteria for genuine multipartite entanglement from universal uncertainty relations based on majorization theory. Under non-negative Schur-concave functions, the vector-type uncertainty relation generates a family of infinitely many detectors to check genuine multipartite entanglement. We also introduce the concept of k-separable circles via geometric distance for probability vectors, which include at most (k?1)-separable states. The entanglement witness is also generalized to a universal entanglement witness which is able to detect the k-separable states more accurately.     

Thermal Entanglement Properties in two Kinds of Two-qubit Spin Squeezing Model

Using the concurrence (C) criterion, we investigate the thermal entanglement properties in two-qubit spin squeezing model for two kinds of squeezing interaction: one-axis twisting model (OATM) and two-axis countertwisting model (TACM) with a transverse field. To the OATM, in the limit case of T→0, the ground state entanglement is initially increased from zero to the maximum value, then decreased in a period of time and suddenly disappeared finally with further enhancing the external magnetic field Ω. One interesting thing is that instead of decaying slowly to zero the entanglement is sudden disappeared with further enhancing Ω or μ (the spin squeezing interaction in X direction), and decreasing the parameter μ or Ω can obviously broaden the scope of entanglement exists. For the finite temperature case, a novelty point is the sudden birth phenomenon occured in the behaviors of entanglement, it is initially to be zero (persists for some time), with further improving Ω and μ the entanglement will be suddenly appeared, and the time interval (persists to be zero) before sudden birth is obviously prolonged with decreasing two parameters. The temperature range of entanglement exists can be extended evidently with increasing μ or Ω, and one can obtain entanglement at higher temperature through changing them. When to the TACM, the ground state entanglement is initially decreased from the maximum value and then suddenly disappeared with increasing Ω. While increasing γ the ground state entanglement is increased initially from zero to the maximum value and then sudden disappeared with further improving γ (the spin squeezing interaction in XY plane), proper tuing γ or Ω can prolong the lives of entanglement evidently. For the finite temperature case, the sudden birth phenomenon also occured in the the evoluted concurrence, the variation of parameters Ω and γ can reduce the time interval before sudden birth. The influence of the temperature T on thermal entanglement property is also investigated. The temperature range of entanglement existence can be extended evidently with increasing γ, one can obtain entanglement at higher temperature through changing parameters γ and Ω.