Influence of intrinsic decoherence on entanglement degree in the atom–field coupling system

In this paper, we use the quantum mutual entropy to measure the degree of entanglement in the time development of a two-level particle (atom or trapped ion). We find an exact solution of the Milburn equation for the system. The exact solution is then used to discuss the influence of intrinsic decoherence on degree of entanglement. The exact results are employed to perform a careful investigation of the temporal evolution of the entropy. It is shown that the degree of entanglement is very sensitive to the changes of the intrinsic decoherence. The results show that the effect of the intrinsic decoherence decreases the quasiperiod of the entanglement between the atom and the field. The general conclusions reached are illustrated by numerical results.     

Quantum proper entropies and additive capacities of quantum information channels

An elementary algebraic approach to unified quantum information theory is given. The operational meaning of entanglement as specifically quantum encoding is disclosed. General relative entropy as information divergence is introduced, and three most important types of relative information, namely, the Araki-Umegaki type (A-type), the Belavkin-Staszewski type (B-type), and the thermodynamical (C-type) are discussed. It is shown that true quantum entanglement-assisted entropy is greater than semiclassical (von Neumann) quantum entropy, and the proper positive quantum conditional entropy is introduced. The general quantum mutual information via entanglement is defined, and the corresponding types of quantum channel capacities as a supremum via the generalized encodings are formulated. The additivity problem for quantum logarithmic capacities for products of arbitrary quantum channels under appropriate constraints on encodings is discussed. It is proved that true quantum capacity, which is achieved on the standard entanglement as an optimal quantum encoding, retains the additivity property of the logarithmic quantum channel entanglement-assisted capacities on the products of quantum input states. This result for quantum logarithmic information of A-type, which was obtained earlier by the author, is extended to any type of quantum information.     

Waking and scrambling in holographic heating up

Using holographic methods, we study the heating up process in quantum field theory. As a holographic dual of this process, we use absorption of a thin shell on a black brane. We find the explicit form of the time evolution of the quantum mutual information during heating up from the temperature Ti to the temperature T_f in a system of two intervals in two-dimensional space–time. We determine the geometric characteristics of the system under which the time dependence of the mutual information has a bell shape: it is equal to zero at the initial instant, becomes positive at some subsequent instant, further attains its maximum, and again decreases to zero. Such a behavior of the mutual information occurs in the process of photosynthesis. We show that if the distance x between the intervals is less than log 2/2πT_i, then the evolution of the holographic mutual information has a bell shape only for intervals whose lengths are bounded from above and below. For sufficiently large x, i.e., for x < log 2/2πT_i, the bell-like shape of the time dependence of the quantum mutual information is present only for sufficiently large intervals. Moreover, the zone narrows as T_i increases and widens as T_f increases.     

Holographic instant conformal symmetry breaking by colliding conical defects

We study instant conformal symmetry breaking as a holographic effect of ultrarelativistic particles moving in the AdS₃ space–time. We give a qualitative picture of this effect based on calculating the two-point correlation functions and the entanglement entropy of the corresponding boundary theory. We show that in the geodesic approximation, because of gravitational lensing of the geodesics, the ultrarelativistic massless defect produces a zone structure for correlators with broken conformal invariance. At the same time, the holographic entanglement entropy also exhibits a transition to nonconformal behavior. Two colliding massless defects produce a more diverse zone structure for correlators and the entanglement entropy.     

Information and system modelling

In this paper, we first give a clear mathematical definition of information. Then based on this definition of information we consider two routes of system modelling. One route is with stochastic information and the other route is with deterministic information. The route with stochastic information gives the usual information theory where information is carried by random variables or stochastic processes. With this route of stochastic information we can derive quantum mechanics. Then our new feature is the route with deterministic information. We show that with deterministic information we can establish deterministic quantum systems (which are quantum systems with no probability interpretation). From these deterministic quantum systems we can derive the three laws of thermodynamics and resolve the paradox between the second law of thermodynamics and the evolution phenomena of the world. We resolve this paradox by clarifying the relation between Shannon information entropy, Boltzmann entropy and the entropy for the second law. This clarification also solves the negative entropy problem of Schroedinger. These deterministic quantum systems which are established with deterministic information can be regarded as solutions to the the debate between Bohr and Einstein and the measurement problem of quantum mechanics because of their deterministic nature and their quantum structure.     

Holographic software for quantum networks

We introduce a pictorial approach to quantum information, called holographic software. Our software captures both algebraic and topological aspects of quantum networks. It yields a bi-directional dictionary to translate between a topological approach and an algebraic approach. Using our software, we give a topological simulation for quantum networks. The string Fourier transform (SFT) is our basic tool to transform product states into states with maximal entanglement entropy. We obtain a pictorial interpretation of Fourier transformation, of measurements, and of local transformations, including the n-qudit Pauli matrices and their representation by Jordan-Wigner transformations. We use our software to discover interesting new protocols for multipartite communication. In summary, we build a bridge linking the theory of planar para algebras with quantum information.     

Multivariate dynamic information

This paper develops measures of information for multivariate distributions when their supports are truncated progressively. The focus is on the joint, marginal, and conditional entropies, and the mutual information for residual life distributions where the support is truncated at the current ages of the components of a system. The current ages of the components induce a joint dynamic into the residual life information measures. Our study of dynamic information measures includes several important bivariate and multivariate lifetime models. We derive entropy expressions for a few models, including Marshall-Olkin bivariate exponential. However, in general, study of the dynamics of residual information measures requires computational techniques or analytical results. A bivariate gamma example illustrates study of dynamic information via numerical integration. The analytical results facilitate studying other distributions. The results are on monotonicity of the residual entropy of a system and on transformations that preserve the monotonicity and the order of entropies between two systems. The results also include a new entropy characterization of the joint distribution of independent exponential random variables.     

Entanglement measures based on observable correlations

By regarding quantum states as communication channels and using observable correlations quantitatively expressed by mutual information, we introduce a hierarchy of entanglement measures that includes the entanglement of formation as a particular instance. We compare the maximal and minimal measures and indicate the conceptual advantages of the minimal measure over the entanglement of formation. We reveal a curious feature of the entanglement of formation by showing that it can exceed the quantum mutual information, which is usually regarded as a theoretical measure of total correlations. This places the entanglement of formation in a broader scenario, highlights its peculiarity in relation to pure-state ensembles, and introduces a competing definition with intrinsic informational significance. __________ Translated from Teoreticheskaya i Matematicheskaya Fizika, Vol. 155, No. 3, pp. 453–462, June, 2008.     

Entropy evolution of the bimodal field interacting with an effective two-level atom via the Raman transition in Kerr medium

For a general class of two-mode, simple analytic expressions are derived for the evolution of the field quantum entropy in the bimodal field interacting with an effective two-level atom via the Raman transition, with an additional Kerr-like medium. The effect of a Kerr-like medium on the entropy is analyzed. It is shown that the addition of the Kerr medium has an important effect on the properties of the entropy and the entanglement. The results show that the effect of the Kerr medium changes the quasi-period of the field entropy evolution and entanglement between the atom and the field. The general conclusions reached are illustrated by numerical results.     

A tensor product matrix approximation problem in quantum physics

We consider a matrix approximation problem arising in the study of entanglement in quantum physics. This notion represents a certain type of correlations between subsystems in a composite quantum system. The states of a system are described by a density matrix, which is a positive semidefinite matrix with trace one. The goal is to approximate such a given density matrix by a so-called separable density matrix, and the distance between these matrices gives information about the degree of entanglement in the system. Separability here is expressed in terms of tensor products. We discuss this approximation problem for a composite system with two subsystems and show that it can be written as a convex optimization problem with special structure. We investigate related convex sets, and suggest an algorithm for this approximation problem which exploits the tensor product structure in certain subproblems. Finally some computational results and experiences are presented.     

基于异质预期的量子伯川德博弈复杂动力机制分析

针对伯川德双寡头垄断博弈经济系统中出现的混沌现象,利用量子博弈论,构建了基于有限理性与天真预期行为的量子伯川德动态博弈模型,分析了量子纠缠度对纳什均衡点稳定性及复杂动力行为的影响。结果表明:量子纠缠度能增强该系统的稳定性,企业价格调整速度达到某一程度时会导致该系统的复杂混沌特性,纠缠度可以有效控制混沌状态。最后利用数值模拟从分岔、最大李雅普诺夫指数、奇怪吸引子、初始条件敏感性及分数维数方面验证了理论准确性。     

Quantum correlation with entanglement and mutual entropy

We discuss the correlations on classical and quantum systems from the information theoretical points of view. There exists an essential difference between such two types of correlation. How can we understand such difference? This report is a review of our recent works on the quantum information theory with entanglement.     

Entropy and entanglement of an effective two-level atom interacting with two quantized field modes in squeezed displaced fock states

We have studied the influences of ac-Stark shifts on the field quantum entropy, with “squeezed displaced Fock states” (SDFSs) basis. By a unitary transformation we derive a Raman-coupled Hamiltonian perturbatively in coupling constants. The exact results are employed to perform a careful investigation of the temporal evolution of entropy. A factorization of the initial density operator is assumed, with the privileged field mode being in the SDFS. We invoke the mathematical notion of maximum variation of a function to construct a measure for entropy fluctuations. The results show that the effect of the SDFS changes the quasiperiod of the field entropy evolution and entanglement between the atom and the field. The Rabi oscillation frequency, the collapse and revival times of the atomic coherence are found to have strikingly different photon-intensity dependent than those found previously. The general conclusions reached are illustrated by numerical results.     

Conditional Entropy and Information in Quantum Systems

The concepts of conditional entropy of a physical system given the state of another system and of information in a physical system about another one are generalized for quantum systems. The fundamental difference between the classical case and the quantum one is that the entropy and information in quantum systems depend on the choice of measurements performed over the systems. It is shown that some equalities of the classical information theory turn into inequalities for the generalized quantities. Specific quantum phenomena such as EPR pairs and superdense coding are described and explained in terms of the generalized conditional entropy and information.     

Natural atomic probabilities in quantum information theory

Quantum Information Theory has witnessed a great deal of interest in the recent years since its potential for allowing the possibility of quantum computation through quantum mechanics concepts such as entanglement, teleportation and cryptography. In Chemistry and Physics, von Neumann entropies may provide convenient measures for studying quantum and classical correlations in atoms and molecules. Besides, entropic measures in Hilbert space constitute a very useful tool in contrast with the ones in real space representation since they can be easily calculated for large systems. In this work, we show properties of natural atomic probabilities of a first reduced density matrix that are based on information theory principles which assure rotational invariance, positivity, and N- and v-representability in the Atoms in Molecules (AIM) scheme. These (natural atomic orbital-based) probabilities allow the use of concepts such as relative, conditional, mutual, joint and non-common information entropies, to analyze physical and chemical phenomena between atoms or fragments in quantum systems with no additional computational cost. We provide with illustrative examples of the use of this type of atomic information probabilities in chemical process and systems.     

The Shannon-McMillan theorem for ergodic quantum lattice systems

We formulate and prove a quantum Shannon-McMillan theorem. The theorem demonstrates the significance of the von Neumann entropy for translation invariant ergodic quantum spin systems on -lattices: the entropy gives the logarithm of the essential number of eigenvectors of the system on large boxes. The one-dimensional case covers quantum information sources and is basic for coding theorems.     

Entanglement,fidelity and quantum chaos in cavity QED

Nonlinear dynamics in the fundamental interaction between a two-level atom with recoil and a quantized radiation field in a high-quality microcavity is studied. We consider the strongly coupled atom–field system as a quantum–classical hybrid with dynamically coupled quantum and classical degrees of freedom. We show that, even in the absence of any other interaction with environment, the coupling of quantum and classical degrees of freedom provides the emergence of classical dynamical chaos from quantum electrodynamics. Chaos manifests itself in the atomic external degree of freedom as a random walking of an atom inside a cavity with prominent fractal-like behavior and in the quantum atom–field degrees of freedom as a sensitive dependence of atomic inversion on small variations in initial conditions. It is shown that dependences of variance of quantum entanglement and of the maximum Lyapunov exponent on the detuning of the atom–field resonance correlate strongly. It is shown that the Jaynes–Cummings dynamics can be unstable in the regime of chaotic walking of an atom in the quantized field of a standing wave in the absence of any other interaction with environment. Quantum instability manifests itself in strong variations of quantum purity and entropy and in exponential sensitivity of fidelity of quantum states to small variations in the atom–field detuning. It is quantified in terms of the respective classical maximal Lyapunov exponent that can be estimated in appropriate in–out experiments. This result provides a quantum–classical correspondence in a closed physical system.     

Thermal Quantum Discord and Super Quantum Discord Teleportation Via a Two-Qubit Spin-Squeezing Model

We study thermal quantum correlations (quantum discord and super quantum discord) in a two-spin model in an external magnetic field and obtain relations between them and entanglement. We study their dependence on the magnetic field, the strength of the spin squeezing, and the temperature in detail. One interesting result is that when the entanglement suddenly disappears, quantum correlations still survive. We study thermal quantum teleportation in the framework of this model. The main goal is investigating the possibility of increasing the thermal quantum correlations of a teleported state in the presence of a magnetic field, strength of the spin squeezing, and temperature. We note that teleportation of quantum discord and super quantum discord can be realized over a larger temperature range than teleportation of entanglement. Our results show that quantum discord and super quantum discord can be a suitable measure for controlling quantum teleportation with fidelity. Moreover, the presence of entangled states is unnecessary for the exchange of quantum information.     

Separability and entanglement in tripartite states

While classical correlations can be freely distributed among many systems, this is not true for entanglement and quantum correlations. If a quantum system S^a is entangled with another quantum system S^b, then its entanglement with any third quantum system S^c cannot be arbitrary. This is the celebrated monogamy of entanglement. Implicit in this general statement is the plausible belief that only entanglement between the systems S^a and S^b constrains the entanglement between S^a and the third system S^c. We demonstrate that even classical correlations between S^a and S^b may impose surprisingly stringent restrictions on the possible entanglement between S^a and S^c. In particular, perfect bipartite classical correlations and full entanglement cannot coexist in any tripartite state. An intuitive explanation of this monogamy of hybrid classical and quantum correlations might be that the system S^a has a correlating capability, which cannot be used to establish any entanglement with a third system (but can still be used to establish classical correlations) if it is exhausted when correlated with S^b (in either a classical or quantum fashion). This may be interpreted as an alternate version of monogamy.     

Multiscale measures of equilibrium on finite dynamic systems

This article presents a new method for the study of the evolution of dynamic systems based on the notion of quantity of information. The system is divided into elementary cells and the quantity of information is studied with respect to the cell size. We have introduced an analogy between quantity of information and entropy, and defined the intrinsic entropy as the entropy of the whole system independent of the size of the cells. It is shown that the intrinsic entropy follows a Gaussian probability density function (PDF) and thereafter, the time needed by the system to reach equilibrium is a random variable. For a finite system, statistical analyses show that this entropy converges to a state of equilibrium and an algorithmic method is proposed to quantify the time needed to reach equilibrium for a given confidence interval level. A Monte-Carlo simulation of diffusion of A* atoms in A is then provided to illustrate the proposed simulation. It follows that the time to reach equilibrium for a constant error probability, t_e, depends on the number, n, of elementary cells as: t_e∝n^2.22_±0.06. For an infinite system size (n infinite), the intrinsic entropy obtained by statistical modelling is a pertinent characteristic number of the system at the equilibrium.