Entanglement Evolution of Three-Qubit States under Local Decoherence

By using negativity as entanglement measure, we have investigated the effect of local decoherence from a non-Markovian environment on the time evolution of entanglement of three-qubit states including the GHZ state, the W state, and the Werner state. From the results, we find that the entanglement dynamics depends not only on the coupling strengths but also on the specific states of concern. Specifically, the entanglement takes different behaviors under weak or strong coupling and it varies with the quantum states under study. The entanglement of the GHZ state and the Werner state can be destroyed completely by the local decoherence, while the entanglement of the W state can survive through the local decoherence partially.     

Entanglement Evolution of Three-Qubit States under Local Decoherence

By using negativity as entanglement measure, we have investigated the effect of local decoherence from a non-Markovian environmenton the time evolution of entanglement of three-qubit states including the GHZ state, the W state, and the Werner state. From the results, we find that the entanglement dynamics depends not only on the coupling strengths but also on the specific states of concern. Specifically, the entanglement takes different behaviors under weak or strong coupling and it varies with the quantum states under study. The entanglement of the GHZ state and the Werner state can be destroyed completely by the local decoherence, while the entanglement of the W state can survive through the local decoherence partially.     

Robustness of Entangled Squeezed States Versus Entangled Coherent States Against Channel Decoherence Effect

We compare theoretically the effects of channel decoherence on entangled coherent states (ECSs) and entangled squeezed states (ESSs) as non-orthogonal states. The comparison is achieved in the case when the interaction with the noisy environment is symmetric and when it is asymmetric. In the first case, we notice a robustness of ECSs compared with ESSs against the photons losses. This robustness increases with a good way after using a higher amplitudes. However, in the asymmetric decoherence case, the ESSs resist more the photon losses compared with the ECSs.     

Inflationary Spectra,Decoherence, and Two-Mode Coherent States

We re-examine the question of the entropy stored in the distribution of primordial density fluctuations. To this end we make use of two-mode coherent states. These states incorporate the isotropy of the distribution as well as the temporal coherence and the semi-classical character of highly amplified modes. They also provide a lower bound for the entropy if, as one expects, decoherence processes erase the quantum squeezing which originally characterized the distribution in inflationary models. This lower bound is one half the maximal (thermal) value. By considering backreaction effects, we also provide an upper bound for this entropy at the onset of the adiabatic era.     

Amplitude-Damping Decoherence Suppression of Two-Qubit Entangled States by Weak Measurements

Taming decoherence is a critical issue in quantum information science. We here investigate amplitude-damping decoherence suppression of two-qubit entangled states by weak quantum measurements. It is shown that the weak measurements can effectively suppress the decoherence for different initial entangled states. More interestingly, we show that the weak measurements have different effects on the entanglement protection for two entangled states which are equivalent under a local unitary operation. This result implies that the entanglement protection effect could be modulated according to different demands.     

混沌微扰导致的量子退相干

研究了无限深势阱内两个粒子的耦合导致的量子退相干和量子行为趋近于经典混沌运动的过程．当一个粒子的质量减小时,它对另外一个粒子经典混沌扩散的影响逐渐减小．强混沌机理使得轻粒子的作用类似于噪声,从而有效得抑制另外一个粒子的量子相干性．轻粒子的退相干效应随着有效普朗克常数的减小逐渐增强．在这个过程中,另外一个粒子的量子扩散从动力学局域化行为逐渐过渡到经典极限．当有效普朗克常数足够小时。它的量子扩散与经典混沌扩散相符合．该粒子的线性墒随时间演化迅速趋近于饱和值,并且饱和值随着有效普朗克常数减小以指数函数形式从零趋近于l.     

Simulation of Decoherence by Averaged Semiquantum Method for Spin-Boson Model

We investigate the dynamics of a system coupled to an environment byaveraged semiquantum method. The theory origins from the time-dependentvariational principle (TDVP) formulation and contains nondiagonal matrixelements. So it can be applied to study dissipation, measurement, anddecoherence problems in the model (H = h_S + h_E + h_I). In the calculation, the influence of the environment govern by differential dynamical equation is incorporated through a mean field. We have performed averaged semiquantum method for a spin-boson model, which reproduce theresults from stochastic Schrodinger equation method and Hierarchicalapproach quite accurately. The problems, dynamics in nonequilibriumenvironments, have also been studied by our method.     

Simulation of Decoherence by Averaged Semiquantum Method for Spin-Boson Model

We investigate the dynamics of a system coupled to an environment by averaged semiquantum method. The theory origins from the time-dependent variational principle （TDVP） formulation and contains nondiagonal matrix elements. So it can be applied to study dissipation, measurement, and decoherence problems in the model （H= hs＋hE＋ht ）. In the calculation, the influence of the environment govern by differential dynamical equation is incorporated through a mean field. We have performed averaged semiquantum method for a spin-boson model, which reproduce the results from stochastic Schrodinger equation method and Hierarchical approach quite accurately. The problems, dynamics in nonequilibrium environments, have also been studied by our method.     

Preparation and Decoherence of Two-Atom Entangled States in a Dissipative Cavity

We present a scheme for generating four pairs of two-atom Einstein Podolsky-Rosen （EPR） states using the simultaneous interaction of the two atoms with a single-mode cavity field under a large detuning condition. The influence of cavity dissipation on the prepared EPR states is investigated by means of the superoperator method and the state fidelity. It is shown that some kinds of the prepared EPR states are robust against cavity dissipation and the intensity of the field, and maintain their entanglement invariance, and the others are fragile and completely destroyed by the action of cavity dissipation and the intensity of the field in the long-time limit. Decoherence time of the fragile entangled states is extremely small for a typical cavity-QED experimental data.     

Einstein-Podolsky-Rosen Steering for Mixed Entangled Coherent States

By using the Born Markovian master equation, we study the relationship among the Einstein–Podolsky–Rosen (EPR) steering, Bell nonlocality, and quantum entanglement of entangled coherent states (ECSs) under decoherence. We illustrate the dynamical behavior of the three types of correlations for various optical field strength regimes. In general, we find that correlation measurements begin at their maximum and decline over time. We find that quantum steering and nonlocality behave similarly in terms of photon number during dynamics. Furthermore, we discover that ECSs with steerability can violate the Bell inequality, and that not every ECS with Bell nonlocality is steerable. In the current work, without the memory stored in the environment, some of the initial states with maximal values of quantum steering, Bell nonlocality, and entanglement can provide a delayed loss of that value during temporal evolution, which is of interest to the current study.     

腔场初始态对两量子比特空间退相干的影响

研究了两个二能级原子与一个单模腔场的相互作用中,腔场的不同初始态对原子间相对位置退相干的影响。从描述原子间相对位置状态的约化密度矩阵出发,假设原子间相对位置为两个高斯波包的叠加态,讨论了当腔场初始态分别为热态、Fock态和压缩态情况下,原子与光场的相互作用对两原子间相对位置相干性的影响。发现腔场的初始态不同,原子间相对位置的退相干情况有所不同。当腔场初始态为热态或Fock态时,原子间相对位置的相干性会周期性的衰减和回复,而当腔场初始态为压缩态时,原子间相对位置会出现部分退相干,且退相干程度与原子间相对位置的大小成余弦变化关系。     

Effect of Intrinsic Decoherence of Milburn＇s Model on Entanglement of Two-Qutrit States

We analyze the time evolution of entanglement of two-qutrit system within the framework of Milburn's model of intrinsic decoherence. The entanglement evolution relies not only on the parameters of system, but also on the concrete states either pure or mixed. The linear entropy used to measure the extent to which the intrinsic decoherence affects quantum states is evaluated.     

Decoherence Effect and Beam Splitters for Production of Quasi-Amplified Entangled Quantum Optical Light

We let a set of beam splitters of vacuum mode with a chosen transmittance parameter η in interaction with a separable coherent states.This model induces the production of an attenuated quantum channels based on entangled optical states.Indeed,the decoherence effect is exploited positively here to generate such kind of quantum channels.Next,the amplitude damping and the entanglement amount of these produced channels are enhanced thereafter by a probabilistic quasi amplification process using again a 50 : 50 beam splitter.     

Algebraic Formulation of Quantum Decoherence

An algebraic formalism for quantum decoherence in systems with continuous evolution spectrum is introduced. A certain subalgebra, dense in the characteristic algebra of the system, is defined in such a way that Riemann–Lebesgue theorem can be used to explain decoherence in a well defined final pointer basis.     

Decoherence from a spin chain with Dzyaloshinskii—Moriya interaction

We study the dynamics of quantum discord and entanglement for two spin qubits coupled to a spin chain with Dzyaloshinsky-Moriya interaction.In the case of a two-qubit with an initial pure state,quantum correlations decay to zero at the critical point of the environment in a very short time.In the case of a two-qubit with initial mixed state,it is found that quantum discord may get maximized due to the quantum critical behavior of the environment,while entanglement vanishes under the same condition.Besides,we observed a sudden transition between classical and quantum decoherence when only a single qubit interacts with the environment.The effects of Dzyaloshinsky-Moriya interaction on quantum correlations are considered in the two cases.The decay of quantum correlations is always strengthened by Dzyaloshinsky-Moriya interaction.     

Decoherence of two-qubit system in a non-Markovian squeezed reservoir

The decoherence of two initially entangled qubits coupled with a squeezed vacuum cavity separately is investigated exactly. The results show that, first, in principle, the disentanglement time decreases with the increase of squeeze parameter r, due to the augmenting of average photon number of every mode in the squeezed vacuum cavity. Second, there appear entanglement revivals after the complete disentanglement for the case of even parity initial Bell state, while there occur the entanglement decrease and the entanglement revival before the complete disentanglement for the case of odd parity initial Bell state. The results are quite different from those for the case of qubits in a vacuum cavity.     

消干效应和量子力学新解释的意义

简单介绍了消干 (decoherence)效应以及量子力学的一种新解释———由Griffiths,Gell Mann和Omn埁ｓ等独立提出的“消干历史解释”的由来和要点 ,评述了这一进展在量子理论发展中的意义 .     

Effect of Decoherence Induced by a Spin Environment on Quantum Channel Capacity

We investigate the effect of decoherence from a spin environment on the quantum channel capacity.Our results imply that the time evolution of the quantum channel capacity depends on the number of freedom degrees of the environment,the tunneling element,the initial state of the environment,and the system-environment coupling strength.From the analysis,we find that the strong tunneling elements and the weak coupling strength can enhance the quantum channel capacity while the environment with a large number of freedom degrees and the strong coupling strength will shrink it.     

Dynamics of Optically Driven Exciton and Quantum Decoherence

By using the normal ordering method, we study the state evolution of an optically driven excitons in aquantum well immersed in a leaky cavity, which was introduced by Yu-Xi Liu et al. [Phys. Rev. A63 (2001) 033816]. Theinfluence of the externallaser field on the quantum decoherence of a mesoscopically superposed state of the excitons isinvestigated. Our result shows that, the classical field can compensate the energy dissipation of the excitons. Althoughthe decoherence rate of the excitonic Schrodinger cat state does not depend on the external field, the phase of thedecoherence factor can be well controlled by adjusting the amplitude of the external field as well as the detuning betweenthe field and the transition frequency of the atom.     

Robustness of Entanglement During Decoherence

Finding the most robust entangled states during the whole process of decoherence is a particularly fundamental problem for quantum physics and quantum information processing. In this paper, the decoherence process of two-qubit system under two individual identical decoherence channels is investigated systematically. We find that although the robustness of two-qubit states with same initial entanglement is usually different, the Bell-like states are always the most robust entangled states during decoherence. That is to say, affected by the same amount of noise, the remain entanglement of an arbitrary two-qubit state is not more than that of a Bell-like state with the same initial entanglement.