Maximizing Thermal Entanglement of XY Model Using Site-Dependent Magnetic Fields in Specific Directions

We study the thermal entanglement by means of concurrence in a two-qubit isotropic XY model in the presence of site-dependent external magnetic fields in arbitrary directions. We find that at a given temperature and magnetic field strength, the mirror symmetry of the two fields about the x-y plane is a necessary condition for maximum entanglement. However, if there is no constraint on the field strengths, then the necessary condition for maximum entanglement reduces to the configuration that the two fields are vertical, anti-parallel and with the same strength. We also investigate the anisotropic XY model and find that the above conclusion more or less holds.     

Density-Functional Fidelity Approach to Quantum Phase Transitions

We propose a new approach to quantum phase transitions in terms of the density-functional fidelity, which measures the similarity between density distributions of two ground states in parameter space. The key feature of the approach is such that the density-functional fidelity can be measured easily in experiments. Both the validity and versatility of the approach are checked by the Lipkin-Meshkov-Glick model and the one-dimensional Hubbard model.     

Pairwise Entanglement and Quantum Phase Transitions in Spin Systems

We examine several well-known quantum spin models and categorize the behaviour of pairwise entanglement at quantum phase transitions. A unitied picture on the connection between the entanglement and quantum phase transition in spin systems is presented.     

Competitions of magnetism and superconductivity in FeAs-based materials

Using the numerical unrestricted Hartree--Fock approach, we study the ground state of a two-orbital model describing newly discovered FeAs-based superconductors. We observe the competition of a (0, π) mode spin-density wave and the superconductivity as the doping concentration changes. There might be a small region in the electron-doping side where the magnetism and superconductivity coexist. The superconducting pairing is found to be spin singlet, orbital even, and coexisting s_xy + d_x²-y² wave (even parity).     

由杂质自旋散射引起的纠缠

研究了自由电子与固定杂质自旋的散射过程中的纠缠行为.研究发现,固定自旋的杂质能起到纠缠过滤器的作用,实现自由电子间的纠缠浓缩.当两无相互作用的电子先后经过同一Kondo杂质并与之发生散射时,可以使得原本不纠缠的电子发生纠缠.类似地,当运动的电子先后经过两无相互作用的Kondo杂质并与它们发生散射,可以使得原本不纠缠的K...     

Fermionic Concurrence in the Extended Hubbard Model

We study the fermionic concurrence in an extended Hubbard model. Its behaviour at the ground state and at finite temperatures for general U and V is obtained numerically and analytically for a dimer system. We also investigate the properties of the concurrence under a nonuniform field, and we find that it can be used to modulate and to increase the concurrence.     

Spin Transport Properties of the One-Dimensional Heisenberg Chain： Bethe-Ansatz Solution with Twist Boundary Conditions

Based on the Bethe-Ansatz solution of the one-dimensional Heisenberg model under twist boundary conditions, we study the spectra of the persistent current carried by the low-lying excited states. It is shown that though the energy spectra of spin-singlet and spin-triplet excitations are degenerate, their persistent current spectra are quite different.