Stability of Pairwise Entanglement in Decoherence Environment

Consider the dynamics of a bipartite entangled system in the decoherence environment, we investigate the stability of pairwise entanglement under decoherence.We find that with the same initial entanglement, the lifetime of entanglement in pure states and some mixed states is the longest.We call these special entangled states as Decoherence Path States (DPS).Besides, we present simple analytic evolution equations of the entanglement in these states.The lifetimes can also be obtained easily.Furthermore, we also study the stability of the nearest neighbor entanglement in the ground state of an antiferromagnetic spin-1/2 ring.Coincidentally, the conclusion is that it is as stable as Decoherence Path States.Thus the nearest neighbor entanglement in the ground state is not maximized but it is the most stable.This interesting result links the energy and entanglement in a spin system from a new point of view.

Stability of Pairwise Entanglement in Decoherence Environment