7 research outputs found
Role of many-body entanglement in decoherence processes
A pure state decoheres into a mixed state as it entangles with an
environment. When an entangled two-mode system is embedded in a thermal
environment, however, each mode may not be entangled with its environment by
their simple linear interaction. We consider an exactly solvable model to study
the dynamics of a total system, which is composed of an entangled two-mode
system and a thermal environment, and also an array of infinite beam splitters.
It is shown that many-body entanglement of the system and the environment plays
a crucial role in the process of disentangling the system.Comment: 4 pages, 1 figur
Entanglement, Mixedness, and Spin-Flip Symmetry in Multiple-Qubit Systems
A relationship between a recently introduced multipartite entanglement
measure, state mixedness, and spin-flip symmetry is established for any finite
number of qubits. It is also shown that, within those classes of states
invariant under the spin-flip transformation, there is a complementarity
relation between multipartite entanglement and mixedness. A number of example
classes of multiple-qubit systems are studied in light of this relationship.Comment: To appear in Physical Review A; submitted 14 May 200
Scheme for the preparation of the multi-particle entanglement in cavity QED
Here we present a quantum electrodynamics (QED) model involving a
large-detuned single-mode cavity field and identical two-level atoms. One
of its applications for the preparation of the multi-particle states is
analyzed. In addition to the Greenberger-Horne-Zeilinger (GHZ) state, the W
class states can also be generated in this scheme. The further analysis for the
experiment of the model of case is also presented by considering the
possible three-atom collision.Comment: 5 Pages, 1 Figure. Minor change
Strong subadditivity inequality for quantum entropies and four-particle entanglement
Strong subadditivity inequality for a three-particle composite system is an
important inequality in quantum information theory which can be studied via a
four-particle entangled state. We use two three-level atoms in
configuration interacting with a two-mode cavity and the Raman adiabatic
passage technique for the production of the four-particle entangled state.
Using this four-particle entanglement, we study for the first time various
aspects of the strong subadditivity inequality.Comment: 5 pages, 3 figures, RevTeX4, submitted to PR