We investigate the thermal entanglement of two-qubit anisotropic Heisenberg XY model in the presence of an external nonuniform magnetic field B along the z-axis. Concurrence, the measure of entanglement is calculated and its property is studied in different cases. Two best models, Ising model under a uniform magnetic and isotropic model in a nonuniform magnetic field, are discovered. In the two models, the critical temperature Tc (above which there is no entanglement) can be enhanced and its concurrence is maximal.
Macroscopic thermal entanglement in a spin chain caused by the magnetic field: Inhomogeneity effect