Thermal geometric discords in a two-qutrit system

2016 ◽  
Vol 14 (03) ◽  
pp. 1650016 ◽  
Author(s):  
Ya-Li Yuan ◽  
Xi-Wen Hou

The investigation of quantum discord has mostly focused on two-qubit systems due to the complicated minimization involved in quantum discord for high-dimensional states. In this work, three geometric discords are studied for the thermal state in a two-qutrit system with various couplings, external magnetic fields, and temperatures as well, where the entanglement measured in terms of the generalized negativity is calculated for reference. It is shown that three geometric discords are more robust against temperature and magnetic field than the entanglement negativity. However, all four quantities exhibit a similar behavior at lower temperature and weak magnetic field. Remarkably, three geometric discords at finite temperature reveal the phenomenon of double sudden changes at different magnetic fields while the negativity does not. Moreover, the hierarchy among three discords is discussed. Those adjustable discords with the varied coupling, temperature, and magnetic field are useful for the understanding of quantum correlations in high-dimensional states and quantum information processing.

2015 ◽  
Vol 13 (06) ◽  
pp. 1550046 ◽  
Author(s):  
Zheng Hu ◽  
Yu-Chen Wang ◽  
Xi-Wen Hou

Two kinds of thermal quantum correlations, measured respectively by quantum discord (QD) and the generalized negativity (GN), are studied for various magnetic fields, couplings, and temperatures in a two-qubit Heisenberg XYZ model. It is shown that QD and GN can exhibit a similar behavior in some regions of magnetic field, coupling, and temperature, while they behave in a contrary manner in other regions. For example, QD may increase with suitable magnetic fields, couplings, and temperature when GN decreases. QD is more robust against temperature than GN, and can reveal a kink at a suitable coupling at finite temperature while GN cannot. Moreover, a nearly unchanged QD or GN can be obtained in a large region of magnetic field, coupling, and temperature. These adjustable QD and GN via the varied magnetic field, coupling, and temperature may have significant applications in quantum information processing.


2013 ◽  
Vol 11 (08) ◽  
pp. 1350070 ◽  
Author(s):  
XIAO-JING LI ◽  
HUI-HUI JI ◽  
XI-WEN HOU

The characterization of quantum discord (QD) has been well understood only for two-qubit states and is little known for mixed states beyond qubits. In this work, thermal quantum discord is studied for a qutrit system in different magnetic fields, where classical correlation and entanglement negativity are calculated for comparison. It is shown that the discord is more robust against temperature than the negativity. For a suitable region of magnetic field and its direction, the discord is non-zero while the negativity is zero. When the system is at a lower temperature, these three quantities, however, display a similar behavior for the varied field and direction, and their discontinuities come from crossovers between different ground states in the system. Moreover, the inequality between the quantum and classical correlations depends upon the system parameters as well as the temperature. In particular, both correlations are equal at a suitable field, direction, and temperature. Remarkably, such an equality remains for a strong field in the antiparallel direction, while both correlations in two-qubit systems are identical for any antiparallel field and temperature. These are useful for quantum information and understanding quantum correlations in qutrit mixed states.


2015 ◽  
Vol 29 (15) ◽  
pp. 1550098 ◽  
Author(s):  
Wen-Xue Chen ◽  
Yu-Xia Xie ◽  
Xiao-Qiang Xi

Quantum correlations are essential for quantum information processing (QIP). Measurement-induced nonlocality (MIN) is a good measure of quantum correlation, and is favored for its conceptual implication and potential application. We investigated here the particular behaviors of the geometric and entropic measures of MIN in the two-qubit Heisenberg XY model and revealed the effects of anisotropic parameter γ and the external magnetic field B on them. Our results showed that both γ and B can serve as efficient controlling parameters for tuning MIN in the XY model.


2015 ◽  
Vol 13 (06) ◽  
pp. 1550044 ◽  
Author(s):  
P. Espoukeh ◽  
R. Rahimi ◽  
S. Salimi ◽  
P. Pedram

Many-qubit entanglement is crucial for quantum information processing although its exploitation is hindered by the detrimental effects of the environment surrounding the many-qubit system. It is thus of importance to study the dynamics of general multipartite non-classical correlation, including but not restricted to entanglement, under noise. We did this study for four-qubit Greenberger–Horne–Zeilinga (GHZ) state under most common noises in an experiment and found that non-classical correlation is more robust than entanglement except when it is imposed to dephasing channel. Quantum discord presents a sudden transition in its dynamics for Pauli-X and Pauli-Y noises as well as Bell-diagonal states interacting with dephasing reservoirs and it decays monotonically for Pauli-Z and isotropic noises.


Author(s):  
Nirmit Sakre ◽  
Asao Habe ◽  
Alex R Pettitt ◽  
Takashi Okamoto

Abstract We study the effect of magnetic field on massive dense core formation in colliding unequal molecular clouds by performing magnetohydrodynamic simulations with sub-parsec resolution (0.015 pc) that can resolve the molecular cores. Initial clouds with the typical gas density of the molecular clouds are immersed in various uniform magnetic fields. The turbulent magnetic fields in the clouds consistent with the observation by Crutcher et al. (2010, ApJ, 725, 466) are generated by the internal turbulent gas motion before the collision, if the uniform magnetic field strength is 4.0 μG. The collision speed of 10 km s−1 is adopted, which is much larger than the sound speeds and the Alfvén speeds of the clouds. We identify gas clumps with gas densities greater than 5 × 10−20 g cm−3 as the dense cores and trace them throughout the simulations to investigate their mass evolution and gravitational boundness. We show that a greater number of massive, gravitationally bound cores are formed in the strong magnetic field (4.0 μG) models than the weak magnetic field (0.1 μG) models. This is partly because the strong magnetic field suppresses the spatial shifts of the shocked layer that should be caused by the nonlinear thin shell instability. The spatial shifts promote the formation of low-mass dense cores in the weak magnetic field models. The strong magnetic fields also support low-mass dense cores against gravitational collapse. We show that the numbers of massive, gravitationally bound cores formed in the strong magnetic field models are much larger than in the isolated, non-colliding cloud models, which are simulated for comparison. We discuss the implications of our numerical results on massive star formation.


2021 ◽  
Vol 3 (1) ◽  
pp. 228-241
Author(s):  
Rahul Raj ◽  
Shreya Banerjee ◽  
Prasanta K. Panigrahi

Measurements leading to the collapse of states and the non-local quantum correlations are the key to all applications of quantum mechanics as well as in the studies of quantum foundation. The former is crucial for quantum parameter estimation, which is greatly affected by the physical environment and the measurement scheme itself. Its quantification is necessary to find efficient measurement schemes and circumvent the non-desirable environmental effects. This has led to the intense investigation of quantum metrology, extending the Cramér–Rao bound to the quantum domain through quantum Fisher information. Among all quantum states, the separable ones have the least quantumness; being devoid of the fragile non-local correlations, the component states remain unaffected in local operations performed by any of the parties. Therefore, using these states for the remote design of quantum states with high quantum Fisher information can have diverse applications in quantum information processing; accurate parameter estimation being a prominent example, as the quantum information extraction solely depends on it. Here, we demonstrate that these separable states with the least quantumness can be made extremely useful in parameter estimation tasks, and further show even in the case of the shared channel inflicted with the amplitude damping noise and phase flip noise, there is a gain in Quantum Fisher information (QFI). We subsequently pointed out that the symmetric W states, incapable of perfectly teleporting an unknown quantum state, are highly effective for remotely designing quantum states with high quantum Fisher information.


2011 ◽  
Vol 11 (3&4) ◽  
pp. 313-325
Author(s):  
Warner A. Miller

An increase in the dimension of state space for quantum key distribution (QKD) can decrease its fidelity requirements while also increasing its bandwidth. A significant obstacle for QKD with qu$d$its ($d\geq 3$) has been an efficient and practical quantum state sorter for photons whose complex fields are modulated in both amplitude and phase. We propose such a sorter based on a multiplexed thick hologram, constructed e.g. from photo-thermal refractive (PTR) glass. We validate this approach using coupled-mode theory with parameters consistent with PTR glass to simulate a holographic sorter. The model assumes a three-dimensional state space spanned by three tilted planewaves. The utility of such a sorter for broader quantum information processing applications can be substantial.


1987 ◽  
Vol 65 (1) ◽  
pp. 88-89
Author(s):  
E. El-Rafey ◽  
S. A. El-Atawy

Transverse magnetoresistance (TMR) measurements have been carried out at 4.2 and 1.7 K for magnetic fields up to 25 kG. The sample used is Sb-doped Ge with an intermediate level of concentration, ~6 × 1016 cm−1. At this doping level, two conduction regimes compete in the temperature range below 4.2 K. The temperature at which one regime gives way to another is 2.6 K. The TMR at 1.7 K has been found to be greater than that at 4.2 K. Moreover, at both temperatures, TMR is larger than that predicted by TMR theory for conduction-band electrons. In our case, TMR is mainly caused by carrier reduction with partial compensation by mobility increase. It has also been found that a magnetic field of 5.6 kG has no effect on the activation energies that exist at temperatures higher than 2.6 K, while it increases the lower temperature ones.


2014 ◽  
Vol 29 (02) ◽  
pp. 1450249
Author(s):  
Y. H. Ji ◽  
X. D. Wan

We investigate the influence of the composite effect and information backflow effect in non-Markovian channel on the dynamics of quantum correlation including quantum entanglement and quantum discord. It is found that, the composite effect of independent channels is not only harmful to the maintenance of quantum correlation but also unfavorable for the maintenance of classic correlation. In a non-Markovian channel, by regulating the discord between qubit and the center frequency of cavity model, the time of quantum correlation and classical correlation of the system can be effectively prolonged. Thus, the quantum information processing can be achieved more easily under larger detuning.


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