scholarly journals Correlations in Two-Qubit Systems under Non-Dissipative Decoherence

Axioms ◽  
2020 ◽  
Vol 9 (1) ◽  
pp. 20
Author(s):  
Diego G. Bussandri ◽  
Tristán M. Osán ◽  
Pedro W. Lamberti ◽  
Ana P. Majtey
Keyword(s):  
Mutual Information ◽  
Quantum Discord ◽  
Quantum Correlations ◽  
The Other ◽  
Standard Quantum ◽  
Optimal Value ◽  
Quantum Mutual Information ◽  
Classical Correlations ◽  
Correlation Measures ◽  
Qubit States

We built a new set of suitable measures of correlations for bipartite quantum states based upon a recently introduced theoretical framework [Bussandri et al. in Quantum Inf. Proc. 18:57, 2019]. We applied these measures to examine the behavior of correlations in two-qubit states with maximally mixed marginals independently interacting with non-dissipative decohering environments in different dynamical scenarios of physical relevance. In order to get further insight about the physical meaning of the behavior of these correlation measures we compared our results with those obtained by means of well-known correlation measures such as quantum mutual information and quantum discord. On one hand, we found that the behaviors of total and classical correlations, as assessed by means of the measures introduced in this work, are qualitatively in agreement with the behavior displayed by quantum mutual information and the measure of classical correlations typically used to calculate quantum discord. We also found that the optimization of all the measures of classical correlations depends upon a single parameter and the optimal value of this parameter turns out to be the same in all cases. On the other hand, regarding the measures of quantum correlations used in our studies, we found that in general their behavior does not follow the standard quantum discord D . As the quantification by means of standard quantum discord and the measures of quantum correlations introduced in this work depends upon the assumption that total correlations are additive, our results indicate that this property needs a deeper and systematic study in order to gain a further understanding regarding the possibility to obtain reliable quantifiers of quantum correlations within this additive scheme.

scholarly journals Non-monogamy of quantum discord and upper bounds for quantum correlation

2013 ◽  
Vol 13 (5&6) ◽  
pp. 469-478
Author(s):  
Xi-Jun Ren ◽  
Heng Fan
Keyword(s):  
Mutual Information ◽  
Quantum Correlation ◽  
Quantum Discord ◽  
Quantum Correlations ◽  
Upper Bounds ◽  
Physical Analysis ◽  
Classical Correlation ◽  
Entanglement Of Formation ◽  
Quantum Mutual Information ◽  
Bipartite States

We consider a monogamy inequality of quantum discord in a pure tripartite state and show that it is equivalent to an inequality between quantum mutual information and entanglement of formation of two parties. Since this inequality does not hold for arbitrary bipartite states, quantum discord can generally be both monogamous and polygamous. We also carry out numerical calculations for some special states. The upper bounds of quantum discord and classical correlation are also discussed and we give physical analysis on the invalidness of a previous conjectured upper bound of quantum correlation. Our results provide new insights for further understanding of distributions of quantum correlations.

scholarly journals GAUSSIAN GEOMETRIC DISCORD

2011 ◽  
Vol 09 (07n08) ◽  
pp. 1773-1786 ◽  
Author(s):  
GERARDO ADESSO ◽  
DAVIDE GIROLAMI
Keyword(s):  
Quantum Discord ◽  
Gaussian Quadrature ◽  
Continuous Variable ◽  
Upper And Lower Bounds ◽  
Gaussian States ◽  
Physical Constraints ◽  
Geometric Measure ◽  
Classical Correlations ◽  
Qubit States ◽  
Thermal States

We extend the geometric measure of quantum discord, introduced and computed for two-qubit states, to quantify non-classical correlations in composite Gaussian states of continuous variable systems. We lay the formalism for the evaluation of a Gaussian geometric discord in two-mode Gaussian states, and present explicit formulas for the class of two-mode squeezed thermal states. In such a case, under physical constraints of bounded mean energy, geometric discord is shown to admit upper and lower bounds for a fixed value of the conventional (entropic) quantum discord. We finally discuss alternative geometric approaches to quantify Gaussian quadrature correlations.

QUANTUM CORRELATIONS IN THE ENTANGLEMENT DISTILLATION PROTOCOLS

2013 ◽  
Vol 11 (03) ◽  
pp. 1350029
Author(s):  
SHAO-XIONG WU ◽  
JUN ZHANG ◽  
CHANG-SHUI YU ◽  
HE-SHAN SONG
Keyword(s):  
Quantum Entanglement ◽  
Quantum Correlation ◽  
Quantum Discord ◽  
Quantum Correlations ◽  
The Other ◽  
Entangled States ◽  
Entanglement Distillation

We study the quantum correlations between source and target pairs in different protocols of entanglement distillation of one kind of entangled states. We find that there does not exist any quantum correlation in the standard recurrence distillation protocol, while quantum discord and even quantum entanglement are always present in the other two cases of the improved distillation protocols. In the three cases, the distillation efficiency improved with the quantum correlations enhanced.

scholarly journals Criteria for measures of quantum correlations

2012 ◽  
Vol 12 (9&10) ◽  
pp. 721-742
Author(s):  
Aharon Brodutch ◽  
Kavan Modi
Keyword(s):  
Quantum Discord ◽  
Quantum Correlations ◽  
Good Measure ◽  
General Mechanism ◽  
Mixed States ◽  
Entanglement Measures ◽  
Measurement Basis ◽  
Important Quality ◽  
Classical Correlations ◽  
Quantum And Classical Correlations

Entanglement does not describe all quantum correlations and several authors have shown the need to go beyond entanglement when dealing with mixed states. Various different measures have sprung up in the literature, for a variety of reasons, to describe bipartite and multipartite quantum correlations; some are known under the collective name {\it quantum discord}. Yet, in the same sprit as the criteria for entanglement measures, there is no general mechanism that determines whether a measure of quantum and classical correlations is a proper measure of correlations. This is partially due to the fact that the answer is a bit muddy. In this article we attempt tackle this muddy topic by writing down several criteria for a ``good" measure of correlations. We breakup our list into \emph{necessary}, \emph{reasonable}, and \emph{debatable} conditions. We then proceed to prove several of these conditions for generalized measures of quantum correlations. However, not all conditions are met by all measures; we show this via several examples. The reasonable conditions are related to continuity of correlations, which has not been previously discussed. Continuity is an important quality if one wants to probe quantum correlations in the laboratory. We show that most types of quantum discord are continuous but none are continuous with respect to the measurement basis used for optimization.

scholarly journals A recursive approach for geometric quantifiers of quantum correlations in multiqubit Schrödinger cat states

2015 ◽  
Vol 29 (19) ◽  
pp. 1550124 ◽  
Author(s):  
M. Daoud ◽  
R. Ahl Laamara ◽  
S. Seddik
Keyword(s):  
Quantum Discord ◽  
Quantum Correlations ◽  
Correlation Matrices ◽  
Pairwise Correlation ◽  
Logical Qubits ◽  
Schrödinger Cat ◽  
Cat States ◽  
Qubit States ◽  
Symmetric States ◽  
Recursive Relations

A recursive approach to determine the Hilbert–Schmidt measure of pairwise quantum discord in a special class of symmetric states of k qubits is presented. We especially focus on the reduced states of k qubits obtained from a balanced superposition of symmetric n-qubit states (multiqubit Schrödinger cat states) by tracing out n-k particles (k = 2, 3, …, n-1). Two pairing schemes are considered. In the first one, the geometric discord measuring the correlation between one qubit and the parity grouping (k-1) qubits is explicitly derived. This uses recursive relations between the Fano–Bloch correlation matrices associated with subsystems comprising k, k-1, … and two particles. A detailed analysis is given for two-, three- and four-qubit systems. In the second scheme, the subsystem comprising the (k-1) qubits is mapped into a system of two logical qubits. We show that these two bipartition schemes are equivalents in evaluating the pairwise correlation in multiqubits systems. The explicit expressions of classical states presenting zero discord are derived.

THERMAL DISCORD AND NEGATIVITY IN A TWO-SPIN-QUTRIT SYSTEM UNDER DIFFERENT MAGNETIC FIELDS

2013 ◽  
Vol 11 (08) ◽  
pp. 1350070 ◽  
Author(s):  
XIAO-JING LI ◽  
HUI-HUI JI ◽  
XI-WEN HOU
Keyword(s):  
Magnetic Fields ◽  
Quantum Discord ◽  
Strong Field ◽  
Quantum Correlations ◽  
Mixed States ◽  
Classical Correlation ◽  
Lower Temperature ◽  
Qubit States ◽  
Quantum And Classical Correlations

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.

MONOGAMY PROPERTIES OF QUANTUM DISCORD FOR A THREE-QUBIT ENTANGLED STATE

2013 ◽  
Vol 27 (07) ◽  
pp. 1350049 ◽  
Author(s):  
XUE-KE SONG ◽  
TAO WU ◽  
LIU YE
Keyword(s):  
Relative Entropy ◽  
Quantum Correlation ◽  
Quantum Discord ◽  
Quantum Correlations ◽  
The Other ◽  
Numerical Calculations ◽  
Entangled State ◽  
Geometric Quantum Discord ◽  
The Given

In this paper, we obtain the pairwise quantum discord for a three-qubit W-class state, and investigate the monogamy property of quantum discord by two different ways (relative entropy-based distance and geometric square-norm distance). Through numerical calculations, we find that a party cannot have maximal quantum correlations with the other two parties simultaneously. For the given state, the quantum correlation between particles 1 and 3 induces limitation on the quantum correlation between them and particle 2. Moreover, the result also shows that the geometric quantum discord of the given W-class state obeys the monogamy property while the entropy quantum discord violates.

scholarly journals Condition for zero and nonzero discord in graph Laplacian quantum states

2019 ◽  
Vol 17 (02) ◽  
pp. 1950018 ◽  
Author(s):  
Supriyo Dutta ◽  
Bibhas Adhikari ◽  
Subhashish Banerjee
Keyword(s):  
Quantum Mechanics ◽  
Quantum Discord ◽  
Graph Laplacian ◽  
Quantum Correlations ◽  
Quantum States ◽  
Simple Graphs ◽  
Graph Theoretic ◽  
Weighted Directed Graph ◽  
Special Case ◽  
Qubit States

This work is at the interface of graph theory and quantum mechanics. Quantum correlations epitomize the usefulness of quantum mechanics. Quantum discord is an interesting facet of bipartite quantum correlations. Earlier, it was shown that every combinatorial graph corresponds to quantum states whose characteristics are reflected in the structure of the underlined graph. A number of combinatorial relations between quantum discord and simple graphs were studied. To extend the scope of these studies, we need to generalize the earlier concepts applicable to simple graphs to weighted graphs, corresponding to a diverse class of quantum states. To this effect, we determine the class of quantum states whose density matrix representation can be derived from graph Laplacian matrices associated with a weighted directed graph and call them graph Laplacian quantum states. We find the graph theoretic conditions for zero and nonzero quantum discord for these states. We apply these results on some important pure two qubit states, as well as a number of mixed quantum states, such as the Werner, Isotropic, and [Formula: see text]-states. We also consider graph Laplacian states corresponding to simple graphs as a special case.

Studying quantum correlations dynamics in the phase space for continuous-variable Werner states and Bell-diagonal states

2019 ◽  
Vol 16 (07) ◽  
pp. 1950109
Author(s):  
Fatima-Zahra Siyouri ◽  
Hicham Ait Mansour ◽  
Fadoua Elbarrichi
Keyword(s):  
Wigner Function ◽  
Quantum Discord ◽  
Open Quantum Systems ◽  
Quantum Correlations ◽  
Continuous Variable ◽  
Quantum Systems ◽  
Qubit System ◽  
Classical Correlations ◽  
Werner States ◽  
System F

We investigate the ability of Wigner function to reveal and measure general quantum correlations in two-qubit open system. For this purpose, we analyze comparatively their dynamics for two different states, continuous-variable Werner states (CWS) and Bell-diagonal states (BDS), independently interacting with dephasing reservoirs. Then, we explore the effects of decreasing the degree of non-Markovianity on their behavior. We show that the presence of both quantum entanglement and quantum discord allow to have a negative Wigner function, in contrast to the result obtained for the closed two-qubit system [F. Siyouri, M. El Baz and Y. Hassouni, The negativity of Wigner function as a measure of quantum correlations, Quantum Inf. Process. 15(10) (2016) 4237–4252]. In fact, we conclude that negativity of Wigner function can be used to capture and quantify the amount of general non-classical correlations in open quantum systems.

scholarly journals CLASSICALITY WITNESS FOR TWO-QUBIT STATES

2012 ◽  
Vol 10 (03) ◽  
pp. 1250028 ◽  
Author(s):  
JONAS MAZIERO ◽  
ROBERTO M. SERRA
Keyword(s):  
Nuclear Magnetic Resonance ◽  
Probability Distribution ◽  
Quantum Discord ◽  
Orthonormal Basis ◽  
Broad Class ◽  
Sufficient Condition ◽  
Necessary And Sufficient Condition ◽  
Classical Correlations ◽  
Necessary And Sufficient ◽  
Qubit States

In the last few years one realized that if the state of a bipartite system can be written as ∑i,j pij|ai〉〈ai| ⊗ |bj〉〈bj|, where {|ai〉} and {|bj〉} form orthonormal basis for the subsystems and {pij} is a probability distribution, then it possesses at most classical correlations. In this article we introduce a nonlinear witness providing a sufficient condition for classicality of correlations (absence of quantum discord) in a broad class of two-qubit systems. Such witness turns out to be necessary and sufficient condition in the case of Bell-diagonal states. We show that the witness introduced here can be readily experimentally implemented in nuclear magnetic resonance setups.

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