Entanglement dynamics of quantum oscillators nonlinearly coupled to thermal environments
Artikel i vetenskaplig tidskrift, 2015

We study the asymptotic entanglement of two quantum harmonic oscillators nonlinearly coupled to an environment. Coupling to independent baths and a common bath are investigated. Numerical results obtained using the Wangsness-Bloch-Redfield method are supplemented by analytical results in the rotating wave approximation. The asymptotic negativity as function of temperature, initial squeezing, and coupling strength, is compared to results for systems with linear system-reservoir coupling. We find that, due to the parity-conserving nature of the coupling, the asymptotic entanglement is considerably more robust than for the linearly damped cases. In contrast to linearly damped systems, the asymptotic behavior of entanglement is similar for the two bath configurations in the nonlinearly damped case. This is due to the two-phonon system-bath exchange causing a suppression of information exchange between the oscillators via the bath in the common-bath configuration at low temperatures.

Författare

Aurora Voje

Chalmers, Teknisk fysik, Kondenserade materiens teori

Alexander Croy

Chalmers, Teknisk fysik, Kondenserade materiens teori

Andreas Isacsson

Chalmers, Teknisk fysik, Kondenserade materiens teori

Physical Review A - Atomic, Molecular, and Optical Physics

24699926 (ISSN) 24699934 (eISSN)

Vol. 92 1 012313

Ämneskategorier

Atom- och molekylfysik och optik

Den kondenserade materiens fysik

DOI

10.1103/PhysRevA.92.012313

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2017-10-07