A1 Refereed original research article in a scientific journal

Interplay between entanglement and entropy in two-qubit systems




AuthorsMazzola L, Maniscalco S, Piilo J, Suominen KA

PublisherIOP PUBLISHING LTD

Publication year2010

JournalJournal of Physics B: Atomic, Molecular and Optical Physics

Journal name in sourceJOURNAL OF PHYSICS B-ATOMIC MOLECULAR AND OPTICAL PHYSICS

Journal acronymJ PHYS B-AT MOL OPT

Article numberARTN 085505

Number in series8

Volume43

Issue8

Number of pages10

ISSN0953-4075

DOIhttps://doi.org/10.1088/0953-4075/43/8/085505

Self-archived copy’s web addresshttps://arxiv.org/abs/0904.2857


Abstract
We study the exact entanglement and entropy dynamics of two qubits interacting with a common zero-temperature non-Markovian reservoir. It is a commonly held view that entanglement loss due to environmental decoherence is accompanied by loss of purity of the state of the system. We demonstrate that such an intuitive picture does not always apply: the deterioration of entanglement and purity does not necessarily come together; i.e. revivals of entanglement can be accompanied by deterioration of purity. To complete our investigation on entanglement-mixedness interplay we consider the case of initial mixed states and study how the entanglement dynamics and its revivals are related to both the initial purity and the initial entanglement.



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