Physics – Condensed Matter – Other Condensed Matter
Scientific paper
2008-08-19
Phys. Rev. B 78, 214301 (2008)
Physics
Condensed Matter
Other Condensed Matter
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Scientific paper
10.1103/PhysRevB.78.214301
We describe quantum entanglement inherent to the polaron ground states of coupled electron-phonon (or, more generally, particle-phonon) systems based on a model comprising both local (Holstein-type) and nonlocal (Peierls-type) coupling. We study this model using a variational method supplemented by the exact numerical diagonalization on a system of finite size. By way of subsequent numerical diagonalization of the reduced density matrix, we determine the particle-phonon entanglement as given by the von Neumann and linear entropies. Our results are strongly indicative of the intimate relationship between the particle localization/delocalization and the particle-phonon entanglement. In particular, we find a compelling evidence for the existence of a nonanalyticity in the entanglement entropies with respect to the Peierls-coupling strength. The occurrence of such nonanalyticity -- not accompanied by an actual quantum phase transition -- reinforces analogous conclusion drawn in several recent studies of entanglement in the realm of quantum-dissipative systems. In addition, we demonstrate that the entanglement entropies saturate inside the self-trapped region where the small-polaron states are nearly maximally mixed.
Stojanovic Vladimir M.
Vanevic Mihajlo
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