Statistical mechanics of entanglement mediated by a thermal reservoir I

Details Statistical mechanics of entanglement mediated by a thermal reservoir I Statistical mechanics of entanglement mediated by a thermal reservoir I

2011-12-22

arxiv.org/abs/1112.5300v3

Phys. Rev. A 85, 042318 (2012)

Physics

Quantum Physics

18 pages, 14 figures

Scientific paper

10.1103/PhysRevA.85.042318

Two defect particles that couple to a harmonic chain, acting as common reservoir, can become entangled even when the two defects do not directly interact and the harmonic chain is effectively a thermal reservoir for each individual defect. This dynamics is encountered for sufficiently low temperatures of the chain and depends on the initial state of the two oscillators. In particular, when each defect is prepared in a squeezed state, entanglement can be found at time scales at which the steady state of a single defect is reached. We provide a microscopic description of the coupled quantum dynamics of chain and defects. By means of numerical simulations, we explore the parameter regimes for which entanglement is found under the specific assumption that both particles couple to the same ion of the chain. This model provides the microscopic setting where bath-induced entanglement can be observed.

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