Distance and coupling dependence of entanglement in the presence of a quantum field

J. T. Hsiang, B. L. Hu

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We study the entanglement between two coupled detectors, the internal degrees of freedom of which are modeled by harmonic oscillators, interacting with a common quantum field, paying special attention to two less studied yet important features: finite separation and direct coupling. Distance dependence is essential in quantum teleportation and relativistic quantum information considerations. The presence of a quantum field as the environment accords an indirect interaction between the two oscillators at finite separation of a non-Markovian nature which competes with the direct coupling between them. The interplay between these two factors results in a rich variety of interesting entanglement behaviors at late times. We show that the entanglement behavior reported in prior work assuming no separation between the detectors can at best be a transient effect at very short times and claims that such behaviors represent late-time entanglement are misplaced. Entanglement between the detectors with direct coupling enters in the consideration of macroscopic quantum phenomena and other frontline issues. We find that with direct coupling entanglement between the two detectors can sustain over a finite distance, in contrast to the no direct coupling case reported before, where entanglement cannot survive at a separation more than a few inverse high-frequency cutoff scales. This work provides a functional platform for systematic investigations into the entanglement behavior of continuous variable quantum systems, such as used in quantum electro- and optomechanics.

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文章編號125026
期刊Physical Review D - Particles, Fields, Gravitation and Cosmology
92
發行號12
DOIs
出版狀態已出版 - 23 12月 2015

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