Abstract
We analytically investigate the role of entanglement in time-optimal state evolution as an application of the quantum brachistochrone, a general method for obtaining the optimal time-dependent Hamiltonian for reaching a target quantum state. As a model, we treat two qubits indirectly coupled through an intermediate qubit that is directly controllable, which represents a typical situation in quantum information processing. We find the time-optimal unitary evolution law and quantify residual entanglement by the two-tangle between the indirectly coupled qubits, for all possible sets of initial pure quantum states of a tripartite system. The integrals of the motion of the brachistochrone are determined by fixing the minimal time at which the residual entanglement is maximized. Entanglement plays a role for W and Greenberger-Horne-Zeilinger (GHz) initial quantum states, and for the bi-separable initial state in which the indirectly coupled qubits have a nonzero value of the 2-tangle.
Original language | English |
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Article number | 105304 |
Journal | Journal of Physics A: Mathematical and Theoretical |
Volume | 50 |
Issue number | 10 |
DOIs | |
Publication status | Published - 2017 Feb 8 |
Keywords
- Ising chain
- entanglement
- optimal quantum control
ASJC Scopus subject areas
- Statistical and Nonlinear Physics
- Statistics and Probability
- Modelling and Simulation
- Mathematical Physics
- Physics and Astronomy(all)