Robust quantum entanglement generation and generation-plus-storage protocols with spin chains

Marta P. Estarellas, Irene D'Amico, and Timothy P. Spiller
Phys. Rev. A 95, 042335 – Published 24 April 2017

Abstract

Reliable quantum communication and/or processing links between modules are a necessary building block for various quantum processing architectures. Here we consider a spin-chain system with alternating strength couplings and containing three defects, which impose three domain walls between topologically distinct regions of the chain. We show that—in addition to its useful, high-fidelity, quantum state transfer properties—an entangling protocol can be implemented in this system, with optional localization and storage of the entangled states. We demonstrate both numerically and analytically that, given a suitable initial product-state injection, the natural dynamics of the system produces a maximally entangled state at a given time. We present detailed investigations of the effects of fabrication errors, analyzing random static disorder both in the diagonal and off-diagonal terms of the system Hamiltonian. Our results show that the entangled state formation is very robust against perturbations of up to 10% the weaker chain coupling, and also robust against timing injection errors. We propose a further protocol, which manipulates the chain in order to localize and store each of the entangled qubits. The engineering of a system with such characteristics would thus provide a useful device for quantum information processing tasks involving the creation and storage of entangled resources.

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  • Received 15 December 2016

DOI:https://doi.org/10.1103/PhysRevA.95.042335

©2017 American Physical Society

Physics Subject Headings (PhySH)

Quantum Information, Science & Technology

Authors & Affiliations

Marta P. Estarellas, Irene D'Amico, and Timothy P. Spiller

  • Department of Physics, University of York, York, YO10 5DD, United Kingdom

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Vol. 95, Iss. 4 — April 2017

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