Finite-time disentanglement via spontaneous emission

被引:1502
作者
Yu, T
Eberly, JH
机构
[1] Univ Rochester, Rochester Theory Ctr Opt Sci & Engn, Rochester, NY 14627 USA
[2] Univ Rochester, Dept Phys & Astron, Rochester, NY 14627 USA
基金
美国国家科学基金会;
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10.1103/PhysRevLett.93.140404
中图分类号
O4 [物理学];
学科分类号
0702 ;
摘要
We show that under the influence of pure vacuum noise two entangled qubits become completely disentangled in a finite-time, and in a specific example we find the time to be given by ln(2+root2/2) times the usual spontaneous lifetime.
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