Using quantum discord(QD)and geometric quantum discord(GQD),quantum correlation dynamics is investigated for two coupled qubits within a multiqubit interacting system in the zero-temperature bosonic reservoir,under bo...Using quantum discord(QD)and geometric quantum discord(GQD),quantum correlation dynamics is investigated for two coupled qubits within a multiqubit interacting system in the zero-temperature bosonic reservoir,under both weak and strong qubit-reservoir coupling regimes.The multiqubit system is connected with either a common bosonic reservoir(CBR)or multiple independent bosonic reservoirs(IBRs).In the CBR case,our findings indicate that both QD and GQD can be strengthened by increasing the number of qubits in the multiqubit system.Furthermore,we study the steady state QD and GQD in the strong coupling regime,and find that the stable value in the long-time limit is determined exclusively by the number of qubits.The evolution period of QD and GQD gets longer as the dipole–dipole interaction(DDI)strength increases,which helps prolong the correlation time and thus preserves the quantum correlation under the weak coupling regime.Further analysis reveals notable differences between the CBR and IBRs scenarios.In the IBRs case,the decay of QD and GQD becomes slower compared to the CBR case,with both measures tending to zero at a reduced rate.Moreover,GQD consistently exhibits lower values than QD in both scenarios.These findings provide valuable insights into the selection of appropriate correlation measurement techniques for quantifying quantum correlations.展开更多
BACKGROUND Discordance between endoscopic and histologic assessments in Crohn’s disease(CD)have been observed,however the prevalence and cause are unclear.AIM To assess if a protocolized approach to biopsy collection...BACKGROUND Discordance between endoscopic and histologic assessments in Crohn’s disease(CD)have been observed,however the prevalence and cause are unclear.AIM To assess if a protocolized approach to biopsy collection facilitates understanding of this discordance in patients with ileal CD.METHODS Patients with known ileal CD underwent colonoscopy with endoscopic disease activity assessment.Three protocolized biopsies were taken respectively from an ulcer edge,7-mm,and 14-mm away from the ulcer edge in patients with discrete ileal ulcer(s).In patients with no ulcers as controls,the same 3-site biopsy protocol was applied in a randomly selected area of endoscopically-unremarkable terminal ileal mucosa.A blinded pathologist assessed mucosal inflammation in each biopsy using 3 validated histologic indices.RESULTS Twenty-four participants had visible ulcer(s)on endoscopy and 12 served as no-ulcer controls.Of biopsies taken from an ulcer edge,only 67%showed histologic evidence of active(neutrophilic)inflammation,and 33%showed histologic features of ulcer or erosion;all were from either large(n=4)or very large(n=4)ulcers.In the no-ulcer controls,no biopsies showed histologic features of ulcer or erosion,but 8%showed active inflammation.CONCLUSION A striking discordance exists between endoscopic and histologic assessments for mucosal inflammation in patients with active ileal CD,even in biopsies targeted at an ulcer edge,while a higher concordance is seen in patients with no endoscopic disease activity.It remains unclear how to incorporate histologic disease activity into the treatment paradigm.Further research is needed to optimize biopsy protocols and histologic assessments for CD.展开更多
We discuss the symmetric quantum discord (SQD) for an arbitrary two-qubit state consisting of subsystems A and B and give the analysis formula of the symmetric quantum discord for the arbitrary two-qubit state. We a...We discuss the symmetric quantum discord (SQD) for an arbitrary two-qubit state consisting of subsystems A and B and give the analysis formula of the symmetric quantum discord for the arbitrary two-qubit state. We also give the optimization process of the symmetric quantum discord for some states and obtain the symmetric quantum discord. We compare the quantum discord (QD) with the symmetric quantum discord, and find that the symmetric quantum discord is greater than the quantum discord. We also find that the symmetric quantum discord can be unequal to the quantum discord when the right quantum discord (measure on subsystem B) is equal to the left quantum discord (measure on subsystem A).展开更多
Quantum discord, one of the famous quantum correlations, has been recently generalized to multipartite systems by Radhakrishnan et al. Here we give analytical solutions of the quantum discord for a family of N-qubit q...Quantum discord, one of the famous quantum correlations, has been recently generalized to multipartite systems by Radhakrishnan et al. Here we give analytical solutions of the quantum discord for a family of N-qubit quantum states. For the bipartite system, we derive a zero quantum discord which will remain unchanged under the phase damping channel. For multiparitite systems, it is found that the quantum discord can be classified into three categories and the quantum discord for odd-partite systems can exhibit freezing under the phase damping channel, while the freezing does not exist in the even-partite systems.展开更多
We study the quantification of geometric discord for tripartite quantum systems.Firstly,we obtain the analytic formula of geometric discord for tripartite pure states.It is already known that the geometric discord of ...We study the quantification of geometric discord for tripartite quantum systems.Firstly,we obtain the analytic formula of geometric discord for tripartite pure states.It is already known that the geometric discord of pure states reduces to the geometric entanglement in bipartite systems,the results presented here show that this property is no longer true in tripartite systems.Furthermore,we provide an operational meaning for tripartite geometric discord by linking it to quantum state discrimination,that is,we prove that the geometric discord of tripartite states is equal to the minimum error probability to discriminate a set of quantum states with von Neumann measurement.Lastly,we calculate the geometric discord of three-qubit Bell diagonal states and then investigate the dynamic behavior of tripartite geometric discord under local decoherence.It is interesting that the frozen phenomenon exists for geometric discord in this scenario.展开更多
Confluences play a major role in the dynamics of networks of natural and man-made open channels, and field measurements on river confluences reveal that discordance in bed elevation is common.Studies of schematized co...Confluences play a major role in the dynamics of networks of natural and man-made open channels, and field measurements on river confluences reveal that discordance in bed elevation is common.Studies of schematized confluences with a step at the interface between the tributary and the main channel bed reveal that bed elevation discordance is an important additional control for the confluence hydrodynamics.This study aimed to improve understanding of the influence of bed elevation discordance on the flow patterns and head losses in a right-angled confluence of an open channel with rectangular cross-sections.A large eddy simulation (LES)-based numerical model was set up and validated with experiments by others.Four configurations with different bed discordance ratios were investigated.The results confirm that, with increasing bed elevation discordance, the tributary streamlines at the confluence interface deviate less from the geometrical confluence angle, the extent of the recirculation zone (RZ) gets smaller, the ratio of the water depth upstream to that downstream of the confluence decreases, and the water level depression reduces.The bed elevation discordance also leads to the development of a large-scale structure in the lee of the step.Despite the appearance of the large-scale structure, the reduced extent of the RZ and associated changes in flow deflection/contraction reduce total head losses experienced by the main channel with an increase of the bed discordance ratio.It turns out that bed elevation discordance converts the lateral momentum from the tributary to streamwise momentum in the main channel more efficiently.展开更多
We investigate a two=level atom interacting with a quantized cavity field and a classical driving field in the presence of phase decoherence and find that a stationary quantum discord can arise in the interaction of t...We investigate a two=level atom interacting with a quantized cavity field and a classical driving field in the presence of phase decoherence and find that a stationary quantum discord can arise in the interaction of the atom and cavity field as the time turns to infinity. We also find that the stationary quantum discord can be increased by applying a classical driving field. Furthermore, we explore the quantum discord dynamics of two identical non=interacting two-level atoms independently interacting with a quantized cavity field and a classical driving field in the presence of phase decoherence. Results show that the quantum discord between two atoms is more robust than entanglement under phase decoherence and the classical driving field can help to improve the amount of quantum discord of the two atoms.展开更多
We study the quantum discord of the bipartite Heisenberg model with the Dzyaloshinski-Moriya (DM) interaction in thermal equilibrium state and discuss the effect of the DM interaction on the quantum discord. The qua...We study the quantum discord of the bipartite Heisenberg model with the Dzyaloshinski-Moriya (DM) interaction in thermal equilibrium state and discuss the effect of the DM interaction on the quantum discord. The quantum entanglement of the system is also discussed and compared with quantum discord. Our results show that the quantum discord may reveal more properties of the system than quantum entanglement and the DM interaction may play an important role in the Heisenberg model.展开更多
Background: A number of studies have examined human epidermal growth factor receptor 2 (HER2) status in primary gastric cancer (GC) and associated metastasis, some showed their great concordance in FIER2 expressi...Background: A number of studies have examined human epidermal growth factor receptor 2 (HER2) status in primary gastric cancer (GC) and associated metastasis, some showed their great concordance in FIER2 expression, but others demonstrated notable discordance. There is still little consensus on HER2 discordance, therefore, a systematic review and meta-analysis was conducted to assess the status on HER2 discordance between primary GC and its paired metastasis. Methods: PubMed, EMBASE, ASCO and The Cochrane Library were searched for studies that explored the concordance between primary tumor and metastasis in patients with GC up to 10 March, 2014. Data of discordance of HER2 between primary GC and corresponding metastasis were extracted from the publications and random-effects models were used to estimate pooled discordance proportions. Results: Eighteen articles including 1,867 patients were included for the meta-analysis in accordance with the selection criteria. Pooled discordance proportions were 7% [95% confidence interval (CI): 5-10%] for HER2 status. Pooled proportions of tumors shifting from positive to negative and from negative to positive were 17% (95% CI: 7-29%) and 4% (95% CI: 2-6%) respectively. No publication bias was found in the meta-analysis. Conclusions: The discordance of HER2 status is not rare in primary and metastatic GC through our metaanalysis. Prospective studies are needed to testify the clinical significance of the discordance of HER2 status.展开更多
The thermal quantum discord (QD) is studied in a two-qubit Heisenberg XXZ system with DzyaloshinskiiMoriya (DM) interaction. We compare the thermal QD with thermal entanglement in this system and find remarkable d...The thermal quantum discord (QD) is studied in a two-qubit Heisenberg XXZ system with DzyaloshinskiiMoriya (DM) interaction. We compare the thermal QD with thermal entanglement in this system and find remarkable differences between them. For instance, we show situations where QD decreases asymptotically to zero with temperature T while entanglement decreases to zero at the point of critical temperature, situations where QD decreases with certain tunable parameters such as Dx and Dx when entanglement increases. We find that the characteristic of QD is exotic in this system and this possibly offers a potential solution to enhance entanglement of a system. We also show that tunable parameter Dx is more efficient than parameter Dz in most regions for controlling the QD.展开更多
We investigate the influences of non-Markovian dissipation and global dephasing process on the dynamical behaviors of global discord among four qubits.We find that for the non-Markovian dissipation model W state is th...We investigate the influences of non-Markovian dissipation and global dephasing process on the dynamical behaviors of global discord among four qubits.We find that for the non-Markovian dissipation model W state is the most robust to decoherence compared to Dicke and GHZ states;however,for the global dephasing model Dicke state is the most robust to decoherence among them.Also the dynamical behaviors of global quantum discord are quite different from that of the multipartite entanglement for the non-Markovian dissipation model,while they are very similar to each other for the global dephasing model.展开更多
We investigate the dynamics of palrwise quantum discord (QD) for a mixed three-qubit W-type state in three independent non-Markovian reservoirs at zero temperature, each of which is modeled by a leaky cavity with Lo...We investigate the dynamics of palrwise quantum discord (QD) for a mixed three-qubit W-type state in three independent non-Markovian reservoirs at zero temperature, each of which is modeled by a leaky cavity with Lorentzian spectral density. The influence of the environment's amount of non-Markovianity, the detuning between the qubit frequency and the cavity centre frequency, and the purity of the initial state on the QD dynamics are analyzed in detail. It is found that in the non-Maxkovian regime the system-reservoir interactions induce QD revivals and oscillations no matter whether the detuning is zero or not. Moreover, QD can be preserved for a long time if the non-Markovian condition and the detuning condition are satisfied simultaneously.展开更多
We studied quantum correlation and quantum entanglement of a quantum system in which a coherent state light field interacts with two qubits that are initially prepared in a separable and mixed state.The influence of m...We studied quantum correlation and quantum entanglement of a quantum system in which a coherent state light field interacts with two qubits that are initially prepared in a separable and mixed state.The influence of mean photon number of the coherent field and distribution probability of the atom on the geometrical quantum discord and the negativity are discussed.Our results show that the mean photon number of light field and distribution function of the atom can regulate and control the quantum correlation and quantum entanglement.展开更多
In this paper we discuss two measures for the quantumness of correlations (quantum discord and entanglement) of two isolated moving atoms which are initially in Werner state. We compare and analyze the effect of the a...In this paper we discuss two measures for the quantumness of correlations (quantum discord and entanglement) of two isolated moving atoms which are initially in Werner state. We compare and analyze the effect of the atomic motion in quantum discord and entanglement. The results show that the atomic motion related to the field mode structure parameter can make the entanglement and quantum discord evolve periodically. The results also indicate that the entanglement suddenly disappears during the evaluation but quantum discord remains non zero, so quantum discord is considered as indicator of disentanglement.展开更多
The level surfaces of geometric discord for a class of two-qubit non-X states are investigated when the Bloch vectors are in arbitrary directions. The level surfaces of constant geometric discord are formed by three i...The level surfaces of geometric discord for a class of two-qubit non-X states are investigated when the Bloch vectors are in arbitrary directions. The level surfaces of constant geometric discord are formed by three intersecting open tubes along three orthogc^nal directions. When Bloch vectors increase, the tubes along one or two directions shrink towards the center and may either totally disappear or the open tubes may become closed tubes when the Bloch vectors reach a critical value. In the generalized amplitude damping channel, the evolution of geometric discord shows double sudden changes when the parameter γ, increases. In the phase damping channel, the freezing phenomenon of geometric discord also exists.展开更多
基金supported by the National Natural Science Foundation of China(Grant Nos.11564013 and 11964010)the Natural Science Foundation of Hunan Province(Grant No.2020JJ4495)the Scientific Research Fund of Hunan Provincial Education Department,China(Grant Nos.22A0377 and 21A0333).
文摘Using quantum discord(QD)and geometric quantum discord(GQD),quantum correlation dynamics is investigated for two coupled qubits within a multiqubit interacting system in the zero-temperature bosonic reservoir,under both weak and strong qubit-reservoir coupling regimes.The multiqubit system is connected with either a common bosonic reservoir(CBR)or multiple independent bosonic reservoirs(IBRs).In the CBR case,our findings indicate that both QD and GQD can be strengthened by increasing the number of qubits in the multiqubit system.Furthermore,we study the steady state QD and GQD in the strong coupling regime,and find that the stable value in the long-time limit is determined exclusively by the number of qubits.The evolution period of QD and GQD gets longer as the dipole–dipole interaction(DDI)strength increases,which helps prolong the correlation time and thus preserves the quantum correlation under the weak coupling regime.Further analysis reveals notable differences between the CBR and IBRs scenarios.In the IBRs case,the decay of QD and GQD becomes slower compared to the CBR case,with both measures tending to zero at a reduced rate.Moreover,GQD consistently exhibits lower values than QD in both scenarios.These findings provide valuable insights into the selection of appropriate correlation measurement techniques for quantifying quantum correlations.
文摘BACKGROUND Discordance between endoscopic and histologic assessments in Crohn’s disease(CD)have been observed,however the prevalence and cause are unclear.AIM To assess if a protocolized approach to biopsy collection facilitates understanding of this discordance in patients with ileal CD.METHODS Patients with known ileal CD underwent colonoscopy with endoscopic disease activity assessment.Three protocolized biopsies were taken respectively from an ulcer edge,7-mm,and 14-mm away from the ulcer edge in patients with discrete ileal ulcer(s).In patients with no ulcers as controls,the same 3-site biopsy protocol was applied in a randomly selected area of endoscopically-unremarkable terminal ileal mucosa.A blinded pathologist assessed mucosal inflammation in each biopsy using 3 validated histologic indices.RESULTS Twenty-four participants had visible ulcer(s)on endoscopy and 12 served as no-ulcer controls.Of biopsies taken from an ulcer edge,only 67%showed histologic evidence of active(neutrophilic)inflammation,and 33%showed histologic features of ulcer or erosion;all were from either large(n=4)or very large(n=4)ulcers.In the no-ulcer controls,no biopsies showed histologic features of ulcer or erosion,but 8%showed active inflammation.CONCLUSION A striking discordance exists between endoscopic and histologic assessments for mucosal inflammation in patients with active ileal CD,even in biopsies targeted at an ulcer edge,while a higher concordance is seen in patients with no endoscopic disease activity.It remains unclear how to incorporate histologic disease activity into the treatment paradigm.Further research is needed to optimize biopsy protocols and histologic assessments for CD.
基金supported by the National Natural Science Foundation of China(Grant No.11174028)the Fundamental Research Funds for the Central Universities,China(Grant No.2011JBZ013)
文摘We discuss the symmetric quantum discord (SQD) for an arbitrary two-qubit state consisting of subsystems A and B and give the analysis formula of the symmetric quantum discord for the arbitrary two-qubit state. We also give the optimization process of the symmetric quantum discord for some states and obtain the symmetric quantum discord. We compare the quantum discord (QD) with the symmetric quantum discord, and find that the symmetric quantum discord is greater than the quantum discord. We also find that the symmetric quantum discord can be unequal to the quantum discord when the right quantum discord (measure on subsystem B) is equal to the left quantum discord (measure on subsystem A).
基金partially supported by the National Natural Science Foundation of China (Grant No. 11601338)。
文摘Quantum discord, one of the famous quantum correlations, has been recently generalized to multipartite systems by Radhakrishnan et al. Here we give analytical solutions of the quantum discord for a family of N-qubit quantum states. For the bipartite system, we derive a zero quantum discord which will remain unchanged under the phase damping channel. For multiparitite systems, it is found that the quantum discord can be classified into three categories and the quantum discord for odd-partite systems can exhibit freezing under the phase damping channel, while the freezing does not exist in the even-partite systems.
基金Project supported by the National Natural Science Foundation of China(Grant No.12201555)China Postdoctoral Science Foundation(Grant No.2021M702864)。
文摘We study the quantification of geometric discord for tripartite quantum systems.Firstly,we obtain the analytic formula of geometric discord for tripartite pure states.It is already known that the geometric discord of pure states reduces to the geometric entanglement in bipartite systems,the results presented here show that this property is no longer true in tripartite systems.Furthermore,we provide an operational meaning for tripartite geometric discord by linking it to quantum state discrimination,that is,we prove that the geometric discord of tripartite states is equal to the minimum error probability to discriminate a set of quantum states with von Neumann measurement.Lastly,we calculate the geometric discord of three-qubit Bell diagonal states and then investigate the dynamic behavior of tripartite geometric discord under local decoherence.It is interesting that the frozen phenomenon exists for geometric discord in this scenario.
文摘Confluences play a major role in the dynamics of networks of natural and man-made open channels, and field measurements on river confluences reveal that discordance in bed elevation is common.Studies of schematized confluences with a step at the interface between the tributary and the main channel bed reveal that bed elevation discordance is an important additional control for the confluence hydrodynamics.This study aimed to improve understanding of the influence of bed elevation discordance on the flow patterns and head losses in a right-angled confluence of an open channel with rectangular cross-sections.A large eddy simulation (LES)-based numerical model was set up and validated with experiments by others.Four configurations with different bed discordance ratios were investigated.The results confirm that, with increasing bed elevation discordance, the tributary streamlines at the confluence interface deviate less from the geometrical confluence angle, the extent of the recirculation zone (RZ) gets smaller, the ratio of the water depth upstream to that downstream of the confluence decreases, and the water level depression reduces.The bed elevation discordance also leads to the development of a large-scale structure in the lee of the step.Despite the appearance of the large-scale structure, the reduced extent of the RZ and associated changes in flow deflection/contraction reduce total head losses experienced by the main channel with an increase of the bed discordance ratio.It turns out that bed elevation discordance converts the lateral momentum from the tributary to streamwise momentum in the main channel more efficiently.
基金Project supported by National Natural Science Foundation of China (Grant No. 10774143)
文摘We investigate a two=level atom interacting with a quantized cavity field and a classical driving field in the presence of phase decoherence and find that a stationary quantum discord can arise in the interaction of the atom and cavity field as the time turns to infinity. We also find that the stationary quantum discord can be increased by applying a classical driving field. Furthermore, we explore the quantum discord dynamics of two identical non=interacting two-level atoms independently interacting with a quantized cavity field and a classical driving field in the presence of phase decoherence. Results show that the quantum discord between two atoms is more robust than entanglement under phase decoherence and the classical driving field can help to improve the amount of quantum discord of the two atoms.
基金supported by the National Natural Science Foundation of China (Grant Nos. 10905007 and 61078011)the Fundamental Research Funds for the Central Universities
文摘We study the quantum discord of the bipartite Heisenberg model with the Dzyaloshinski-Moriya (DM) interaction in thermal equilibrium state and discuss the effect of the DM interaction on the quantum discord. The quantum entanglement of the system is also discussed and compared with quantum discord. Our results show that the quantum discord may reveal more properties of the system than quantum entanglement and the DM interaction may play an important role in the Heisenberg model.
基金supported by National Natural Science Foundation of China(No.81172110)National High Technology Research and Development Program(No. 2012AA 02A 504)+2 种基金Beijing Municipal Science & Technology Commission Program(No.Z11110706730000)Beijing Natural Science Foundation(7142034)China Postdoctoral Science Foundation(2013M530494)
文摘Background: A number of studies have examined human epidermal growth factor receptor 2 (HER2) status in primary gastric cancer (GC) and associated metastasis, some showed their great concordance in FIER2 expression, but others demonstrated notable discordance. There is still little consensus on HER2 discordance, therefore, a systematic review and meta-analysis was conducted to assess the status on HER2 discordance between primary GC and its paired metastasis. Methods: PubMed, EMBASE, ASCO and The Cochrane Library were searched for studies that explored the concordance between primary tumor and metastasis in patients with GC up to 10 March, 2014. Data of discordance of HER2 between primary GC and corresponding metastasis were extracted from the publications and random-effects models were used to estimate pooled discordance proportions. Results: Eighteen articles including 1,867 patients were included for the meta-analysis in accordance with the selection criteria. Pooled discordance proportions were 7% [95% confidence interval (CI): 5-10%] for HER2 status. Pooled proportions of tumors shifting from positive to negative and from negative to positive were 17% (95% CI: 7-29%) and 4% (95% CI: 2-6%) respectively. No publication bias was found in the meta-analysis. Conclusions: The discordance of HER2 status is not rare in primary and metastatic GC through our metaanalysis. Prospective studies are needed to testify the clinical significance of the discordance of HER2 status.
基金Supported by the National Natural Science Foundation of China under Grant Nos.90503009,10775116973 Program under Grant No.2005CB724508
文摘The thermal quantum discord (QD) is studied in a two-qubit Heisenberg XXZ system with DzyaloshinskiiMoriya (DM) interaction. We compare the thermal QD with thermal entanglement in this system and find remarkable differences between them. For instance, we show situations where QD decreases asymptotically to zero with temperature T while entanglement decreases to zero at the point of critical temperature, situations where QD decreases with certain tunable parameters such as Dx and Dx when entanglement increases. We find that the characteristic of QD is exotic in this system and this possibly offers a potential solution to enhance entanglement of a system. We also show that tunable parameter Dx is more efficient than parameter Dz in most regions for controlling the QD.
基金Supported by the National Natural Science Foundation of China under Grant Nos.11274043 and 11375025
文摘We investigate the influences of non-Markovian dissipation and global dephasing process on the dynamical behaviors of global discord among four qubits.We find that for the non-Markovian dissipation model W state is the most robust to decoherence compared to Dicke and GHZ states;however,for the global dephasing model Dicke state is the most robust to decoherence among them.Also the dynamical behaviors of global quantum discord are quite different from that of the multipartite entanglement for the non-Markovian dissipation model,while they are very similar to each other for the global dephasing model.
基金Supported by the National Natural Science Foundation of China under Grant Nos.11174081,11034002,11134003,and 11104075Supported by the National Basic Research Program of China under Grant Nos.2011CB921602 and 2012CB821302
文摘We investigate the dynamics of palrwise quantum discord (QD) for a mixed three-qubit W-type state in three independent non-Markovian reservoirs at zero temperature, each of which is modeled by a leaky cavity with Lorentzian spectral density. The influence of the environment's amount of non-Markovianity, the detuning between the qubit frequency and the cavity centre frequency, and the purity of the initial state on the QD dynamics are analyzed in detail. It is found that in the non-Maxkovian regime the system-reservoir interactions induce QD revivals and oscillations no matter whether the detuning is zero or not. Moreover, QD can be preserved for a long time if the non-Markovian condition and the detuning condition are satisfied simultaneously.
基金Project supported by the National Natural Science Foundation of China(Grant No.11604090)
文摘We studied quantum correlation and quantum entanglement of a quantum system in which a coherent state light field interacts with two qubits that are initially prepared in a separable and mixed state.The influence of mean photon number of the coherent field and distribution probability of the atom on the geometrical quantum discord and the negativity are discussed.Our results show that the mean photon number of light field and distribution function of the atom can regulate and control the quantum correlation and quantum entanglement.
文摘In this paper we discuss two measures for the quantumness of correlations (quantum discord and entanglement) of two isolated moving atoms which are initially in Werner state. We compare and analyze the effect of the atomic motion in quantum discord and entanglement. The results show that the atomic motion related to the field mode structure parameter can make the entanglement and quantum discord evolve periodically. The results also indicate that the entanglement suddenly disappears during the evaluation but quantum discord remains non zero, so quantum discord is considered as indicator of disentanglement.
基金supported by the National Natural Science Foundation of China(Grant Nos.11074184,11204197,and 11105095)the Specialized Research Fund for the Doctoral Program of Higher Education of China(Grant No.20103201120002)the Priority Academic Program Development of Jiangsu Higher Education Institutions(PAPD)
文摘The level surfaces of geometric discord for a class of two-qubit non-X states are investigated when the Bloch vectors are in arbitrary directions. The level surfaces of constant geometric discord are formed by three intersecting open tubes along three orthogc^nal directions. When Bloch vectors increase, the tubes along one or two directions shrink towards the center and may either totally disappear or the open tubes may become closed tubes when the Bloch vectors reach a critical value. In the generalized amplitude damping channel, the evolution of geometric discord shows double sudden changes when the parameter γ, increases. In the phase damping channel, the freezing phenomenon of geometric discord also exists.