Experimental observation of environment-induced sudden death of entanglement

M. P. Almeida; F. de Melo; M. O. Hor-Meyll; A. Salles; S. P. Walborn; P. H. Souto Ribeiro; L. Davidovich

doi:10.1117/12.724472

8 June 2007 Experimental observation of environment-induced sudden death of entanglement

M. P. Almeida, F. de Melo, M. O. Hor-Meyll, A. Salles, S. P. Walborn, P. H. Souto Ribeiro, L. Davidovich

Proceedings Volume 6603, Noise and Fluctuations in Photonics, Quantum Optics, and Communications; 660318 (2007) https://doi.org/10.1117/12.724472
Event: SPIE Fourth International Symposium on Fluctuations and Noise, 2007, Florence, Italy

Abstract

We demonstrate, using an all-optical setup, the difference between local and global dynamics of entangled quantum systems coupled to independent environments. Even when the environment-induced decay of each system is asymptotic, quantum entanglement may suddenly disappear.

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M. P. Almeida, F. de Melo, M. O. Hor-Meyll, A. Salles, S. P. Walborn, P. H. Souto Ribeiro, and L. Davidovich "Experimental observation of environment-induced sudden death of entanglement", Proc. SPIE 6603, Noise and Fluctuations in Photonics, Quantum Optics, and Communications, 660318 (8 June 2007); https://doi.org/10.1117/12.724472

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