Experimental investigation of the evolution of gaussian quantum discord in an open system

Gaussian quantum discord is a measure of quantum correlations in gaussian systems. Using gaussian discord, we quantify the quantum correlations of a bipartite entangled state and a separable two-mode mixture of coherent states. We experimentally analyze the effect of noise addition and dissipation o...

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Published inPhysical review letters Vol. 109; no. 3; p. 030402
Main Authors Madsen, Lars S, Berni, Adriano, Lassen, Mikael, Andersen, Ulrik L
Format Journal Article
LanguageEnglish
Published United States 20.07.2012
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Summary:Gaussian quantum discord is a measure of quantum correlations in gaussian systems. Using gaussian discord, we quantify the quantum correlations of a bipartite entangled state and a separable two-mode mixture of coherent states. We experimentally analyze the effect of noise addition and dissipation on gaussian discord and show that the former noise degrades the discord, while the latter noise for some states leads to an increase of the discord. In particular, we experimentally demonstrate the near death of discord by noisy evolution and its revival through dissipation.
ISSN:1079-7114
DOI:10.1103/PhysRevLett.109.030402