Can entanglement be extracted from many body systems?

Author(s)
G. De Chiara, Caslav Brukner, Guillermo Massimo Palma, Rosario Fazio, Vlatko Vedral
Abstract

Some thermodynamical properties of solids, such as heat capacity and magnetic susceptibility, have recently been shown to be linked to the amount of entanglement in a solid. Until now, however, it was not clear whether this entanglement can be used as a resource in quantum information theory. Here we show that this entanglement is physical, demonstrating the principles of its extraction from a typical spin chain by scattering two particles off the system. Moreover, we show how to simulate this process using present-day optical lattice technology. © 2007 World Scientific Publishing Company.

Organisation(s)
Quantum Optics, Quantum Nanophysics and Quantum Information
External organisation(s)
Università degli Studi di Trento, Università degli Studi di Palermo, Scuola Normale Superiore di Pisa, University of Leeds
Journal
International Journal of Quantum Information
Volume
05
Pages
125-130
No. of pages
6
ISSN
0219-7499
DOI
https://doi.org/10.1142/S021974990700258X
Publication date
2007
Peer reviewed
Yes
Austrian Fields of Science 2012
1030 Physics, Astronomy
Portal url
https://ucrisportal.univie.ac.at/en/publications/52a5efb4-76a6-49f5-87e8-e778908a76fc