Quantum Information Processing

, Volume 10, Issue 3, pp 307–315 | Cite as

Entanglement of dipolar coupling spins

  • G. B. Furman
  • V. M. Meerovich
  • V. L. Sokolovsky
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Abstract

Entanglement of dipole-dipole interacting spins 1/2 is usually investigated when the energy of interaction with an external magnetic field (the Zeeman energy) is greater than the energy of dipole interactions by three orders. Under this condition only a non-equilibrium state of the spin system, realized by pulse radiofrequence irradiations, results in entanglement. The present paper deals with the opposite case: the dipolar interaction energy is the order of magnitude or even larger than the Zeeman one. It was shown that entanglement appears under the thermodynamic equilibrium conditions and the concurrence reaches the maximum when the external field is directed perpendicular to the vector connecting the nuclei. For this direction of the field and a system of two spins with the Hamiltonian accounting the realistic dipole-dipole interactions in low external magnetic field, the exact analytical expression for concurrence was also obtained. The condition of the entanglement appearance and the dependence of concurrence on the external magnetic field, temperature, and dipolar coupling constant were studied.

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Dipolar interaction Entanglement Spin system 
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Authors and Affiliations

  • G. B. Furman
    • 1
    • 2
  • V. M. Meerovich
    • 1
  • V. L. Sokolovsky
    • 1
  1. 1.Department of PhysicsBen-Gurion University of the NegevBeer-ShevaIsrael
  2. 2.Ohalo CollegeQazrinIsrael

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