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Entanglement Sudden Death and Sudden Birth in Semiconductor Microcavities

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We explore the dynamics of the entanglement in a semiconductor cavity QED containing a quantum well. We show the presence of sudden birth and sudden death for some particular sets of the system parameters.

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  1. Mathematics Department, Faculty of Science, Sohag University, 82524, Sohag, Egypt

    S. Abdel-Khalek

  2. Mathematics Department, Faculty of Science, Taif University, 21974, Taif, Saudi Arabia

    S. Abdel-Khalek

  3. Department of Physics, Faculty of Science, University of Isfahan, Hezar Jerib, Isfahan, Iran

    S. Barzanjeh

  4. Institute for Quantum Science and Engineering and Department of Physics and Astronomy, Texas A&M University, College Station, USA

    H. Eleuch

  5. Physics Department, King Saud University, P.O. Box 2455, Riyadh, Saudi Arabia

    H. Eleuch

  6. The Abdus Salam International Centre of Theoretical Physics, ICTP, Trieste, Italy

    S. Abdel-Khalek & H. Eleuch

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Abdel-Khalek, S., Barzanjeh, S. & Eleuch, H. Entanglement Sudden Death and Sudden Birth in Semiconductor Microcavities. Int J Theor Phys 50, 2939–2950 (2011). https://doi.org/10.1007/s10773-011-0794-y

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