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Phys. Rev. A 71, 063605 (2005) [9 pages]

Entanglement in the Bogoliubov vacuum

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U. V. Poulsen1,2,3, T. Meyer3, and M. Lewenstein3,4,*
1Dipartimento di Fisica, Università di Trento, Via Sommarive 14, I-38050 Povo (TN), Italy
2ECT*, Strada delle Tabarelle 286, I-38050 Villazzano (TN), Italy
3Institut für Theoretische Physik, Universität Hannover, Appelstraße 2, D-30167 Hannover, Germany
4IFCO-Institut de Cièncis Fotòniques, Jourdi Girona 29, Edifici Nexus II, E-08034, Spain

Received 26 May 2004; revised 18 January 2005; published 15 June 2005

We analyze the entanglement properties of the Bogoliubov vacuum, which is obtained as a second-order approximation to the ground state of an interacting Bose-Einstein condensate. We work on one- and two-dimensional lattices and study the entanglement between two groups of lattice sites as a function of the geometry of the configuration and the strength of the interactions. As our measure of entanglement we use the logarithmic negativity, supplemented by an algorithmic check [ G. Giedke et al. Phys. Rev. Lett. 87 167904 (2001)] for bound entanglement where appropriate. The short-range entanglement is found to grow approximately linearly with the group sizes and to be favored by strong interactions. Conversely, long-range entanglement is favored by relatively weak interactions. No examples of bound entanglement are found.

© 2005 The American Physical Society

URL:
http://link.aps.org/doi/10.1103/PhysRevA.71.063605
DOI:
10.1103/PhysRevA.71.063605
PACS:
03.75.Gg, 03.75.Hh

*Also at Institució Catalana de Recerca i Estudis Avançats.