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Phys. Rev. A 73, 040302(R) (2006) [4 pages]

Multipartite entanglement generation and fidelity decay in disordered qubit systems

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Simone Montangero1,* and Lorenza Viola2
1NEST-CNR-INFM and Scuola Normale Superiore, Piazza dei Cavalieri 7, 56126 Pisa, Italy
2Department of Physics and Astronomy, 6127 Wilder Laboratory, Dartmouth College, Hanover, New Hampshire 03755, USA

Received 11 July 2005; revised 21 November 2005; published 19 April 2006

We investigate multipartite entanglement dynamics in disordered spin-1∕2 lattice models exhibiting a transition from integrability to quantum chaos. Borrowing from the generalized entanglement framework, we construct measures for correlations relative to arbitrary local and bilocal spin observables, and show how they naturally signal the crossover between distinct dynamical regimes. Analytical estimates are obtained in the short- and long-time limits. Our results are in qualitative agreement with predictions from the random matrix theory and are relevant to both condensed-matter physics and to the stability of quantum information in disordered quantum computing hardware.

© 2006 The American Physical Society

URL:
http://link.aps.org/doi/10.1103/PhysRevA.73.040302
DOI:
10.1103/PhysRevA.73.040302
PACS:
03.67.Mn, 03.67.Lx, 05.45.Mt, 05.50.+q

*Corresponding author; electronic address: monta@sns.it