Quantum Entanglement in Carbon Nanotubes

2002/02/06 by Cristina Bena, Smitha Vishveshwara, Leon Balents +1 · 5 citations
Engineering · Materials Science · Physics and Astronomy · #Carbon Nanotubes in Composites #Carbon nanotube #Electron #Luttinger liquid #Materials science #Mechanical and Optical Resonators #Nanotechnology #Nanotechnology research and applications #Physics #Quantum #Quantum entanglement #Quantum mechanics #Superconductivity #cond-mat.str-el

paper · pdf · doi:10.1103/physrevlett.89.037901

4 pages, 2 figures, RevTeX

arxiv created 2002/02/06 · openalex publication_date 2002/06/26 · arxiv updated 2009/11/30 · openalex created_date 2025/10/10 · openalex updated_date 2026/08/05

Abstract

With the surge of research in quantum information, the issue of producing entangled states has gained prominence. Here, we show that judiciously bringing together two systems of strongly interacting electrons with vastly differing ground states-the gapped BCS superconductor and the Luttinger liquid-can result in quantum entanglement. We propose three sets of measurements involving single-walled metallic carbon nanotubes which have been shown to exhibit Luttinger liquid physics, to test our claim and as nanoscience experiments of interest in and of themselves.

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