2013/09/30 by Eduardo Martín-Martínez, Eduardo Martin-Martinez, Eric G. Brown +2 · 2 citations
Computer Science · Mathematics · Physics and Astronomy · #Advanced Thermodynamics and Statistical Mechanics #Algorithm #Field (mathematics) #Gaussian #Mathematics #Metastability #Physics #Quantum #Quantum Electrodynamics and Casimir Effect #Quantum Information and Cryptography #Quantum entanglement #Quantum mechanics #State (computer science) #Statistical physics #W state #gr-qc #quant-ph
paper · pdf · doi:10.1103/physreva.88.052310
published as Phys. Rev. A 88, 052310 (2013) · V2: Added Journal Reference. Title modified to match published version. 16 pages, 8 figures. RevTex 4.1
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We propose a protocol by which entanglement can be extracted repeatedly from a quantum field. In analogy with prior work on entanglement harvesting, we call this protocol entanglement farming. It consists of successively sending pairs of unentangled particles through an optical cavity. Using nonperturbative Gaussian methods, we show that in certain generic circumstances this protocol drives the cavity field towards a nonthermal metastable state. This state of the cavity is such that successive pairs of unentangled particles sent through the cavity will reliably emerge significantly entangled. We calculate thermodynamic aspects of the harvesting process, such as energies and entropies, and also the long-term behavior beyond the few-mode approximation. Significant for possible experimental realizations is the fact that this entangling fixed point state of the cavity is reached largely independently of the initial state in which the cavity was prepared. Our results suggest that reliable entanglement farming on the basis of such a fixed point state should be possible also in various other experimental settings, namely with the to-be-entangled particles replaced with arbitrary qudits and with the cavity replaced with a suitable reservoir system.