Entanglement swapping between dissipative systems
Alireza Nourmandipour, Mohammad Kazem Tavassoly · Physical Review A · 2016
In this paper, we investigate the possibility of entanglement swapping between two distinct qubits coupled to their own (in general) non-Markovian environments. This goal is achieved by performing Bell state measurement on photons leaving dissipative cavities. In the continuation, we introduce the concept of entangling power to measure the average of swapped entanglement over all possible pure initial states. Then we present our results in two regimes, strong and weak coupling, and discuss the role of the detuning parameter in each regime in the amount of swapped entanglement. We also determine the conditions under which the maximum amount of entanglement can be swapped between the two qubits. It is revealed that, despite the presence of dissipation, it is possible to create long-living stationary entanglement between the two qubits.