中国物理B ›› 2017, Vol. 26 ›› Issue (8): 80302-080302.doi: 10.1088/1674-1056/26/8/080302

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Conditions on converting coherence into entanglement

Lian-Wu Yang(杨连武), Yun-Jie Xia(夏云杰)   

  1. 1 Shandong Provincial Key Laboratory of Laser Polarization and Information Technology, Department of Physics, Qufu Normal University, Qufu 273165, China;
    2 Department of Physics and Information Engineering, Jining University, Qufu 273155, China
  • 收稿日期:2016-11-04 修回日期:2017-04-25 出版日期:2017-08-05 发布日期:2017-08-05
  • 通讯作者: Yun-Jie Xia E-mail:yjxia@mail.qfnu.edu.cn
  • 基金资助:

    Project supported by the National Natural Science Foundation of China (Grant Nos. 11204156, 11304179, and 11647172), the Specialized Research Fund for the Doctoral Program of Higher Education, China (Grant No. 20133705110001), and the Natural Science Foundation of Shandong Province, China (Grant No. ZR2016AP09).

Conditions on converting coherence into entanglement

Lian-Wu Yang(杨连武)1,2, Yun-Jie Xia(夏云杰)1   

  1. 1 Shandong Provincial Key Laboratory of Laser Polarization and Information Technology, Department of Physics, Qufu Normal University, Qufu 273165, China;
    2 Department of Physics and Information Engineering, Jining University, Qufu 273155, China
  • Received:2016-11-04 Revised:2017-04-25 Online:2017-08-05 Published:2017-08-05
  • Contact: Yun-Jie Xia E-mail:yjxia@mail.qfnu.edu.cn
  • About author:0.1088/1674-1056/26/8/
  • Supported by:

    Project supported by the National Natural Science Foundation of China (Grant Nos. 11204156, 11304179, and 11647172), the Specialized Research Fund for the Doctoral Program of Higher Education, China (Grant No. 20133705110001), and the Natural Science Foundation of Shandong Province, China (Grant No. ZR2016AP09).

摘要:

The present studies show that any nonzero amount of coherence of a system can be converted into entanglement between the system and an incoherent ancillary system via incoherent operations. According to this conclusion, we study the process of converting coherence into entanglement via a unitary operation where the initial ancillary system is of different quantum state. We find that some other conditions should be satisfied in converting coherence into entanglement. We also study the conditions of coherence consumption of converting coherence into entanglement.

关键词: coherence, entanglement, conditions

Abstract:

The present studies show that any nonzero amount of coherence of a system can be converted into entanglement between the system and an incoherent ancillary system via incoherent operations. According to this conclusion, we study the process of converting coherence into entanglement via a unitary operation where the initial ancillary system is of different quantum state. We find that some other conditions should be satisfied in converting coherence into entanglement. We also study the conditions of coherence consumption of converting coherence into entanglement.

Key words: coherence, entanglement, conditions

中图分类号:  (Entanglement production and manipulation)

  • 03.67.Bg
03.65.Ta (Foundations of quantum mechanics; measurement theory) 03.65.Ud (Entanglement and quantum nonlocality)