• Chinese Optics Letters
  • Vol. 8, Issue 5, 524 (2010)
Feng Han1、2 and Yunjie Xia2
Author Affiliations
  • 1Department of Physics and Information Engineering, Jining University, Qufu 273155, China
  • 2College of Physics and Engineering, Qufu Normal University, Qufu 273165, China
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    DOI: 10.3788/COL20100805.0524 Cite this Article Set citation alerts
    Feng Han, Yunjie Xia. Entanglement dynamics of W-like states in an open system[J]. Chinese Optics Letters, 2010, 8(5): 524 Copy Citation Text show less

    Abstract

    The pairwise entanglement dynamics in a multipartite open system consisting of three entangled cavity photons locally coupled with independent N-mode reservoirs is studied via concurrence. The initial states of cavity photons are prepared in two types of W-like states while the corresponding reservoirs are prepared in the factorable vacuum state. The result shows that all the pairwise concurrences of the total system including cavities and reservoirs undergo qualitatively different dynamical behaviors. Among the two W-like states, only one could exhibit entanglement sudden death (ESD) leading the corresponding reservoirs to exhibit entanglement sudden birth. In addition, by taking the entanglement of the corresponding reservoirs into account, entanglement invariants are constructed for the W-like state that does not undergo ESD.