Thermalizing quantum machines: Dissipation and entanglement

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Authors

SCARANI Valerio ZIMAN Mario STELMACHOVIC Peter GISIN Nicolas BŮŽEK Vladimír

Year of publication 2002
Type Article in Periodical
Magazine / Source Physical Review Letters
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Field Theoretical physics
Keywords quantum information theory; entanglement; dynamics of open quantum systems
Description We study the relaxation of a quantum system towards the thermal equilibrium using tools developed within the context of quantum information theory. We consider a model in which the system is a qubit, and reaches equilibrium after several successive two-qubit interactions (thermalizing machines) with qubits of a reservoir. We characterize completely the family of thermalizing machines. The model shows a tight link between dissipation, fluctuations, and the maximal entanglement that can be generated by the machines. The interplay of quantum and classical information processes that give rise to practical irreversibility is discussed.
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