Entanglement localization by a single defect in a spin chain
- 22 December 2006
- journal article
- research article
- Published by American Physical Society (APS) in Physical Review A
- Vol. 74 (6), 062316
- https://doi.org/10.1103/physreva.74.062316
Abstract
We discuss the effect of a single diagonal defect on both the static and dynamical properties of entanglement in a spin chain. We show that entanglement localizes at the defect and discuss its localization length, arguing that this can be used as a means to store entanglement. We also show that the impurity site can behave as an entanglement mirror and characterize the bouncing process in terms of reflection and transmission coefficients.Keywords
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