Year: 2004
Type: article
Abstract: We consider a collection of bosonic modes corresponding to the vertices of a graph Γ. Quantum tunneling can occur only along the edges of Γ and a local self-interaction term is present. Quantum entanglement of one vertex with respect to the rest of the graph (mode entanglement) is analyzed in the ground state of the system as a function of the tunneling amplitude τ. The topology of Γ plays a major role in determining the tunneling amplitude τ max that leads to the maximum value of the mode entanglement. Whereas in most of the cases one finds the intuitively expected result τ max = ∞ , we show that there exists a family of graphs for which the optimal value of τ is pushed down to a finite value. We also show that, for complete graphs, our bi-partite entanglement provides useful insights in the analysis of the crossover between insulating and superfluid ground states.
Source: Europhysics Letters (EPL)
Authors: P Giorda, P Zanardi
Language: English
Topic: Quantum many-body systems
Subfield: Atomic and Molecular Physics, and Optics
Field: Physics and Astronomy
Domain: Physical Sciences
Open Access status: bronze
OpenAlex ID: W1980653115