Communications in Theoretical Physics ›› 2020, Vol. 72 ›› Issue (1): 015103. doi: 10.1088/1572-9494/ab544d

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Quantum correlation dynamics of two qubits in independent reservoirs with initial system-reservoir correlations

Xin-Ping Ma,Yue Sun,Jin-Liang Guo()   

  1. College of Physics and Materials Science, Tianjin Normal University, Tianjin 300387, China
  • Received: 2019-08-26 Revised: 2019-09-27 Accepted: 2019-10-31 Published: 2020-01-01

Abstract:

The dynamics of entanglement and quantum discord (QD) between two two-level atoms interacting with two dissipative coupled cavities in the presence of initial atom-cavity correlations is investigated. In comparison with the result of the initial factorized state, we show that the initial state contained quantum correlation of atom-cavity is most robust against the dissipative environment, and the initial atom-cavity correlations, especially the quantum correlation, play a constructive role in the generation of atomic entanglement and QD. Simultaneously, the comparison between Markovian and non-Markovian dynamics, and the influences of inter-cavity hopping rate are also taken into account and analyzed.

Key words: dynamics of quantum correlation, decoherence, entanglement, quantum discord