Quantum Entanglement in Superconducting Beamsplitters Henning Soller Capri, 16.4.2012
Dec 26, 2015
Definition of Entanglement
The state of the system cannot be written as a product state.
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spin states
ground state of BCS superconductor
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Now let us consider just tunnel contacts:
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for chosen axes m and m‘
Nice in principle, but…
• What happens for setups closer to actual experiments?
• What about interaction effects?• Polarisation > 84 % is needed• Time-resolved detection scheme
Other entanglement detection schemes:
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Setups closer to experimentChaotic cavity instead of tunnel contacts:
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Result for the Bell parameter stays the same!
Quantum dots instead of tunnel contacts:
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Result for the Bell parameter stays the same!
Interaction effects1. Geometric suppression factors or usage of a topological insulator lead to length dependence of the nonlocal conductances
Result for the Bell parameter stays the same!
2. Onsite interaction (phonons, Coulomb interaction,… )
Result for the Bell parameter stays the same!
Polarisation > 84 % neededEntanglement: The state of the system cannot be written as product state.
Bell inequality: ε > 2 means that local reality is violated!
Entanglement and Bell violation does not mean the same and generically it is easier to verify the presence of entanglement than the violation of local reality.
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If Alice‘s and Bob‘s measurement directions for spin are orthogonal we can prove that themaximal value for ε for a separable state is only √2
We only need polarisation P > 70% for an entanglement witness
Only need ε > √2 to verify the presence of entanglement
measure nonlocal conductances directly
eliminates the need for time-resolved measurement
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Kondo effect in superconductor-ferromagnet hybrids enhances the spin polarisation to ≈70%
H. Soller, L. Hofstetter, S. Csonka, A. Levy Yeyati, C. Schönenberger and A. Komnik, in preparation
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