Non-equilibrium quantum phase transition via entanglement decoherence dynamics.

  • Event Date: 2017-01-10
  • AMO/QIS/CMT
  • Speaker: Dr. Pei-Yun Yang (Department of Physics, National Cheng Kung University)  /  Host: Prof. Chung-Hou Chung
    Place: 4F Seminar Room (SC 427), Science Building III, NCTU.

 We investigate the decoherence dynamics of continuous variable entanglement as the system environment coupling strength varies from the weak-coupling to the strong-coupling regimes. Due to the existence of localized modes in the strong-coupling regime, the system cannot approach equilibrium with its environment, which induces a nonequilibrium quantum phase transition. We analytically solve the entanglement decoherence dynamics for an arbitrary spectral density. The nonequilibrium quantum phase transition is demonstrated as the system-environment coupling strength varies for all the Ohmic-type spectral densities. The 3-D entanglement quantum phase diagram is obtained.