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Robustness of quantum discord to sudden death in nuclear magnetic resonance

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2012 Chinese Physical Society and IOP Publishing Ltd
, , Citation Xu Jian-Wei and Chen Qi-Hui 2012 Chinese Phys. B 21 040302 DOI 10.1088/1674-1056/21/4/040302

1674-1056/21/4/040302

Abstract

We investigate the dynamics of the entanglement and quantum discord of two qubits in liquid state homonuclear nuclear magnetic resonance. Applying a phenomenological description for nuclear magnetic resonance under a relaxation process, and taking a group of typical parameters of nuclear magnetic resonance, we show that when a zero initial state experiences a relaxation process, its entanglement disappears completely after a sequence of so-called sudden deaths and revivals, while the quantum discord retains remarkable values after a sequence of oscillations. That is to say, the quantum discord is more robust than entanglement.

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10.1088/1674-1056/21/4/040302