Multiparticle entanglement under the influence of decoherence

Abstract

We present a method to determine the decay of multiparticle quantum correlations as quantified by the geometric measure of entanglement under the influence of decoherence. With this, we compare the robustness of entanglement in GHZ-, cluster-, W- and Dicke states of four qubits and show that the Dicke state is most robust. Finally, we determine the geometric measure analytically for decaying GHZ and cluster states of an arbitrary number of qubits.

5 pages, 3 figures, v2: final version, to appear as a Rapid Communication in PRA

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• Scalability of GHZ and random-state entanglement in the presence of decoherence
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• Monogamy Inequality and Residual Entanglement of Three Qubits under Decoherence