Detecting Entanglement with Jarzynski's Equality
arXiv:0907.0179 · doi:10.1103/PhysRevA.81.062303
Abstract
We present a method for detecting the entanglement of a state using non-equilibrium processes. A comparison of relative entropies allows us to construct an entanglement witness. The relative entropy can further be related to the quantum Jarzynski equality, allowing non-equilibrium work to be used in entanglement detection. To exemplify our results, we consider two different spin chains.
4 pages, 3 figures
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