Anti-$\mathcal{P}\mathcal{T}$-symmetric Qubit: Decoherence and Entanglement Entropy

Abstract

We investigate a two-level spin system based anti-parity-time (anti-$\mathcal{P}\mathcal{T}$)-symmetric qubit and study its decoherence as well as entanglement entropy properties. We compare our findings with that of the corresponding $\mathcal{P}\mathcal{T}$-symmetric and Hermitian qubits. First we consider the time-dependent Dyson map to find the exact analytical dynamics for a general non-Hermitian qubit system coupled with a bath, then we specialize it to the case of the anti-$\mathcal{P}\mathcal{T}$-symmetric qubit. We find that the decoherence function for the anti-$\mathcal{P}\mathcal{T}$-symmetric qubit decays slower than the $\mathcal{P}\mathcal{T}$-symmetric and Hermitian qubits. For the entanglement entropy we find that for the anti-$\mathcal{P}\mathcal{T}$-symmetric qubit it grows more slowly compared to the $\mathcal{P}\mathcal{T}$-symmetric and Hermitian qubits. Similarly, we find that the corresponding variance and area of Fisher information is much higher compared to the $\mathcal{P}\mathcal{T}$-symmetric and Hermitian qubits. These results demonstrate that anti-$\mathcal{P}\mathcal{T}$-symmetric qubits may be better suited for quantum computing and quantum information processing applications than conventional Hermitian or even $\mathcal{P}\mathcal{T}$-symmetric qubits.

19 pages, 6 figures, 1 table

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