Non-unitary Entanglement Dynamics in Continuous Variable Systems
arXiv:2103.06507 · doi:10.1103/PhysRevB.104.L180301
Abstract
We construct a random unitary Gaussian circuit for continuous-variable (CV) systems subject to Gaussian measurements. We show that when the measurement rate is nonzero, the steady state entanglement entropy saturates to an area-law scaling. This is different from a many-body qubit system, where a generic entanglement transition is widely expected. Due to the unbounded local Hilbert space, the time scale to destroy entanglement is always much shorter than the one to build it, while a balance could be achieved for a finite local Hilbert space. By the same reasoning, the absence of transition should also hold for other non-unitary Gaussian CV dynamics.
arXiv comment5 pages, 4 figures
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