Asymmetric steerability of quantum equilibrium and nonequilibrium steady states through entanglement detection
arXiv:2106.11457 · doi:10.1103/PhysRevA.104.042404
Abstract
Einstein-Podolsky-Rosen steering describes a quantum correlation in addition to entanglement and Bell nonlocality. However, conceptually different from entanglement and Bell nonlocality, quantum steering has an asymmetric definition. Motivated by the asymmetric definition of quantum steering, we study the steerability of two-interacting qubits, which have asymmetric energy levels, coupled with asymmetric environments. The asymmetric (nonequilibrium) environments are two environments with different temperatures or chemical potentials. The Bloch-Redfield equation is applied to study the dynamics of two qubits and its long-time behavior. In our study, the steady-state steerability is determined by an experimentally friendly steering criteria, which demonstrates steering through the entanglement detection. Our results show that the steady states of two asymmetric qubits have the advantage for one direction of steering, compared to the symmetric setup. We also provide analytical results on the minimal coupling strength between the two qubits in order to be steerable. The asymmetric steerability is collectively determined by the nature of the two qubits and the influence from equilibrium or nonequilibrium environments. Nonequilibrium environments with the cost of nonzero entropy production can enhance the steerability in one direction. We also show the strict hierarchy of entanglement, steering and Bell nonlocality of the nonequilibrium steady states, which shows a richer structure of steering than entanglement and Bell nonlocality.
arXiv commentPublished version, 17 pages, 11 figures
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