Disentanglement in qubit-qutrit systems

Ali, Mazhar; Rau, A. R. P.; Ranade, Kedar

Disentanglement in qubit-qutrit systems

Authors

Ali, Mazhar

Rau, A. R. P.

Ranade, Kedar

Description

We examine the phenomenon of {\it entanglement sudden death} (ESD) for $(2 \times 3)$-dimensional systems. As for $2 \times 2$ systems, the negativity vanishes in finite time for some entangled pure as well as mixed states. While locally equivalent pure states do so asymptotically. Interference between the decay of the two upper levels to the lowest one in the qutrit adds further richness to ESD in this systems.
14 pages, 4 figures