Disentanglement and decoherence from classical non-Markovian noise: Random telegraph noise

TL;DR

This paper analytically investigates how classical non-Markovian random telegraph noise affects two-qubit entanglement, revealing conditions for entanglement sudden death and revival, with implications for quantum coherence control.

Contribution

It provides an analytical framework for understanding two-qubit entanglement dynamics under classical non-Markovian noise, including strong coupling and mixed noise effects.

Findings

Entanglement sudden death and revival depend on qubit working point and noise parameters.

Concurrence relates to dephasing and longitudinal relaxation functions.

Revival occurs only under strong coupling due to angular motion of the generalized Bloch vector.

Abstract

We calculate the two-qubit disentanglement due to classical random telegraph noise using the quasi-Hamiltonian method. This allows us to obtain analytical results even for strong coupling and mixed noise, important when the qubits have tunable working point. We determine when entanglement sudden death and revival occur as functions of qubit working point, noise coupling strength and initial state entanglement. For extended Werner states, we show that the concurrence is related to the difference of two functions: one is related to dephasing and the other longitudinal relaxation. A physical intepretation based on the generalized Bloch vector is given: revival only occurs for strongly-coupled noise and comes from the angular motion of the vector.