Polarization-Entanglement Dynamics in Optical Fibers: Mitigating Decay in the Non-Markovian Regime with Dynamical Decoupling

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Main Authors: Barge, Pratik J., Danageozian, Arshag, Gupta, Manish K., Kirby, Brian T., Lee, Hwang
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author Barge, Pratik J.
Danageozian, Arshag
Gupta, Manish K.
Kirby, Brian T.
Lee, Hwang
author_facet Barge, Pratik J.
Danageozian, Arshag
Gupta, Manish K.
Kirby, Brian T.
Lee, Hwang
contents Future distributed quantum systems and networks are likely to rely, at least in part, on the existing fiber infrastructure for entanglement distribution; hence, a precise understanding of the adverse effects of imperfections in optical fibers on entanglement is essential to their operation. Here, we consider maximally entangled polarization qubits and study the decay of the entanglement caused by spatial fluctuations in the refractive index of optical fibers. We study this entanglement dynamics using the spin-boson model and numerically solve our system of equations using the hierarchical equations of motion (HEOM) formalism. We show that within the range of practically relevant system parameters, our developed model exhibits both Markovian and non-Markovian entanglement decay behavior. Further, to counter the observed entanglement decay, we propose the implementation of dynamical decoupling in optical fibers using spaced half waveplates. In particular, we numerically model the time-dependent Hamiltonians of the Carr-Purcell-Meiboom-Gill and Uhrig dynamical decoupling schemes and show a reduced rate of entanglement decay even with sparsely spaced half waveplates along the length of optical fiber. Finally, we evaluate the performance of these two schemes in multiple system configurations.
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spellingShingle Polarization-Entanglement Dynamics in Optical Fibers: Mitigating Decay in the Non-Markovian Regime with Dynamical Decoupling
Barge, Pratik J.
Danageozian, Arshag
Gupta, Manish K.
Kirby, Brian T.
Lee, Hwang
Quantum Physics
Future distributed quantum systems and networks are likely to rely, at least in part, on the existing fiber infrastructure for entanglement distribution; hence, a precise understanding of the adverse effects of imperfections in optical fibers on entanglement is essential to their operation. Here, we consider maximally entangled polarization qubits and study the decay of the entanglement caused by spatial fluctuations in the refractive index of optical fibers. We study this entanglement dynamics using the spin-boson model and numerically solve our system of equations using the hierarchical equations of motion (HEOM) formalism. We show that within the range of practically relevant system parameters, our developed model exhibits both Markovian and non-Markovian entanglement decay behavior. Further, to counter the observed entanglement decay, we propose the implementation of dynamical decoupling in optical fibers using spaced half waveplates. In particular, we numerically model the time-dependent Hamiltonians of the Carr-Purcell-Meiboom-Gill and Uhrig dynamical decoupling schemes and show a reduced rate of entanglement decay even with sparsely spaced half waveplates along the length of optical fiber. Finally, we evaluate the performance of these two schemes in multiple system configurations.
title Polarization-Entanglement Dynamics in Optical Fibers: Mitigating Decay in the Non-Markovian Regime with Dynamical Decoupling
topic Quantum Physics
url https://arxiv.org/abs/2409.18436