Quantum entanglement driven by electron-vibrational mode coupling

Abstract

In this work, we provided a proof-of-principle of efficient production of maximally entangled states using charged quantum dots coupled to vibrational modes. The physical system consists of two pairs of quantum dots, each pair with a single electron able to tunnel between the dots, thus encoding a qubit. The electrons, initially not coupled, interact with two bosonic vibrational modes. It is demonstrated that the electron-vibrational mode coupling drives to an effective electron-electron interaction, which is the main mechanism behind the formation of maximally quantum entangled electronic states. The effect of this coupling follows a non-monotonic behavior, which is explained through an effective hamiltonian which takes into account high order transition processes.