Emergence of multiple distillable and bound entangled states in a spin-star system

Abstract

In quantum systems, entanglement is a fundamental characteristic wherein the state of one particle is inherently interconnected with the states of other particles, even in cases when they are physically distant from each other. Conversely, the phenomenon of distillation pertains to the capacity to extract states with high entanglement from states with lower entanglement. Specifically, it entails the conversion of a collection of quantum states into a reduced set of states with maximal entanglement through the utilization of local operations and classical communication. Through practical and theoretical tools, Barreiro et al. in [Nature Physics, 6, 943 (2010)], showed how the quantum state of a four-qubit system is placed in non-distillable conditions. They showed that the condition which is referred to as the bound entanglement domain occurs when there is entanglement between only some conceivable configurations for subsystems. In addition, they showed that the condition in which there is entanglement in any possible arrangement of system’s components is called free entangled region, which is also distillable. Nevertheless, a significant difference between the findings of the above study and the challenge in the present work can be briefly described as follows: the study by Barreiro’s group showed the existence of a single bound entangled region in their target system, while the present study, indicates the existence of two distinct bound entangled regions. For this purpose, a spin-star system with Heisenberg and Dzyaloshinskii–Moriya interactions has been proposed. We will also show in what conditions the separable regions in terms of entanglement and the free entangled domain will exist.