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Title: Signature of quantum entanglement in NH{sub 4}CuPO{sub 4}·H{sub 2}O

Journal Article · · Journal of Applied Physics
DOI:https://doi.org/10.1063/1.4861732· OSTI ID:22275715
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  1. Indian Institute of Science Education and Research (IISER) Kolkata, Mohanpur Campus, PO: BCKV Campus Main Office, Mohanpur 741252, Nadia, West Bengal (India)

Entangled solid state systems have gained a great deal of attention due to their fruitful applications in modern quantum technologies. Herein, detection of entanglement content from experimental magnetic susceptibility and specific heat data is reported for NH{sub 4}CuPO{sub 4}·H{sub 2}O in its solid state crystalline form. NH{sub 4}CuPO{sub 4}·H{sub 2}O is a prototype of Heisenberg spin 1/2 dimer system. Temperature dependent magnetic susceptibility and specific data are fitted to an isolated dimer model and the exchange coupling constant is determined. Field dependent magnetization isotherms taken at different temperatures are plotted in a three dimensional plot. Subsequently, entanglement is detected both from susceptibility and specific heat through two different entanglement measures; entanglement witness and entanglement of formation. The temperature evolution of entanglement is studied and the critical temperature is determined up to which entanglement exists. Temperature dependent nature of entanglement extracted from susceptibility and specific heat shows good consistency with each other. Moreover, the field dependent entanglement is also investigated.

OSTI ID:
22275715
Journal Information:
Journal of Applied Physics, Vol. 115, Issue 3; Other Information: (c) 2014 AIP Publishing LLC; Country of input: International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA); ISSN 0021-8979
Country of Publication:
United States
Language:
English