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This topical review article reports rapid progress on the generalization and application of entanglement in non-Hermitian free-fermion quantum systems. We begin by examining the realization of non-Hermitian quantum systems through the…

Quantum Physics · Physics 2026-01-14 Li-Mei Chen , Yao Zhou , Shuai A. Chen , Peng Ye

A novel approach for studying phase transitions in systems with quantum degrees of freedom is discussed. Starting from the microscopic hamiltonian of a quantum model, we first derive a set of exact differential equations for the free energy…

Strongly Correlated Electrons · Physics 2009-10-31 Pietro Gianinetti , Alberto Parola

We demonstrate a new type of non-Hermitian phase transition in open systems far from thermal equilibrium, which takes place in coupled systems interacting with reservoirs at different temperatures. The frequency of the maximum in the…

The thermal entanglement of a two-qubit anisotropic Heisenberg $XYZ$ chain under an inhomogeneous magnetic field b is studied. It is shown that when inhomogeneity is increased to certain value, the entanglement can exhibit a larger revival…

Quantum Physics · Physics 2015-06-26 G. H. Yang , W. B. Gao , L. Zhou , H. S. Song

Entanglement entropy in topologically ordered matter phases has been computed extensively using various methods. In this paper, we study the entanglement entropy of topological phases in two-spaces from a new perspective---the perspective…

Strongly Correlated Electrons · Physics 2019-06-14 Yuting Hu , Yidun Wan

Non-Hermiticity has recently emerged as a rapidly developing field due to its exotic characteristics related to open systems, where the dissipation plays a critical role. In the presence of balanced energy gain and loss with environment,…

Optics · Physics 2024-04-10 Chang Li , Ruisheng Yang , Xinchao Huang , Quanhong Fu , Yuancheng Fan , Fuli Zhang

In this paper we consider the generation of a three-qubit GHZ-like thermal state by applying the entanglement swapping scheme of Zukowski {\it et al.} [Ann. N. Y. Acad. Sci. {\bf 755}, 91 (1995)] to three pairs of two-qubit Heisenberg XY…

Quantum Physics · Physics 2009-11-11 Zi Chong Kao , Jezreel Ng , Ye Yeo

Despite its fully unitary dynamics, the bosonic Kitaev chain (BKC) displays key hallmarks of non-Hermitian physics including non-reciprocal transport and the non-Hermitian skin effect. Here we demonstrate another remarkable phenomena: the…

Quantum Physics · Physics 2024-02-01 Gideon Lee , Tony Jin , Yu-Xin Wang , Alexander McDonald , Aashish Clerk

We analyze the $XY$ model characterized by an anisotropy $\gamma$ in an external magnetic field $h$ with respect to its genuine multipartite entanglement content (in the thermodynamic and finite size case). Despite its simplicity we show…

Statistical Mechanics · Physics 2013-11-27 S. M. Giampaolo , B. C. Hiesmayr

We study the entanglement properties of a molecular three-qubit system described by the Heisenberg spin Hamiltonian with anisotropic exchange interactions and including an external magnetic field. The system exhibits first order quantum…

Quantum Physics · Physics 2015-05-14 Amit Kumar Pal , Indrani Bose

We study the dynamics of entanglement in the infinite asymmetric XY spin chain, in an applied transverse field. The system is prepared in a thermal equilibrium state (ground state at zero temperature) at the initial instant, and it starts…

Quantum Physics · Physics 2009-10-20 Aditi Sen De , Ujjwal Sen , Maciej Lewenstein

We report a phase transition in the projected ensemble - the collection of post-measurement wavefunctions of a local subsystem obtained by measuring its complement. The transition emerges in systems undergoing random permutation dynamics, a…

Quantum Physics · Physics 2026-03-17 Chang Liu , Matteo Ippoliti , Wen Wei Ho

Entanglement has been widely investigated in condensed matter systems since they are considered good candidates for developing quantum technologies. Additionally, entanglement is a powerful tool to explore quantum phase transitions in…

We investigate the static and dynamical patterns of entanglement in an anisotropic XY model with an alternating transverse magnetic field, which is equivalent to a two-component one-dimensional Fermi gas on a lattice, a system realizable…

Quantum Physics · Physics 2017-01-10 Titas Chanda , Tamoghna Das , Debasis Sadhukhan , Amit Kumar Pal , Aditi Sen De , Ujjwal Sen

We study the correlated Haldane-Hubbard model with single-particle gain and loss, focusing on its non-Hermitian phase diagram and the ensuing non-unitary dynamic properties. The interplay of interactions and non-hermiticity results in…

Strongly Correlated Electrons · Physics 2025-05-05 Tian-Cheng Yi , Rubem Mondaini

In this work, we establish a general theory of phase transitions and quantum entanglement in the equilibrium state at arbitrary temperatures. First, we derived a set of universal functional relations between the matrix elements of two-body…

Quantum Physics · Physics 2018-05-07 Bo-Bo Wei

The interplay of quantum and thermal fluctuations in the vicinity of a quantum critical point characterizes the physics of strongly correlated systems. Here we investigate this interplay from a quantum information perspective presenting the…

Strongly Correlated Electrons · Physics 2018-10-30 Marco Gabbrielli , Augusto Smerzi , Luca Pezzè

A proposed paradigm for out-of-equilibrium quantum systems is that an analogue of quantum phase transitions exists between parameter regimes of qualitatively distinct time-dependent behavior. Here, we present evidence of such a transition…

Recent years have seen remarkable development in open quantum systems effectively described by non-Hermitian Hamiltonians. A unique feature of non-Hermitian topological systems is the skin effect, anomalous localization of an extensive…

Statistical Mechanics · Physics 2023-04-14 Kohei Kawabata , Tokiro Numasawa , Shinsei Ryu

Thermal density matrices can be described by a pure quantum state within the thermofield formalism. Here we show how to construct a class of Hamiltonians realizing a thermofield state as their ground state. These Hamiltonians are…

Statistical Mechanics · Physics 2013-08-06 Adrian E. Feiguin , Israel Klich