Disentanglement in qubit-qutrit systems

Mazhar Ali, A. R. P. Rau, Kedar Ranade

Published 2007-10-11Version 1

We examine the phenomenon of {\it entanglement sudden death} (ESD) for $(2 \times 3)$-dimensional systems. As for $2 \times 2$ systems, the negativity vanishes in finite time for some entangled pure as well as mixed states. While locally equivalent pure states do so asymptotically. Interference between the decay of the two upper levels to the lowest one in the qutrit adds further richness to ESD in this systems.