Einstein–Podolsky–Rosen steering and coherence in structured environments

Abstract

Abstract We examine the quantum steering and coherence for two qubits that are immersed in an isotropic (I) and anisotropic (A) photonic band-gab (PBG) crystal. We show how the steerability and coherence of the qubits’ state depends on the essential parameters of the model and initial state setting of the qubits. We find that the prevention of the amount of quantum steering and coherence can be achieved in the presence of PBG materials by a considerable choice of the system parameters. Furthermore, we show that the quantum steering and coherence can resist the degradation during the dynamics in IPBG more than in APBG according to the same physical conditions. Finally, we illustrate the relationship between the quantum steering and coherence with respect to the system parameters under the decoherence effect. These obtained results reveal that quantum systems in PBG materials are very useful to implement diverse applications of quantum technology with optimal performance.