10.6084/m9.figshare.1012643.v1 Raul Coto Raul Coto Miguel Orszag Miguel Orszag Square of the concurrence between one cavity and the rest, for the initial condition |Ψ〉<sub><em>a</em></sub>; mathit {C}^2_{1(231^{prime }2^{prime }3^{prime })}=4det ho _1 (solid); mathit {C}^2_{2(131^{prime }2^{prime }3^{prime })}=4det ho _2 (red-dotted); mathit {C}^2_{3(121^{prime }2^{prime }3^{prime })}=4det ho _3 (blue-dashed); θ = π/4; γ = 0 IOP Publishing 2013 correlation cavity rho multipartite entanglement mathit quantum discord det Atomic Physics Molecular Physics 2013-08-19 00:00:00 Figure https://iop.figshare.com/articles/figure/_Square_of_the_concurrence_between_one_cavity_and_the_rest_for_the_initial_condition_sub_em_a_em_sub/1012643 <p><strong>Figure 3.</strong> Square of the concurrence between one cavity and the rest, for the initial condition |Ψ〉<sub><em>a</em></sub>; \mathit {C}^2_{1(231^{\prime }2^{\prime }3^{\prime })}=4\det \rho _1 (solid); \mathit {C}^2_{2(131^{\prime }2^{\prime }3^{\prime })}=4\det \rho _2 (red-dotted); \mathit {C}^2_{3(121^{\prime }2^{\prime }3^{\prime })}=4\det \rho _3 (blue-dashed); θ = π/4; γ = 0.</p> <p><strong>Abstract</strong></p> <p>We study the propagation and distribution of quantum correlations through two chains of atoms inside cavities joined by optical fibres. This system is interesting because it can be used as a channel for quantum communication or as a network for quantum computation. In order to quantify those correlations, we used two different measurements: entanglement and quantum discord. We also use tangle for multipartite entanglement. We consider an effective Hamiltonian for the system and cavity losses, in the dressed atom picture, using the generalized master equation. We found a case where the quantum discord and the classical correlation are almost constant, and we also found multipartite entanglement, starting with only one excitation per chain. Finally, we propose a way to select the initial condition so that we can optimize the results for different purposes.</p>