Published June 2011
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Journal article
Entangled qubits in a non-Gaussian quantum state
- 1. Institut fuer Gravitationsphysik, Leibniz Universitaet Hannover and Max-Planck-Institut fuer Gravitationsphysik (Albert-Einstein-Institute), Callinstrasse 38, D-30167 Hannover (Germany)
- 2. ARC Centre of Excellence for Quantum-Atom Optics, Department of Quantum Science, Australian National University, Canberra, Australian Capital Territory 0200 (Australia)
- 3. Arbeitsgruppe Quantenoptik, Institut fuer Physik, Universitaet Rostock, D-18051 Rostock (Germany)
Description
We experimentally generate and tomographically characterize a mixed, genuinely non-Gaussian bipartite continuous-variable entangled state. By testing entanglement in 2x2-dimensional two-qubit subspaces, entangled qubits are localized within the density matrix, which, first, proves the distillability of the state and, second, is useful to estimate the efficiency and test the applicability of distillation protocols. In our example, the entangled qubits are arranged in the density matrix in an asymmetric way, i.e., entanglement is found between diverse qubits composed of different photon number states, although the entangled state is symmetric under exchanging the modes.
Additional details
Identifiers
- DOI
- 10.1103/PhysRevA.83.062319;
- arXiv
- arXiv:1012.0686v2;
Publishing Information
- Journal Title
- Physical Review. A
- Journal Volume
- 83
- Journal Issue
- 6
- Journal Page Range
- p. 062319-062319.5
- ISSN
- 1050-2947
- CODEN
- PLRAAN
INIS
- Country of Publication
- United States
- Country of Input or Organization
- International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA)
- INIS RN
- 43028176
- Subject category
- S71: CLASSICAL AND QUANTUM MECHANICS, GENERAL PHYSICS;
- Descriptors DEI
- ASYMMETRY; DENSITY MATRIX; PHOTONS; QUANTUM ENTANGLEMENT; QUANTUM STATES; QUBITS; SYMMETRY
- Descriptors DEC
- BOSONS; ELEMENTARY PARTICLES; INFORMATION; MASSLESS PARTICLES; MATRICES; QUANTUM INFORMATION
Optional Information
- Notes
- (c) 2011 American Institute of Physics