Published June 2011 | Version v1
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.

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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

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