Entangled entanglement: A construction procedure

Gabriele Uchida, Reinhold A. Bertlmann, Beatrix C. Hiesmayr

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Abstract

The familiar Greenberger–Horne–Zeilinger (GHZ) states can be rewritten by entangling the Bell states for two qubits with a third qubit state, which is dubbed entangled entanglement. We show that in a constructive way we obtain all eight independent GHZ states that form the simplex of entangled entanglement, the magic simplex. The construction procedure allows a generalization to higher dimensions both, in the degrees of freedom (considering qudits) as well as in the number of particles (considering n-partite states). Such bases of GHZ-type states exhibit a cyclic geometry, a Merry Go Round, that is relevant for experimental and quantum information theoretic applications.
Original languageEnglish
Pages (from-to)2698-2703
Number of pages6
JournalPhysics Letters. Section A: General, Atomic and Solid State Physics
Volume379
Issue number42
DOIs
Publication statusPublished - 30 Oct 2015

Austrian Fields of Science 2012

  • 103034 Particle physics

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