Genuine Multipartite Entanglement Detection with Imperfect Measurements: Concept and Experiment

Huan Cao (Corresponding author), Simon Morelli (Corresponding author), Lee A. Rozema, Chao Zhang (Corresponding author), Armin Tavakoli (Corresponding author), Philip Walther

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Abstract

Standard procedures for entanglement detection assume that experimenters can exactly implement specific quantum measurements. Here, we depart from such idealizations and investigate, in both theory and experiment, the detection of genuine multipartite entanglement when measurements are subject to small imperfections. For arbitrary qubits number n, we construct multipartite entanglement witnesses where the detrimental influence of the imperfection is independent of n. In a tabletop four-partite photonic experiment, we demonstrate first how a small amount of alignment error can undermine the conclusions drawn from standard entanglement witnesses and then perform the correction analysis. Furthermore, since we consider quantum devices that are trusted but not perfectly controlled, we showcase advantages in terms of noise resilience as compared to device-independent models.
Original languageEnglish
Article number150201
Number of pages7
JournalPhysical Review Letters
Volume133
Issue number15
DOIs
Publication statusPublished - 11 Oct 2024

Austrian Fields of Science 2012

  • 103025 Quantum mechanics
  • 103026 Quantum optics

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