Geometry of two-qubit states with negative conditional entropy

Nicolai Friis (Corresponding author), Sridhar Bulusu, Reinhold A. Bertlmann

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Abstract

We review the geometric features of negative conditional entropy and the properties of the conditional amplitude operator proposed by Cerf and Adami for two qubit states in comparison with entanglement and nonlocality of the states. We identify the region of negative conditional entropy in the tetrahedron of locally maximally mixed two-qubit states. Within this set of states, negative conditional entropy implies nonlocality and entanglement, but not vice versa, and we show that the Cerf-Adami conditional amplitude operator provides an entanglement witness equivalent to the Peres-Horodecki criterion. Outside of the tetrahedron this equivalence is generally not true.
Original languageEnglish
Article number125301
Number of pages26
JournalJournal of Physics A: Mathematical and Theoretical
Volume50
Issue number12
DOIs
Publication statusPublished - 24 Mar 2017

Austrian Fields of Science 2012

  • 103025 Quantum mechanics

Keywords

  • entanglement detection
  • geometry of entanglement
  • negative conditional entropy
  • Weyl states
  • INFORMATION-THEORY
  • SEPARABILITY CRITERION
  • QUANTUM ENTANGLEMENT
  • BELL INEQUALITIES
  • DENSITY-MATRICES
  • MIXED STATES
  • NONLOCALITY

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