Abstract
A continuous-variable Bell inequality, valid for an arbitrary number of observers measuring observables with an arbitrary number of outcomes, was recently introduced [Cavalcanti et al., Phys. Rev. Lett. 99, 210405 (2007)]. We prove that any -mode quantum state violating this inequality with quadrature measurements necessarily has a negative partial transposition. Our results thus establish the first link between nonlocality and bound entanglement for continuous-variable systems.
- Received 29 April 2008
DOI:https://doi.org/10.1103/PhysRevLett.101.040404
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