Tripartite separability conditions exponentially violated by Gaussian states

E. Shchukin and P. van Loock
Phys. Rev. A 90, 012334 – Published 28 July 2014

Abstract

Starting with a set of conditions for bipartite separability of arbitrary quantum states in any dimension and expressed in terms of arbitrary operators whose commutator is a c-number, we derive a hierarchy of conditions for tripartite separability of continuous-variable three-mode quantum states. These conditions have the form of inequalities for higher-order moments of linear combinations of the mode operators. They enable one to distinguish between all possible kinds of tripartite separability, while the strongest violation of these inequalities is a sufficient condition for genuine tripartite entanglement. We construct Gaussian states for which the violation of our conditions grows exponentially with the order of the moments of the mode operators. By going beyond second moments, our conditions are expected to be useful as well for the detection of tripartite entanglement of non-Gaussian states. We also demonstrate that our conditions can be easily implemented experimentally.

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  • Received 14 February 2014

DOI:https://doi.org/10.1103/PhysRevA.90.012334

©2014 American Physical Society

Authors & Affiliations

E. Shchukin* and P. van Loock

  • Institute of Physics, Johannes Gutenberg University of Mainz, Staudingerweg 7, 55128 Mainz, Germany

  • *evgeny.shchukin@gmail.com
  • loock@uni-mainz.de

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Vol. 90, Iss. 1 — July 2014

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