Gaussian intrinsic entanglement for states with partial minimum uncertainty

Ladislav Mišta, Jr. and Klára Baksová
Phys. Rev. A 97, 012305 – Published 10 January 2018

Abstract

We develop a recently proposed theory of a quantifier of bipartite Gaussian entanglement called Gaussian intrinsic entanglement (GIE) [L. Mišta, Jr. and R. Tatham, Phys. Rev. Lett. 117, 240505 (2016)]. Gaussian intrinsic entanglement provides a compromise between computable and physically meaningful entanglement quantifiers and so far it has been calculated for two-mode Gaussian states including all symmetric partial minimum-uncertainty states, weakly mixed asymmetric squeezed thermal states with partial minimum uncertainty, and weakly mixed symmetric squeezed thermal states. We improve the method of derivation of GIE and show that all previously derived formulas for GIE of weakly mixed states in fact hold for states with higher mixedness. In addition, we derive analytical formulas for GIE for several other classes of two-mode Gaussian states with partial minimum uncertainty. Finally, we show that, like for all previously known states, also for all currently considered states the GIE is equal to Gaussian Rényi-2 entanglement of formation. This finding strengthens a conjecture about the equivalence of GIE and Gaussian Rényi-2 entanglement of formation for all bipartite Gaussian states.

  • Received 29 October 2017

DOI:https://doi.org/10.1103/PhysRevA.97.012305

©2018 American Physical Society

Physics Subject Headings (PhySH)

  1. Research Areas
Quantum Information, Science & Technology

Authors & Affiliations

Ladislav Mišta, Jr. and Klára Baksová

  • Department of Optics, Palacký University, 17. listopadu 12, 771 46 Olomouc, Czech Republic

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Vol. 97, Iss. 1 — January 2018

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