Nonlinear Entanglement Witnesses

Entanglement detection typically relies on linear inequalities for mean values of certain observables (entanglement witnesses), where violation indicates entanglement. We provide a general method to improve any of these inequalities for bipartite systems via nonlinear expressions. The nonlinearities are of different orders and can be directly measured in experiments, often without any extra effort.

Figure 1

Probability of detecting a state with a witness and with nonlinear criteria. See text for details.