Wigner-Yanase skew information as tests for quantum entanglement

Zeqian Chen
Phys. Rev. A 71, 052302 – Published 3 May 2005

Abstract

A Bell-type inequality is proposed in terms of Wigner-Yanase skew information, which is quadratic and involves only one local spin observable at each site. This inequality presents a hierarchic classification of all states of multipartite quantum systems from separable to fully entangled states, which is more powerful than the one presented by quadratic Bell inequalities from two-entangled to fully entangled states. In particular, it is proved that the inequality provides an exact test to distinguish entangled from nonentangled pure states of two qubits. Our inequality sheds considerable light on relationships between quantum entanglement and information theory.

  • Received 15 September 2004

DOI:https://doi.org/10.1103/PhysRevA.71.052302

©2005 American Physical Society

Authors & Affiliations

Zeqian Chen*

  • Wuhan Institute of Physics and Mathematics, Chinese Academy of Sciences, P. O. Box 71010, 30 West District, Xiao-Hong-Shan, Wuhan 430071, China

  • *Electronic address: zqchen@wipm.ac.cn

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Vol. 71, Iss. 5 — May 2005

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