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Bound entanglement can be activated

Quantum Physics 2009-10-31 v1

Abstract

Bound entanglement is the noisy entanglement which cannot be distilled to a singlet form. Thus it cannot be used alone for quantum communication purposes. Here we show that, nevertheless, the bound entanglement can be, in a sense, pumped into single pair of free entangled particles. It allows for teleportation via the pair with the fidelity impossible to achieve without support of bound entanglement. The result also suggests that the distillable entanglement may be not additive.

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@article{arxiv.quant-ph/9806058,
  title  = {Bound entanglement can be activated},
  author = {Pawel Horodecki and Michal Horodecki and Ryszard Horodecki},
  journal= {arXiv preprint arXiv:quant-ph/9806058},
  year   = {2009}
}

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