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Constructing all entanglement witnesses from density matrices

Quantum Physics 2011-11-23 v1

Abstract

We demonstrate a general procedure to construct entanglement witnesses for any entangled state. This procedure is based on the trace inequality and a general form of entanglement witnesses, which is in the form W=ρcρIW=\rho-c_{\rho} I, where ρ\rho is a density matrix, cρc_{\rho} is a non-negative number related to ρ\rho, and II is the identity matrix. The general form of entanglement witnesses is deduced from Choi-Jamio{\l}kowski isomorphism, that can be reinterpreted as that all quantum states can be obtained by a maximally quantum entangled state pass through certain completely positive maps. Furthermore, we provide the necessary and sufficient condition of the entanglement witness W=ρcρIW=\rho-c_{\rho}I in operation, as well as in theory.

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@article{arxiv.1111.5255,
  title  = {Constructing all entanglement witnesses from density matrices},
  author = {Bang-Hai Wang and Dong-Yang Long},
  journal= {arXiv preprint arXiv:1111.5255},
  year   = {2011}
}

Comments

5 pages. Added the computing $c_{\rho_q}^{\text{max}}$ in detail

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