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Gaussian entanglement of symmetric two-mode Gaussian states

Quantum Physics 2009-11-13 v1

Abstract

A Gaussian degree of entanglement for a symmetric two-mode Gaussian state can be defined as its distance to the set of all separable two-mode Gaussian states. The principal property that enables us to evaluate both Bures distance and relative entropy between symmetric two-mode Gaussian states is the diagonalization of their covariance matrices under the same beam-splitter transformation. The multiplicativity property of the Uhlmann fidelity and the additivity of the relative entropy allow one to finally deal with a single-mode optimization problem in both cases. We find that only the Bures-distance Gaussian entanglement is consistent with the exact entanglement of formation.

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@article{arxiv.0711.3477,
  title  = {Gaussian entanglement of symmetric two-mode Gaussian states},
  author = {Paulina Marian and Tudor A. Marian},
  journal= {arXiv preprint arXiv:0711.3477},
  year   = {2009}
}

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Submitted to European Physical Journal Special Topics as a contribution to CEWQO, Palermo 2007