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Geometric representation of two-qubit entanglement witnesses

Quantum Physics 2015-07-13 v2

Abstract

Any two-qubit state can be represented geometrically by a steering ellipsoid inside the Bloch sphere. We extend this approach to represent any block positive two-qubit operator BB. We derive a novel classification scheme based on the positivity of detB\det B and detBTB\det B^\mathrm{T_B}; this shows that any ellipsoid inside the Bloch sphere must represent either a two-qubit state or a two-qubit entanglement witness. We focus on such witnesses and their corresponding ellipsoids, finding that properties such as witness optimality are naturally manifest in this geometric representation.

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@article{arxiv.1407.8440,
  title  = {Geometric representation of two-qubit entanglement witnesses},
  author = {Antony Milne and David Jennings and Terry Rudolph},
  journal= {arXiv preprint arXiv:1407.8440},
  year   = {2015}
}

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8 pages, 4 figures. Published version