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How entangled can two couples get?

Quantum Physics 2009-11-06 v2

Abstract

We describe a pure state of four qubits whose single-qubit density matrices are all maximally mixed and whose average entanglement as a system of two pairs of qubits appears to be maximal.

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@article{arxiv.quant-ph/0005013,
  title  = {How entangled can two couples get?},
  author = {A. Higuchi and A. Sudbery},
  journal= {arXiv preprint arXiv:quant-ph/0005013},
  year   = {2009}
}

Comments

9 pages. Note added about the robustness of the entanglement in the four-qubit state described in the paper. Version to be published in Phys. Lett. A