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Local indistinguishability of orthogonal product states

Quantum Physics 2016-01-13 v2

Abstract

In the general bipartite quantum system mnm \otimes n, Wang \emph{et al.} [Y.-L Wang \emph{et al.}, Phys. Rev. A \textbf{92}, 032313 (2015)] presented 3(m+n)93(m+n)-9 orthogonal product states which cannot be distinguished by local operations and classical communication (LOCC). In this paper, we aim to construct less locally indistinguishable orthogonal product states in mnm\otimes n . First, in 3n(3<n)3\otimes n (3< n) quantum system, we construct 3n23n-2 locally indistinguishable orthogonal product states which are not unextendible product bases. Then, for mn(4mn)m\otimes n (4\leq m\leq n), we present 3n+m43n+m-4 orthogonal product states which cannot be perfectly distinguished by LOCC. Finally, in the general bipartite quantum system mn(3mn)m\otimes n(3\leq m\leq n), we show a smaller set with 2n12n-1 orthogonal product states and prove that these states are LOCC indistinguishable using a very simple but quite effective method. All of the above results demonstrate the phenomenon of nonlocality without entanglement.

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@article{arxiv.1509.01814,
  title  = {Local indistinguishability of orthogonal product states},
  author = {Zhi-Chao Zhang and Fei Gao and Ya Cao and Su-Juan Qin and Qiao-Yan Wen},
  journal= {arXiv preprint arXiv:1509.01814},
  year   = {2016}
}