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Production of entanglement with highly-mixed states

Quantum Physics 2012-04-11 v1

Abstract

We study production of entanglement with highly-mixed states. We find that entanglement between highly mixed states can be generated via a direct unitary interaction even when both states have purities arbitrarily close to zero. This indicates that purity of a subsystem is not required for entanglement generation. Our result is in contrast to previous studies where the importance of the subsystem purity was emphasized.

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@article{arxiv.1204.2077,
  title  = {Production of entanglement with highly-mixed states},
  author = {Minsu Kang and M. S. Kim and Hyunseok Jeong},
  journal= {arXiv preprint arXiv:1204.2077},
  year   = {2012}
}

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4 pages, 5 figures