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Quantum non-Gaussianity witnesses in the phase space

Quantum Physics 2014-07-23 v2

Abstract

We address detection of quantum non-Gaussian states, i.e. nonclassical states that cannot be expressed as a convex mixture of Gaussian states, and present a method to derive a new family of criteria based on generic linear functionals. We then specialise this method to derive witnesses based on ss-parametrized quasiprobability functions, generalising previous criteria based on the Wigner function. In particular we discuss in detail and analyse the properties of Husimi Q-function based witnesses and prove that they are often more effective than previous criteria in detecting quantum non-Gaussianity of various kinds of non-Gaussian states evolving in a lossy channel.

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@article{arxiv.1403.6264,
  title  = {Quantum non-Gaussianity witnesses in the phase space},
  author = {Catherine Hughes and Marco G. Genoni and Tommaso Tufarelli and Matteo G. A. Paris and M. S. Kim},
  journal= {arXiv preprint arXiv:1403.6264},
  year   = {2014}
}

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9 pages, 6 figures