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Quantum steering with positive operator valued measures

Quantum Physics 2018-08-15 v2

Abstract

We address the problem of quantum nonlocality with positive operator valued measures (POVM) in the context of Einstein-Podolsky-Rosen quantum steering. We show that, given a candidate for local hidden state (LHS) ensemble, the problem of determining the steerability of a bipartite quantum state of finite dimension with POVMs can be formulated as a nesting problem of two convex objects. One consequence of this is the strengthening of the theorem that justifies choosing the LHS ensemble based on symmetry of the bipartite state. As a more practical application, we study the classic problem of the steerability of two-qubit Werner states with POVMs. We show strong numerical evidence that these states are unsteerable with POVMs up to a mixing probability of 12\frac{1}{2} within an accuracy of 10310^{-3}.

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@article{arxiv.1706.08166,
  title  = {Quantum steering with positive operator valued measures},
  author = {H. Chau Nguyen and Antony Milne and Thanh Vu and Sania Jevtic},
  journal= {arXiv preprint arXiv:1706.08166},
  year   = {2018}
}

Comments

12 pages, 6 figures, comments welcome. This improved version has new discussion about symmetry of the state and its implications for LHS ensembles, moreover, we reveal that local hidden state models can always be taken over pure quantum states

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