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The most robust entangled state of light

Quantum Physics 2009-11-10 v2

Abstract

We study how photon absorption losses degrade the bipartite entanglement of entangled states of light. We consider two questions: (i) what state contains the smallest average number of photons given a fixed amount of entanglement? and (ii) what state is the most robust against photon absorption? We explain why the two-mode squeezed state is the answer to the first question but not quite to the second question.

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@article{arxiv.quant-ph/0412221,
  title  = {The most robust entangled state of light},
  author = {S. J. van Enk and O. Hirota},
  journal= {arXiv preprint arXiv:quant-ph/0412221},
  year   = {2009}
}

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9 figures, 7 pages, 2 authors

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