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We analyze two two-mode continuous variable separable states with the same marginal states. We adopt the definition of classicality in the form of well-defined positive Wigner function describing the state and find that although the states…

Quantum Physics · Physics 2016-04-07 Razieh Taghiabadi , Seyed Javad Akhtarshenas , Mohsen Sarbishaei

The Wigner function is known to evolve classically under the exclusive action of a quadratic hamiltonian. If the system does interact with the environment through Lindblad operators that are linear functions of position and momentum, we…

Quantum Physics · Physics 2009-11-10 O. Brodier , A. M. Ozorio de Almeida

In this paper, we correct a mistake we made in [Phys. Rev. Lett. $\textbf{122}$, 190402 (2019)] and [Phys. Rev. A $\textbf{103}$, 012213 (2021)] regarding the Wigner function of the so-called smoothed Weak-Valued state (SWV state). Here…

Quantum Physics · Physics 2025-08-07 Kiarn T. Laverick , Areeya Chantasri , Howard M. Wiseman

To unequivocally distinguish genuine quantumness from classicality, a widely adopted approach focuses on the negative values of a quasi-distribution representation as compelling evidence of nonclassicality. Prominent examples include the…

Quantum Physics · Physics 2024-11-18 Hong-Bin Chen , Cheng-Hua Liu , Kuan-Lun Lai , Bor-Yann Tseng , Ping-Yuan Lo , Yueh-Nan Chen , Chi-Hua Yu

Wigner negativity, as a well-known indicator of nonclassicality, plays an essential role in quantum computing and simulation using continuous-variable systems. Recently, it has been proven that Einstein-Podolsky-Rosen steering is a…

Quantum Physics · Physics 2022-03-08 Yu Xiang , Shuheng Liu , Jiajie Guo , Qihuang Gong , Nicolas Treps , Qiongyi He , Mattia Walschaers

The presence of negative values in the Wigner quasiprobability distribution is deemed one of the hallmarks of nonclassical phenomena in quantum systems. Here we demonstrate a classical model of squeezed light that, when combined with…

Quantum Physics · Physics 2026-01-27 Brian R. La Cour

Polarization quasiprobability distribution defined in the Stokes space shares many important properties with the Wigner function for the position and momentum. Most notably, they both give correct one-dimensional marginal probability…

Quantum Physics · Physics 2017-08-16 K. Yu. Spasibko , M. V. Chekhova , F. Ya. Khalili

The negativity of the discrete Wigner functions (DWFs) is a measure of non-classicality and is often used to quantify the degree of quantum coherence in a system. The study of Wigner negativity and its evolution under different quantum…

Quantum Physics · Physics 2025-09-03 Jai Lalita , K. G. Paulson , Subhashish Banerjee

The Wigner function plays a central role in QCD as a phase space object encoding correlations among quarks, antiquarks, and gluons, yet its interpretation remains subtle due to its quasiprobabilistic nature and possible negativity. Recent…

High Energy Physics - Phenomenology · Physics 2026-04-07 Chueng-Ryong Ji , Daniel W. Piasecki

We define the Wigner entropy of a quantum state as the differential Shannon entropy of the Wigner function of the state. This quantity is properly defined only for states that possess a positive Wigner function, which we name…

Quantum Physics · Physics 2022-01-03 Zacharie Van Herstraeten , Nicolas J. Cerf

We study Wigner function value statistics of classically chaotic quantum maps on compact 2D phase space. We show that the Wigner function statistics of a random state is a Gaussian, with the mean value becoming negligible compared to the…

Quantum Physics · Physics 2007-05-23 Martin Horvat , Tomaz Prosen

The use of quantum information in technology promises to supersede the so-called classical devices used nowadays. Understanding what features are inherently non-classical is crucial for reaching better-than-classical performance. This…

Quantum Physics · Physics 2022-04-20 Pierre-Emmanuel Emeriau

Starting with the quasi-Bell states of the qubit-oscillator system, we obtain time evolution of the density matrix under the adiabatic approximation. The composite density matrix leads to, via partial tracing of the qubit degree of freedom,…

Quantum Physics · Physics 2015-02-11 R. Chakrabarti , B. Virgin Jenisha

The negativity of a given state's Wigner function has been proposed as a measure of quantumness of that state in a unipartite system. This otherwise physically intuitive and useful phase-space measure however does not yield the right…

Quantum Physics · Physics 2008-11-19 Tyler E Keating , Adam T. C. Steege , Arjendu K. Pattanayak

We study the properties of the discrete Wigner distribution for two qubits introduced by Wotters. In particular, we analyze the entanglement properties within the Wigner distribution picture by considering the negativity of the Wigner…

Quantum Physics · Physics 2009-11-11 R. Franco , V. Penna

We study the Wigner function for a quantum system with a discrete, infinite dimensional Hilbert space, such as a spinless particle moving on a one dimensional infinite lattice. We discuss the peculiarities of this scenario and of the…

Quantum Physics · Physics 2012-10-05 Margarida Hinarejos , A. Pérez , Mari-Carmen Bañuls

In this report we are aiming at introducing a global measure of non-classicality of the state space of $N$-level quantum systems and estimating it in the limit of large $N$. For this purpose we employ the Wigner function negativity as a…

Quantum Physics · Physics 2021-12-30 Vahagn Abgaryan , Arsen Khvedelidze , Ilya Rogojin

Wigner-positive quantum states have the peculiarity to admit a Wigner function that is a genuine probability distribution over phase space. The Shannon differential entropy of the Wigner function of such states -- called Wigner entropy for…

Quantum Physics · Physics 2026-01-27 Zacharie Van Herstraeten , Nicolas J. Cerf

For an ergodic system, the time average of a classical observable coincides with that obtained via the Liouville probability density, a delta-function on the energy shell. Reinterpreting this distribution as a Wigner function, that is, the…

Quantum Physics · Physics 2015-06-19 Alfredo M. Ozorio de Almeida

The Majorana stellar representation is used to characterize spin states that have a maximally negative Wigner quasiprobability distribution on a spherical phase space. These maximally Wigner-negative spin states generally exhibit a partial…

Quantum Physics · Physics 2023-06-21 Jack Davis , Robie Hennigar , Robert B. Mann , Shohini Ghose