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We introduce the general catalysts for pure entanglement transformations under local operations and classical communications in such a way that we disregard the profit and loss of entanglement of the catalysts per se. As such, the…

Quantum Physics · Physics 2015-06-26 Wei Song , Yan Huang , Nai-Le Liu , Zeng-Bing Chen

Determining whether a given state can be transformed into a target state using free operations is one of the fundamental questions in the study of resources theories. Free operations in resource theories can be enhanced by allowing for a…

Quantum Physics · Physics 2022-10-05 Roberto Rubboli , Marco Tomamichel

Entanglement is a fundamental resource in quantum information processing, yet understanding its manipulation and transformation remains a challenge. Many tasks rely on highly entangled pure states, but obtaining such states is often…

Quantum Physics · Physics 2024-12-24 Ray Ganardi , Tulja Varun Kondra , Alexander Streltsov

Catalysis refers to the possibility of performing an otherwise impossible local state transformation by sharing an additional state, i.e. a catalyst, which is returned at the end of the protocol. There is a stronger version, known as…

Quantum Physics · Physics 2025-12-01 Guillermo Díez-Pastor , Julio I. de Vicente

Quantum thermodynamics is a research field that aims at fleshing out the ultimate limits of thermodynamic processes in the deep quantum regime. A complete picture of quantum thermodynamics allows for catalysts, i.e., systems facilitating…

Quantum Physics · Physics 2015-09-02 Nelly Huei Ying Ng , Laura Mančinska , Cristina Cirstoiu , Jens Eisert , Stephanie Wehner

Quantum catalysts enable transformations that otherwise would be forbidden, offering a pathway to surpass conventional limits in quantum information processing. Among them, embezzling catalysts stand out for achieving near-perfect…

Quantum Physics · Physics 2025-10-31 Haitao Ma , Yantong Li , Yingchun Kang , Bing Yu , Junjing Xing , Zhaobing Fan , Yunlong Xiao

We analyze the existence of activable bound entangled states in multi-particle systems. We first give a series of examples which illustrate some different ways in which bound entangled states can be activated by letting some of the parties…

Quantum Physics · Physics 2009-11-06 W. Dür , J. I. Cirac

We investigate the basic constraint on amplifying the asymmetry in quantum states with correlated catalysts. Here a correlated catalyst is a finite-dimensional auxiliary, which exactly preserves its reduced state while allowed to become…

Quantum Physics · Physics 2021-02-11 Feng Ding , Xueyuan Hu , Heng Fan

There has been much discussion recently regarding entanglement transformations in terms of local filtering operations and whether the optimal entanglement for an arbitrary two-qubit state could be realised. We introduce an experimentally…

Quantum Physics · Physics 2009-11-07 R. T. Thew , W. J. Munro

The majorization relation has been shown to be useful in classifying which transformations of jointly held quantum states are possible using local operations and classical communication. In some cases, a direct transformation between two…

Quantum Physics · Physics 2013-05-29 Sumit Daftuar , Matthew Klimesh

We introduce two entanglement conditions that take the form of inequalities involving expectation values of operators. These conditions are sufficient conditions for entanglement, that is if they are satisfied the state is entangled, but if…

Quantum Physics · Physics 2015-05-19 Mark Hillery , Ho Trung Dung , Hongjun Zheng

Quantum resource manipulation may include an ancillary state called a catalyst, which aids the transformation while restoring its original form at the end, and characterizing the enhancement enabled by catalysts is essential to reveal the…

Quantum Physics · Physics 2022-06-15 Ryuji Takagi , Naoto Shiraishi

Entanglement is a key quantum resource in various quantum protocols, with a rich set of laws governing its manipulation. In this context, catalysis refers to the possibility of an auxiliary state that enables a previously forbidden…

Quantum Physics · Physics 2026-05-07 Ray Ganardi

We consider the actions of protocols involving local quantum operations and classical communication (LQCC) on a single system consisting of two separated qubits. We give a complete description of the orbits of the space of states under LQCC…

Quantum Physics · Physics 2009-10-31 Adrian Kent , Noah Linden , Serge Massar

Suppose Alice and Bob try to transform an entangled state shared between them into another one by local operations and classical communications. Then in general a certain amount of entanglement contained in the initial state will decrease…

Quantum Physics · Physics 2007-05-23 Runyao Duan , Yuan Feng , Mingsheng Ying

We quantify the capability of creating entanglement for a general physical interaction acting on two qubits. We give a procedure for optimizing the generation of entanglement. We also show that a Hamiltonian can create more entanglement if…

Quantum Physics · Physics 2011-06-02 W. Dür , G. Vidal , J. I. Cirac , N. Linden , S. Popescu

We provide a class of inequalities for detecting entanglements in multi-mode systems. Necessary conditions for fully separable, bi-separable and sufficient conditions for fully entangled states are explicitly presented.

Quantum Physics · Physics 2007-05-23 Zong-Guo Li , Shao-Ming Fei , Zhi-Xi Wang , Ke Wu

The distribution of typical bipartite pure states is studied within the framework of state transformation via local operation and classical communication (LOCC). We report the statistics of comparable and incomparable states in different…

Quantum Physics · Physics 2022-11-14 Rivu Gupta , Arghya Maity , Shiladitya Mal , Aditi Sen De

We show that the classification of bi-partite pure entangled states when local quantum operations are restricted yields a structure that is analogous in many respects to that of mixed-state entanglement. Specifically, we develop this…

Quantum Physics · Physics 2007-05-23 Stephen D. Bartlett , Andrew C. Doherty , Robert W. Spekkens , H. M. Wiseman

Catalytic coherence transformations allow the otherwise impossible state transformations using only incoherent operations with the aid of an auxiliary system with finite coherence which is not being consumed in anyway. Here we find the…

Quantum Physics · Physics 2016-04-21 Kaifeng Bu , Uttam Singh , Junde Wu