Almost all quantum states have non-classical correlations
Abstract
Quantum discord quantifies non-classical correlations in a quantum system including those not captured by entanglement. Thus, only states with zero discord exhibit strictly classical correlations. We prove that these states are negligible in the whole Hilbert space: typically a state picked out at random has positive discord; and, given a state with zero discord, a generic arbitrarily small perturbation drives it to a positive-discord state. These results hold for any Hilbert-space dimension, and have direct implications on quantum computation and on the foundations of the theory of open systems. In addition, we provide a simple necessary criterion for zero quantum discord. Finally, we show that, for almost all positive-discord states, an arbitrary Markovian evolution cannot lead to a sudden, permanent vanishing of discord.
Cite
@article{arxiv.0908.3157,
title = {Almost all quantum states have non-classical correlations},
author = {A. Ferraro and L. Aolita and D. Cavalcanti and F. M. Cucchietti and A. Acin},
journal= {arXiv preprint arXiv:0908.3157},
year = {2015}
}