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Invariant measures on multimode quantum Gaussian states

Quantum Physics 2013-01-07 v2 Mathematical Physics math.MP

Abstract

We derive the invariant measure on the manifold of multimode quantum Gaussian states, induced by the Haar measure on the group of Gaussian unitary transformations. To this end, by introducing a bipartition of the system in two disjoint subsystems, we use a parameterization highlighting the role of nonlocal degrees of freedom -- the symplectic eigenvalues -- which characterize quantum entanglement across the given bipartition. A finite measure is then obtained by imposing a physically motivated energy constraint. By averaging over the local degrees of freedom we finally derive the invariant distribution of the symplectic eigenvalues in some cases of particular interest for applications in quantum optics and quantum information.

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@article{arxiv.1202.2456,
  title  = {Invariant measures on multimode quantum Gaussian states},
  author = {C. Lupo and S. Mancini and A. De Pasquale and P. Facchi and G. Florio and S. Pascazio},
  journal= {arXiv preprint arXiv:1202.2456},
  year   = {2013}
}

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17 pages, comments are welcome. v2: presentation improved and typos corrected. Close to the published version

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