arXiv:1011.2709 · Physical Review A

Criteria for reliable entanglement quantification with finite data

Jun O. S. Yin, S. J. van Enk

Published Feb 25, 2011• 5 citations

Abstract

We propose one and a half criteria for determining how many measurements are needed to quantify entanglement reliably. We base these criteria on Bayesian analysis of measurement results and apply our methods to four-qubit entanglement, but generalizations to more qubits are straightforward.

DOI: 10.1103/physreva.83.022326

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