arXiv:1105.4821 · Open Systems & Information Dynamics

Geometry of Entanglement Witnesses for Two Qutrits

Dariusz Chruściński, Filip Wudarski

Published Dec 1, 2011• 18 citations

Abstract

We characterize a convex subset of entanglement witnesses for two qutrits. Equivalently, we provide a characterization of the set of positive maps in the matrix algebra of 3 × 3 complex matrices. It turns out that boundary of this set displays elegant representation in terms of SO(2) rotations. We conjecture that maps parametrized by rotations are optimal, i.e. they provide the strongest tool for detecting quantum entanglement. As a byproduct we found a new class of decomposable entanglement witnesses parametrized by improper rotations from the orthogonal group O(2).

DOI: 10.1142/s1230161211000261

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