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arXiv:1201.6292 · Physical Review A

Method for measuring the entanglement of formation for arbitrary-dimensional pure states

Ming Li, Shao-Ming Fei

Published Jan 30, 2012• 7 citations
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Abstract

Entanglement of formation is an important measure of quantum entanglement. We present an experimental way to measure the entanglement of formation for arbitrary dimensional pure states. The measurement only evolves local quantum mechanical observables.
DOI
10.1103/physreva.85.014304

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