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arXiv:1204.6340 · Laser Physics Letters

Generalized criterion for a maximally multi-qubit entangled state

Xin-Wei Zha, Chenzhi Yuan, Yanpeng Zhang

Published Feb 14, 2013• 56 citations

Abstract

We first present a generalized criterion for maximally entangled states of 2–8 and in theory to arbitrary-number qubits. By this criterion, some known highly entangled multi-qubit states are examined and a new genuine eight-qubit maximally entangled state is obtained. For the four-, seven- and eight-qubit system in which no perfect maximally multi-qubit entangled state (MMES) was thought to exist before, we find that the proven four- and eight-qubit MMESs and the suspected seven-qubit MMES, are not completely mixed in subsystems with two, four and three qubits, respectively, but are completely mixed in subsystems with fewer qubits. The new criterion and MMES can play important roles in quantum information technology, such as teleportation and dense coding.

DOI: 10.1088/1612-2011/10/4/045201

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