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arXiv:1610.09302 · Physical Review Letters

Anisotropic Invariance and the Distribution of Quantum Correlations

Shuming Cheng, Michael J. W. Hall

Published Jan 5, 2017• 41 citations
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Abstract

We report the discovery of two new invariants for three-qubit states which, similarly to the three-tangle, are invariant under local unitary transformations and permutations of the parties. These quantities have a direct interpretation in terms of the anisotropy of pairwise spin correlations. Applications include a universal ordering of pairwise quantum correlation measures for pure three-qubit states; trade-off relations for anisotropy, three-tangle and Bell nonlocality; strong monogamy relations for Bell inequalities, Einstein-Podolsky-Rosen steering inequalities, geometric discord and fidelity of remote state preparation (including results for arbitrary three-party states); and a statistical and reference-frame-independent form of quantum secret sharing.

DOI
10.1103/physrevlett.118.010401

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Quantum nonlocality is an essential resource in quantum information and is commonly classified into three distinct forms: quantum entanglement, Einstein-Podolsky-Rosen (EPR) steering, and Bell's nonlocality. Gisin's theorem shows that pure-state entanglement implies Bell nonlocality, and it motivates the question of how entanglement and EPR steering are related beyond pure states. Here we prove that every entangled rank-2 two-qubit state is EPR steerable, with rank-1 states included as a special case. The proof combines a local-unitary parametrization of rank-2 two-qubit states, a necessary and sufficient separability condition, and a state-dependent nonlinear steering inequality. This gives an analytical characterization of EPR steerability for rank-2 two-qubit entangled states. Thus, rank-2 two-qubit entangled states provide certifiable EPR-steering resources in quantum information.