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arXiv:2005.13026 · Physical Review Research

Operational entanglement of symmetry-protected topological edge states

Kyle Monkman, Jesko Sirker

Published Nov 6, 2020• 64 citations
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Abstract

The authors explore the connection between symmetry-protected topological edge states and the amount of operational entanglement that can be transferred to a quantum register, and show that the build-up of entanglement can be inferred from particle number spectroscopy alone.
DOI
10.1103/physrevresearch.2.043191

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