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arXiv:2406.03945 · Physical Review A

Locally inaccessible hidden quantum correlations

Andrés F. Ducuara, Cristian E. Susa, Paul Skrzypczyk

Published Aug 26, 2024• 2 citations
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Abstract

We prove, modulo a conjecture on quantum steering ellipsoids being true, the existence of the phenomenon of locally inaccessible hidden quantum correlations, that is, the existence of two-particle states whose hidden quantum correlations cannot be revealed by local filters implemented exclusively on one side of the experiment but that can still be revealed when both parties cooperate in applying judiciously chosen local filters. The quantum correlations considered here are the violation of the Clauser-Horne-Shimony-Holt (CHSH) inequality for Bell nonlocality and the violation of the ${F}_{3}$ inequality for Einstein-Podolsky-Rosen steering. Specifically, we provide a necessary criterion for guaranteeing the presence of such phenomena for arbitrary two-qubit states. This criterion in turn relies on the conjecture that the maximal violations of CHSH inequality and ${F}_{3}$ inequality are both upper bounded by functions that depend on the magnitude of the quantum steering ellipsoid center. This latter conjecture, although currently lacking an analytical proof, is supported by numerical results. We use this necessary criterion to explicitly show examples of two-qubit states with locally inaccessible hidden quantum correlations and furthermore two-qubit states with locally inaccessible maximal hidden quantum correlations.

DOI
10.1103/physreva.110.022435

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We derive an inequality that is necessary and sufficient to show Einstein-Podolsky-Rosen (EPR) steering in a scenario employing only correlations between two arbitrary dichotomic measurements on each party. Thus the inequality is a complete steering analogy of the Clauser-Horne-Shimony-Holt (CHSH) inequality, a generalization of the result of Cavalcanti et al. [E. G. Cavalcanti, C. J. Foster, M. Fuwa, and H. M. Wiseman, JOSA B 32, A74 (2015)]. We show that violation of the inequality only requires measuring over equivalence classes of mutually unbiased measurements on the trusted party and that in fact assuming a general two-qubit system arbitrary pairs of distinct projective measurements at the trusted party are equally useful. Via this it is found that for a given state the maximum violation of our EPR-steering inequality is equal to that for the CHSH inequality, so all states that are EPR steerable with CHSH-type correlations are also Bell nonlocal.
It is well known that quantum correlations such as quantum nonlocality and steering can be revealed by means of the implementation of local filters or stochastic local operation and classical communication (SLOCC). This means that bipartite quantum states that are entangled but local (unsteerable), can be driven locally to quantum nonlocal (steerable) states. However, there does not exist a criterion telling us whether the revealed quantum correlation is accessible by locally implementing on a single party, or both parties are required to cooperate by implementing local filters. In this work, we proposed a criterion based on the quantum steering ellipsoid and provided examples of two-qubit states with locally inaccessible quantum correlations.
We report on the existence of the phenomenon of sudden birth of maximal hidden quantum correlations in open quantum systems. Specifically, we consider the CHSH-inequality for Bell-nonlocality, the F3\rm F_3F3​-inequality for EPR-steering, and usefulness for teleportation as quantum correlations in a bipartite qubit system under collective decoherence due to an environment. We show that, even though the system may undergo a sudden birth of entanglement, neither of the aforementioned correlations are present and yet, these can still be revealed by means of local filtering operations, thus evidencing the presence of hidden quantum correlations. Furthermore, there are extreme versions of this phenomenon for which the revealed correlations achieve their maximal amount allowed by quantum theory. The phenomenon of maximal hidden correlations relies on the qubits collective damping, and may take place even in long-distance separated qubits. These results prove that apparently-useless physical systems as quantum registers could still exhibit maximal correlations, which are hidden from us, but that can still be accessed by means of local filtering operations.
Quantum nonlocality has recently been classified into three distinct types: quantum entanglement, Einstein-Podolsky-Rosen (EPR) steering, and Bell's nonlocality. Experimentally Bell's nonlocality is usually tested by quantum violation of the Clause-Horne-Shimony-Holt (CHSH) inequality in the two-qubit system. Bell's nonlocality is the strongest type of nonlocality, also due this reason Bell-test experiments have encountered both the locality loophole and the detection loophole for a very long time. As a weaker nonlocality, EPR steering naturally escapes from the locality loophole and is correspondingly easier to be demonstrated without the detection loophole. In this work, we trigger an extraordinary approach to investigate Bell's nonlocality, which is strongly based on the EPR steering. We present a theorem, showing that for any two-qubit state τττ, if its mapped state ρρρ is EPR steerable, then the state τττ must be Bell nonlocal. The result not only pinpoints a deep connection between EPR steering and Bell's nonlocality, but also sheds a new light to realize a loophole-free Bell-test experiment (without the CHSH inequality) through the violation of steering inequality.
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We investigate the steerability of two-qubit Bell-diagonal states under projective measurements by the steering party. In the simplest nontrivial scenario of two projective measurements, we solve this problem completely by virtue of the connection between the steering problem and the joint-measurement problem. A necessary and sufficient criterion is derived together with a simple geometrical interpretation. Our study shows that a Bell-diagonal state is steerable by two projective measurements iff it violates the Clauser-Horne-Shimony-Holt (CHSH) inequality, in sharp contrast with the strict hierarchy expected between steering and Bell nonlocality. We also introduce a steering measure and clarify its connections with concurrence and the volume of the steering ellipsoid. In particular, we determine the maximal concurrence and ellipsoid volume of Bell-diagonal states that are not steerable by two projective measurements. Finally, we explore the steerability of Bell-diagonal states under three projective measurements. A simple sufficient criterion is derived, which can detect the steerability of many states that are not steerable by two projective measurements. Our study offers valuable insight on steering of Bell-diagonal states as well as the connections between entanglement, steering, and Bell nonlocality.