Physical Review A
Generation and characterization in a laboratory of C2⊗Cd states of flying electrons and ions with negative or positive partial transpose possessing free or bound entanglement
S. Parida, Naresh Chandra
Abstract
In this paper, we show that bipartite states of an electronic qubit and ionic qudit, produced in a laboratory in as simple an experiment as photoionization in electric dipole approximation, can be separable or can possess either free or bound entanglement. The dimension of the Hilbert space of the qudit depends upon the electronic state $|{1}^{+}\ensuremath{\rangle}$ of the residual photoion ${A}^{1+}$: In the absence of spin-orbit interaction (SOI), when Russell-Saunders coupling is applicable, it is equal to the spin multiplicity of $|{1}^{+}\ensuremath{\rangle}$, but becomes (2$J$+1) in $j\ensuremath{-}j$ coupling, where $J$ is the total angular momentum of $|{1}^{+}\ensuremath{\rangle}$ when SOI is taken into account. In the case of $L\ensuremath{-}S$ coupling, all the properties (relevant to a study in quantum information) of a qubit-qudit state can readily be predicted merely with a knowledge of the spins of the atomic target and of the residual photoion which can experimentally be verified by measuring them using an entanglement witness, or any other such protocols, or by doing a full quantum-state tomography.