This dissertation describes the application of symmetry to multipartite quantum systems from the viewpoint of quantum information theory. It is written in the framework of abstract quantum information theory, i.e. without distinguishing the physical nature of the d-level systems considered. The results are mathematically rigorous and aim at investigating entanglement properties as well as operational properties of states of multipartite systems. The first chapter gathers the mathematical tools and concepts needed in the following chapters and can be omitted by the experienced reader. In chapter two we apply the concept of symmetry to multipartite systems and show how to construct families of symmetric states that can be described by few parameters only regardless of the size of single systems. Chapter three is devoted to the states of tripartite systems having Werner symmetry. We characterize their separability properties and analyze the strength of the known separability criteria. Furthermore we investigate their entanglement properties in terms of the relative entropy of entanglement, the entanglement monotone induced by the trace norm distance and the maximal violation of Bell inequalities. As a third aspect we analyze the possibility of embedding bipartite Werner states and explore the inner geometry of the manifold given by the statistical distance of two neighbouring tripartite Werner states. In the fourth chapter we introduce multipartite quantum data hiding as an application of multipartite Werner states. We prove the security of this protocol for any coalition and give various examples. The last chapter is concerned with the shared fidelity, its frustration and how it can be maximized in certain multipartite systems.
This dissertation describes the application of symmetry to multipartite quantum systems from the viewpoint of quantum information theory. It is written in the framework of abstract quantum information theory, i.e. without distinguishing the physical nature of the d-level systems considered. The results are mathematically rigorous and aim at investigating entanglement properties as well as operational properties of states of multipartite systems. The first chapter gathers the mathematical tools and concepts needed in the following chapters and can be omitted by the experienced reader. In chapter two we apply the concept of symmetry to multipartite systems and show how to construct families of symmetric states that can be described by few parameters only regardless of the size of single systems. Chapter three is devoted to the states of tripartite systems having Werner symmetry. We characterize their separability properties and analyze the strength of the known separability criteria. Furthermore we investigate their entanglement properties in terms of the relative entropy of entanglement, the entanglement monotone induced by the trace norm distance and the maximal violation of Bell inequalities. As a third aspect we analyze the possibility of embedding bipartite Werner states and explore the inner geometry of the manifold given by the statistical distance of two neighbouring tripartite Werner states. In the fourth chapter we introduce multipartite quantum data hiding as an application of multipartite Werner states. We prove the security of this protocol for any coalition and give various examples. The last chapter is concerned with the shared fidelity, its frustration and how it can be maximized in certain multipartite systems.
One of the key manifestations of quantum mechanics is the phenomenon of quantum entanglement. While the entanglement of bipartite systems is already well understood, our knowledge of entanglement in multipartite systems is still limited. This dissertation covers various aspects of the quantification of entanglement in multipartite states and the role of symmetry in such systems. Firstly, we establish a connection between the classification of multipartite entanglement and knot theory and investigate the family of states that are resistant to particle loss. Furthermore, we construct several examples of such states using the Majorana representation as well as some combinatorial methods. Secondly, we introduce classes of highly-symmetric but not fully-symmetric states and investigate their entanglement properties. Thirdly, we study the well-established class of Absolutely Maximally Entangled (AME) quantum states. On one hand, we provide construction of new states belonging to this family, for instance, an AME state of 4 subsystems with six levels each, on the other, we tackle the problem of equivalence of such states. Finally, we present a novel approach for the general problem of verification of the equivalence between any pair of arbitrary quantum states based on a single polynomial entanglement measure.
Quantum entanglement is a key property of quantum information theory, that is at the heart of numerous promising applications in fields such as quantum cryptography, quantum computing or quantum sensing. In the past decades, the advent of such innovative technologies has reinforced the need for a better understanding of entanglement. The aim of this thesis is to contribute to this effort through the development of new tools targeting the characterization of several features of entanglement. Concerning the issue of entanglement detection, we present an optimization of the approach that exploits the concept of generalized concurrences to solve the separability problem for pure states. We then reformulate the separability question of mixed states into a matrix analysis problem, from which we obtain general separability criteria for multipartite states of ranks two and three. We also briefly discuss some properties of separable states. In particular, we characterize optimal separable decompositions of symmetric (i.e. permutation invariant) states of two and three qubits with maximal rank properties. Regarding the quantification of entanglement, we propose a function to quantify the entanglement of symmetric multiqubit states within classes of entangled states gathering states that are stochastically equivalent through local operations assisted with classical communication. This function establishes a link between the amount of entanglement of a symmetric state and the distribution of its Majorana points on the Bloch sphere. We finally investigate the robustness of entanglement with respect to particle loss and provide a full description of all multiqubit states that are fragile for the loss of one of their qubits. For symmetric states, the fragility for the loss of one qubit is shown to be related to a particular symmetry of the Majorana points.
The study and characterisation of quantum entanglement represents an extended effort within the field of quantum information. This thesis addresses two problems. The first regards entanglement in open systems, where it’s more difficult to define a dichotomic (two outcome) observable due to population loss. The second problem concerns genuine multipartite entanglement, that is entanglement between many particles in states that cannot be separable with respect to any possible bipartition of a system.\nThe first chapter consists of an introduction to the basic elements of quantum mechanics and quantum information theory. We briefly describe a few historical facts about quantum mechanics and the study of entanglement, to help put things into perspective.\nThe second chapter is a detailed discussion of the neutral kaon system. These particles are produced in pairs and are described as a particle-antiparticle system. This system displays some unique properties like the violation of CP-symmetry, and shares some characteristics with other mesons, such as neutral particle oscillation and decay. This makes formulating Bell-type inequalities for them more difficult, but also provides the opportunity for new tests.\nThe third chapter continues with the presentation of an already existent effective formalism for performing Bell tests on neutral kaons. The essence of the formalism is a switch to the Heisenberg picture, transferring the time evolution and dependence on measurement directions to a so-called effective operator. This has many advantages, some of the most important being a proper normalization during population loss (due to decay), an easy application to\nthe case of multiple particles and the fact that it allows one to observe entanglement within the system for a relatively long amount of time. The final part presents a way to simulate neutral kaons with atomic systems, namely with Ytterbium isotopes and discuss what are the differences between these atomic systems and neutral kaons.\nThe second part of the thesis treats the problem of proving genuine multipartite entanglement from separable two-body marginals. For this, an introduction to semidefinite programming is necessary due to the fact that the problem under study can be formulated in terms of this method. We will briefly discuss linear and semidefinite programming as well as the concept of duality and provide some basic examples.\nThe formal description of this problem and previous results are provided in the fifth chapter. Our result shows that, through a cyclic iteration between two SDPs, one obtains states with the desired properties. Using this method we managed to go up to six qubit states for various configurations. From this we can construct higher-dimensional states having the same properties.
In the studies of quantum information and computation, the quantum correlations
present in a non-classical system are seen as natural resources. In this
thesis, we present a detailed study on quantification and characterization of
multipartite quantum entanglement from a geometric perspective. Furthermore,
we present protocols and algorithms where quantum correlations such
as entanglement, quantum Fisher information, and quantum superposition
have been used to provide advantages as well securities in quantum communication
tasks, quantum speed-up, and protection against the decoherence in
an open quantum system.
First, we use a geometric measure of entanglement quantification based
on Euclidean distance of the Hermitian matrices to obtain the minimum distance
between the set of bipartite n- qudit density matrices with a positive
partial transpose and the maximally mixed state. This minimum distance coincides
with the radius of the largest separable ball. We present the interior
geometry of the set of all positive semidefinite matrices and identify a particular
class of Werner states for which the Peres-Horodecki criterion is both
necessary and sufficient for separability even in the dimensions greater than
six.
We review the theory of continuous-variable entanglement with special emphasis on foundational aspects, conceptual structures and mathematical methods. Much attention is devoted to the discussion of separability criteria and entanglement properties of Gaussian states, for their great practical relevance in applications to quantum optics and quantum information, as well as for the very clean framework that they allow for the study of the structure of nonlocal correlations. We give a self-contained introduction to phase-space and symplectic methods in the study of Gaussian states of infinite-dimensional bosonic systems. We review the most important results on the separability and distillability of Gaussian states and discuss the main properties of bipartite entanglement. These include the extremal entanglement, minimal and maximal, of two-mode mixed Gaussian states, the ordering of two-mode Gaussian states according to different measures of entanglement, the unitary (reversible) localization and the scaling of bipartite entanglement in multimode Gaussian states. We then discuss recent advances in the understanding of entanglement sharing in multimode Gaussian states, including the proof of the monogamy inequality of distributed entanglement for all Gaussian states. Multipartite entanglement of Gaussian states is reviewed by discussing its qualification by different classes of separability, and the main consequences of the monogamy inequality, such as the quantification of genuine tripartite entanglement in three-mode Gaussian states, the promiscuous nature of entanglement sharing in symmetric Gaussian states and the possible coexistence of unlimited bipartite and multipartite entanglement. We finally review recent advances and discuss possible perspectives on the qualification and quantification of entanglement in non-Gaussian states, a field of research that is to a large extent yet to be explored.
In this PhD thesis, several aspects regarding maximal entanglement are analyzed. In the first chapter, Bell Inequalities are analyzed from an operational perspective as well as novel Bell inequalities are obtained together with their optimal settings for a maximal violation. Multipartite figures of merit, in particular, the hyperdeterminant, are the subject of the second chapter. They are applied to detect quantum phase transitions in several spin models. The third chapter focuses on the simulation of the XY model in a quantum computer. The quantum circuit obtained is tested in three current quantum devices. Quantum computers must be able to generate and hold highly entangled states in order to show a quantum advantage. This statement is analyzed in chapter four, where quantum circuits for maximally entangled states are presented. Finally, chapter five analyzes how maximal entanglement is generated at its fundamental level. Maximal entanglement constraints the QED vertex interaction and predicts a value for the weak mixing angle close to the experimental value.