A pure quantum state of
N subsystems with
d levels each is called
k-multipartite maximally entangled state, which we call a
k-uniform state, if all its reductions to
k qudits are maximally mixed. These states form a natural generalization of
N-qudit Greenberger-Horne-Zeilinger states which belong to the class 1-uniform states. We establish a link between the combinatorial notion of orthogonal arrays and
k-uniform states and prove the existence of several classes of such states for
N-qudit systems. In particular, known Hadamard matrices allow us to explicitly construct 2-uniform states for an arbitrary number of
N>5 qubits. We show that finding a different class of 2-uniform states would imply the Hadamard conjecture, so the full classification of 2-uniform states seems to be currently out of reach. Furthermore, we establish links between the existence of
k-uniform states and classical and quantum error correction codes and provide a graph representation for such states.
We derive absolutely maximally entangled (AME) states from phase states for a multi-qudit system whose dynamics is governed by a two-qudit interaction Hamiltonian of Heisenberg type. AME states are characterized by being maximally entangled for all bipartitions of the multi-qudit system and present absolute multipartite entanglement. The key ingredient of this approach is the theory of phase states for finite-dimensional systems (qudits). We define further the unitary phase operators of [Formula: see text]-qudit systems and we give next the corresponding separable phase states. Using a qudit–qudit Hamiltonian acting as entangling operator on separable phase states, we generate entangled phase states. Finally, from the labeled entangled phase states, we derive the absolutely maximally entangled states.
We derive the entangled thermal mixed states by using the formalism of phase states for a finite-dimensional algebra of a multi-qubit system in contact with an independent thermal environment of absolute temperature [Formula: see text]. Thermal entangled states describing the multi-qubit system in equilibrium with the thermal bath are a special kind of mixed states that exhibit genuine multipartite correlation. We define the unitary phase operators for a multipartite system of non-interacting qubits. Entangled density matrices are derived for qubits interacting via an Hermitian Hamiltonian of Heisenberg type [Formula: see text]. By assuming that the noisy interaction of the entangled qubit ensemble with the bath is governed by a local Hamiltonian [Formula: see text], we show that the entangled phase states can be decohered. When the multi-qubits entangled system reaches the equilibrium with the thermal bath, the decohered mixed states are identified with entangled thermal states. The thermal mixed states for bipartite and multipartite systems are explicitly expressed and their bipartite entanglement properties are investigated.
A pure quantum state is called k-uniform if all its reductions to k-qudit are maximally mixed. We investigate the general constructions of k-uniform pure quantum states of n subsystems with d levels. We provide one construction via symmetric matrices and the second one through the classical error-correcting codes. There are three main results arising from our constructions. First, we show that for any given even n ≥ 2, there always exists an n/2-uniform n-qudit quantum state of level p for sufficiently large prime p. Second, both constructions show that there exist k-uniform n-qudit pure quantum states such that k is proportional to n, i.e., k = Ω(n) although the construction from symmetric matrices in general outperforms the one by error-correcting codes. Third, our symmetric matrix construction provides a positive answer to the open question on whether there exists a 3-uniform n-qudit pure quantum state for all n ≥ 8. In fact, we can further prove that, for every k, there exists a constant Mksuch that there exists a k-uniform n-qudit quantum state for all n ≥ Mk. In addition, by using the concatenation of algebraic geometry codes, we give an explicit construction of k-uniform quantum state when k tends to infinity.
A pure quantum state of
N subsystems with local dimension
d is called a
k-uniform state if every reduction to
k qudits is maximally mixed. Based on a special class of combinatorial design, namely irredundant orthogonal arrays, we show the existence of 2-uniform
N-qudit states when $N\ensuremath{\ge}4$ and
d is a prime power other than 2. In addition, given any Hadamard matrix of order greater than 4, we demonstrate how it can be used to construct 3-uniform multiqubit states. In fact, we find that there exists some 3-uniform
N-qubit when $N\ensuremath{\ge}8$ except case
N=9. These give an answer to a question posed by Goyeneche et al. [Phys. Rev. A 90, 022316 (2014)]. Furthermore, starting from a minimal support
k-uniform state, we show how to generate an orthogonal basis consisting of
k-uniform states. At last, we derive a series of $(k\ensuremath{-}1)$-uniform $(N\ensuremath{-}1)$-qudit states from a single
k-uniform
N-qudit state. The
k-uniform states are good candidates among the multipartite entangled states.
In this work, we investigate the bipartite entanglement of decohered mixed states generated from maximally entangled cluster states of [Formula: see text] qubits physical system. We introduce the disconnected cluster states for an ensemble of [Formula: see text] non-interacting qubits and we give the corresponding separable density matrices. The maximally entangled states can be generated from disconnected cluster states, by assuming that the dynamics of the multi-qubit system is governed by a quadratic Hamiltonian of Ising type. When exposed to a local noisy interaction with the environment, the multi-qubit system evolves from its initial pure maximally entangled state to a decohered mixed state. The decohered mixed states generated from bipartite, tripartite and multipartite maximally entangled cluster states are explicitly expressed and their bipartite entanglements are investigated.