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Euler angles parametrization of a two qubit system

Aleksander Aleksiev Stefanov, Dimitar M. Mladenov

Published Jan 1, 2019• 0 citations

Abstract

We present a Cartan decomposition of SU(4), analogous to the Euler angles decomposition for SO(3). It can be used to parameterize the pure states of a two-qubit system and its relation to entanglement is briefly discussed. We also give a formula for the entanglement entropy in terms of this parametrization.

DOI: 10.1063/1.5127498

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