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Chinese Physics B

Transformation relation between coherence and entanglement for two-qubit states

Qing-Yun Zhou, Xiao‐Gang Fan, Fa Zhao, Dong Wang, Ye Liu

Published May 29, 2022• 1 citation
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Abstract

Entanglement and coherence are two important resources in quantum information theory. A question naturally arises: Is there some connection between them? We prove that the entanglement of formation and the first-order coherence of two-qubit states satisfy an inequality relation. Two-qubit pure state reaches the upper bound of this inequality. A large number of randomly generated states are used to intuitively verify the complementarity between the entanglement of formation and the first-order coherence. We give the maximum accessible coherence of two-qubit states. Our research results will provide a reliable theoretical basis for conversion of the two quantum resources.

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10.1088/1674-1056/ac7454

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