Laser Physics Letters
Nonlocality advantages of Kirkwood–Dirac nonclassicality based on l 1 -norm
Kai-Feng Hu, Yang Liu, Zhihua Guo, Huaixin Cao
Abstract
Abstract Quantum steering is an important resource in quantum information processing, while Kirkwood–Dirac distribution plays a significant role in quantum information tasks. In this work, we discuss quantum steerability of a bipartite state shared by Alice and Bob using the Kirkwood–Dirac nonclassicality (KDNC) of Bob’s states after Alice performs a set of measurements. We use three l 1 -norm quantifiers of the KDNC of a qubit state with respect to three pairs of mutually unbiased bases to obtain a complementarity relation. Furthermore, for a d × 2 state and a measurement assemblage from Alice, we consider the total averaged KDNC of Bob’s states and then establish a steering inequality. A violation of the inequality exhibits the steerability of the state from Alice to Bob. An application to the Werner states shows the efficiency of our method.