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arXiv:quant-ph/0103137 · Physical Review A

Separability properties of three-mode Gaussian states

G. Giedke, Barbara Kraus, Maciej Lewenstein, J. I. Cirac

Published Oct 8, 2001• 195 citations
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Abstract

We derive a necessary and sufficient condition for the separability of tripartite three-mode Gaussian states that is easy to check for any such state. We give a classification of the separability properties of those systems and show how to determine for any state to which class it belongs. We show that there exist genuinely tripartite bound entangled states and point out how to construct and prepare such states.

DOI
10.1103/physreva.64.052303

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