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arXiv:quant-ph/0109124

Mixed-state entanglement and quantum communication

Michał Horodecki, Paweł Horodecki, Ryszard Horodecki

Published Sep 25, 2001• 27 citations
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Abstract

We present basics of mixed-state entanglement theory. The first part of the article is devoted to mathematical characterizations of entangled states. In second part we discuss the question of using mixed-state entanglement for quantum communication. In particular, a type of entanglement that is not directly useful for quantum communcation (called bound entanglement) is analysed in detail.

DOI
10.48550/arxiv.quant-ph/0109124

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