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arXiv:quant-ph/0202139 · Physical Review A

Three-particle entanglement versus three-particle nonlocality

Jose Luis Cereceda

Published Aug 12, 2002• 48 citations
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Abstract

The notions of three-particle entanglement and three-particle nonlocality are discussed in the light of Svetlichny's inequality [Phys. Rev. D 35, 3066 (1987)]. It is shown that there exist sets of measurements, which can be used to prove three-particle entanglement, but which are nevertheless useless at proving three-particle nonlocality. In particular, it is shown that the quantum predictions giving a maximal violation of Mermin's three-particle Bell inequality [Phys. Rev. Lett. 65, 1838 (1990)] can be reproduced by a hybrid hidden variables model in which nonlocal correlations are present only between two of the particles. It should be possible, however, to test the existence of both three-particle entanglement and three-particle nonlocality for any given quantum state via Svetlichny's inequality.

DOI
10.1103/physreva.66.024102

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The notions of three-particle entanglement and three-particle nonlocality are discussed in the light of Svetlichny's inequality [Phys. Rev. D 35, 3066 (1987)]. It is shown that there exist sets of measurements, which can be used to prove three-particle entanglement, but which are nevertheless useless at proving three-particle nonlocality. In particular, it is shown that the quantum predictions giving a maximal violation of Mermin's three-particle Bell inequality [Phys. Rev. Lett. 65, 1838 (1990)] can be reproduced by a hybrid hidden variables model in which nonlocal correlations are present only between two of the particles. It should be possible, however, to test the existence of both three-particle entanglement and three-particle nonlocality for any given quantum state via Svetlichny's inequality.
The notion of genuine three-particle nonlocality introduced by Svetlichny [Phys. Rev. D 35, 10, 3066 (1987)] is discussed. Svetlichny's inequality, which can distinguish between genuine three-particle and three-particle nonlocality that is based on underlying two-particle nonlocality, is analyzed by reinterpreting it as a frustrated network of correlations. Its quantum-mechanical maximum violation is derived and a situation is presented that produces the maximum violation. We show that recent beautiful experiments to demonstrate nonlocality for a three-party state by the GHZ paradox, although demonstrating nonlocality, do not allow any violation of the Svetlichny inequality. However, we show that with only minor modifications to the measurements performed, the experiments would be far more powerful and able to demonstrate genuine three-party nonlocality.
The violation of the Svetlichny's inequality (SI) [Phys. Rev. D 35, 3066 (1987)] is sufficient but not necessary for genuine tripartite nonlocal correlations. Here we quantify the relationship between tripartite entanglement and the maximum expectation value of the Svetlichny operator (which is bounded from above by the inequality) for the two inequivalent subclasses of pure three-qubit states: the Greenberger-Horne-Zeilinger (GHZ) class and the WWW class. We show that the maximum for the GHZ-class states reduces to Mermin's inequality [Phys. Rev. Lett. 65, 1838 (1990)] modulo a constant factor, and although it is a function of the three tangle and the residual concurrence, large numbers of states do not violate the inequality. We further show that by design SI is more suitable as a measure of genuine tripartite nonlocality between the three qubits in the WWW-class states, and the maximum is a certain function of the bipartite entanglement (the concurrence) of the three reduced states, and only when their sum attains a certain threshold value do they violate the inequality.
In a multipartite setting, it is possible to distinguish quantum states that are genuinely nnn-way entangled from those that are separable with respect to some bipartition. Similarly, the nonlocal correlations that can arise from measurements on entangled states can be classified into those that are genuinely nnn-way nonlocal, and those that are local with respect to some bipartition. Svetlichny introduced an inequality intended as a test for genuine tripartite nonlocality. This work introduces two alternative definitions of nnn-way nonlocality, which we argue are better motivated both from the point of view of the study of nature, and from the point of view of quantum information theory. We show that these definitions are strictly weaker than Svetlichny's, and introduce a series of suitable Bell-type inequalities for the detection of three-way nonlocality. Numerical evidence suggests that all three-way entangled pure quantum states can produce three-way nonlocal correlations.
It is well known that quantum mechanics is incompatible with local realistic theories. Svetlichny showed, through the development of a Bell-like inequality, that quantum mechanics is also incompatible with a restricted class of nonlocal realistic theories for three particles where any two-body nonlocal correlations are allowed (Svetlichny 1987 Phys. Rev. D 35 3066). In the present work, we experimentally generate three-photon GHZ states to test Svetlichny's inequality. Our states are fully characterized by quantum state tomography using an overcomplete set of measurements and have a fidelity of (84±1)% with the target state. We measure a convincing, 3.6σ, violation of Svetlichny's inequality and rule out this class of restricted nonlocal realistic models.
According to the studies of genuine tripartite nonlocality in discrete variable quantum systems conducted so far, Svetlichny inequality is considered as the best Bell-type inequality to detect genuine (three way) nonlocality of pure tripartite genuine entangled states. In the present work, we have considered another Bell-type inequality (which has been reported as the 99th facet of NS 2 local polytope in Bancal et al (2013 Phys. Rev. A 88 014102 ), to reveal genuine tripartite nonlocality of generalized GHZ (Greenberger–Horne–Zeilinger) class and a subclass of extended GHZ class states Acín et al (2000 Phys. Rev. Lett. 85 1560 ) thereby proving the conjecture given by Bancal et al (2013 Phys. Rev. A 88 014102 ) for the GGHZ class and the subclass of extended GHZ states. We compare the violation of this inequality with Svetlichny inequality which reveals the efficiency of the former inequality over the latter to demonstrate genuine nonlocality using the above classes of quantum states. Even in some cases discord monogamy score can be used as a better measure of quantum correlation over Svetlichny inequality for those classes of pure states. Besides, the 99th facet inequality is found efficient not only for revealing genuine nonlocal behavior of correlations emerging in systems using pure entangled states but also in some cases of mixed entangled states over Svetlichny inequality and some well known measures of entanglement.
In a recent article [Phys. Rev. A 54, 1793 (1996)] Krenn and Zeilinger investigated the conditioned two-particle correlations for the subensemble of data obtained by selecting the results of the spin measurements by two observers 1 and 2 with respect to the result found in the corresponding measurement by a third observer. In this paper we write out explicitly the condition required in order for the selected results of observers 1 and 2 to violate Bell's inequality for general measurement directions $e{\ensuremath{\rightarrow}}_{1},$ $e{\ensuremath{\rightarrow}}_{1}^{\ensuremath{'}},$ $e{\ensuremath{\rightarrow}}_{2},$ $e{\ensuremath{\rightarrow}}_{2}^{\ensuremath{'}},$ and $e{\ensuremath{\rightarrow}}_{3}.$ It is shown that there are infinitely many sets of directions giving the maximum level of violation. Further, we extend the analysis by the authors to the class of triorthogonal states $|\ensuremath{\Psi}〉{=c}_{1}|{z}_{1}〉|{z}_{2}〉|{z}_{3}〉{+c}_{2}|\ensuremath{-}{z}_{1}〉|\ensuremath{-}{z}_{2}〉|\ensuremath{-}{z}_{3}〉.$ It is found that a maximal violation of Bell's inequality occurs provided the corresponding three-particle state yields a direct (``all or nothing'') nonlocality contradiction.