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arXiv:quant-ph/0204041 · Journal of Physics A Mathematical and General

Quantify entanglement by concurrence hierarchy

Heng Fan, Keiji Matsumoto, Hiroshi Imai

Published Mar 27, 2003• 59 citations
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Abstract

We define the concurrence hierarchy as d − 1 independent invariants under local unitary transformations in d -level quantum system. The first one is the original concurrence defined by Wootters (1998 Phys. Rev. Lett. 80 2245) and Hill and Wootters (1997 Phys. Rev. Lett. 78 5022) in a two-level quantum system and generalized to the d -level pure quantum state case. We propose to use this concurrence hierarchy as a measurement of entanglement. This measurement does not increase under local quantum operations and classical communication.

DOI
10.1088/0305-4470/36/14/316

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