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arXiv:quant-ph/9911008 · Physical Review A

Optimal estimation of two-qubit pure-state entanglement

Antonio Acín, R. Tarrach, Guifré Vidal

Published May 16, 2000• 32 citations
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Abstract

We present optimal measuring strategies for an estimation of the entanglement of unknown two-qubit pure states and of the degree of mixing of unknown single-qubit mixed states, of which N identical copies are available. The most general measuring strategies are considered in both situations, to conclude in the first case that a local, although collective, measurement suffices to estimate entanglement, a nonlocal property, optimally.

DOI
10.1103/physreva.61.062307

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