Witnessing quantum discord in 2 x N systems
Witnessing quantum discord in 2 x N systems
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DOI:
10.1103/physreva.81.062102
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发表时间:
2010-04
影响因子:
2.9
通讯作者:
B. Bylicka;D. Chruściński
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作者:
B. Bylicka;D. Chruściński
Bipartite states with vanishing quantum discord are necessarily separable and hence positive partial transpose (PPT). We show that 2xN states satisfy additional property: the positivity of their partial transposition is recognized with respect to the canonical factorization of the original density operator. We call such states strong PPT (SPPT). Therefore, we provide a natural witness for a quantum discord: if a 2xN state is not SPPT it must contain nonclassical correlations measured by quantum discord. It is an analog of the celebrated Peres-Horodecki criterion: if a state is not PPT it must be entangled.