Detecting maximally entangled states without making the Schmidt decomposition

Details Detecting maximally entangled states without making the Schmidt decomposition Detecting maximally entangled states without making the Schmidt decomposition

2008-01-08

arxiv.org/abs/0801.1161v1

Physics

Quantum Physics

4 pages, no figures, submitted to Phys. Rev. A

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The bipartite entanglement of a pure quantum state is known to be characterized by its Schmidt decomposition. In particular the state is maximally entangled when all the Schmidt coefficients are equal. We point out a convenient method which always yields a single analytical condition for the state to be maximally entangled, in terms of its expansion coefficients in any basis. The method works even when the Schmidt coefficients cannot be calculated analytically, and does not require their calculation. As an example this technique is used to derive the Bell basis for a system of two qubits. In a second example the technique shows a particular state to \textit{never} be maximally entangled, a general conclusion that cannot be reached using the Schmidt decomposition.

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