Inductive entanglement classification of four qubits under stochastic local operations and classical communication

Journal Article · Thu Feb 15 04:00:00 EST 2007 · Physical Review. A

DOI:https://doi.org/10.1103/PHYSREVA.75.022318· OSTI ID:20982085

Lamata, L; Leon, J ^[1]; Salgado, D ^[2]; Solano, E ^[3]

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1. Instituto de Matematicas y Fisica Fundamental, CSIC, Serrano 113-bis, 28006 Madrid (Spain)
2. Dpto. Fisica Teorica, Universidad Autonoma de Madrid, 28049 Cantoblanco, Madrid (Spain)
3. Physics Department, ASC, and CeNS, Ludwig-Maximilians-Universitaet, Theresienstrasse 37, 80333 Munich (Germany)

Using an inductive approach to classify multipartite entangled states under stochastic local operations and classical communication introduced recently by the authors [Phys. Rev. A 74, 052336 (2006)], we give the complete classification of four-qubit entangled pure states. Apart from the expected degenerate classes, we show that there exist eight inequivalent ways to entangle four qubits. In this respect, permutation symmetry is taken into account and states with a structure differing only by parameters inside a continuous set are considered to belong to the same class.

• OSTI ID: 20982085
• Journal Information: Physical Review. A, Journal Name: Physical Review. A Journal Issue: 2 Vol. 75; ISSN 1050-2947; ISSN PLRAAN
• Country of Publication: United States
• Language: English

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