Authors
F Shahandeh, J Sperling, W Vogel
Publication date
2014/12/24
Journal
Physical Review Letters
Volume
113
Pages
260502
Publisher
APS
Description
We introduce an approach which allows a full structural and quantitative analysis of multipartite entanglement. The sets of states with different structures are convex and nested. Hence, they can be distinguished from each other using appropriate measurable witnesses. We derive equations for the construction of optimal witnesses and discuss general properties arising from our approach. As an example, we formulate witnesses for a 4-cluster state and perform a full quantitative analysis of the entanglement structure in the presence of noise and losses. The strength of the method in multimode continuous variable systems is also demonstrated for a dephased Greenberger-Horne-Zeilinger-type state.
Scholar articles
F Shahandeh, J Sperling, W Vogel - Physical review letters, 2014