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Phys. Rev. Lett. 95, 260502 (2005) [4 pages]

Concurrence of Mixed Multipartite Quantum States

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Florian Mintert1,2, Marek Kuś2, and Andreas Buchleitner1
1Max-Planck-Institut für Physik komplexer Systeme, Nöthnitzerstrasse 38, D-01187 Dresden, Germany
2Centrum Fizyki Teoretycznej Polskiej Akademii Nauk, Aleja Lotników 32/46, PL-02-668 Warszawa, Poland

Received 11 November 2004; revised 8 April 2005; published 20 December 2005

We propose generalizations of concurrence for multipartite quantum systems that can distinguish qualitatively distinct quantum correlations. All introduced quantities can be evaluated efficiently for arbitrary mixed sates.

© 2005 The American Physical Society

URL:
http://link.aps.org/doi/10.1103/PhysRevLett.95.260502
DOI:
10.1103/PhysRevLett.95.260502
PACS:
03.67.Mn, 89.70.+c