Separability of mixed states: necessary and sufficient conditions
1996/05/31 by Michał Horodecki, Michal Horodecki, Paweł Horodecki +2 · 313 citations
Computer Science · Mathematics · Physics and Astronomy · #Cold Atom Physics and Bose-Einstein Condensates #Quantum Information and Cryptography #Spectral Theory in Mathematical Physics #quant-ph
paper · pdf · doi:10.1016/s0375-9601(96)00706-2
Revtex, 13 pages, replaced with minor typos corrected and some examples added
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Abstract
We provide necessary and sufficient conditions for separability of mixed states. As a result we obtain a simple criterion of separability for 2×2 and 2×3 systems. Here, the positivity of the partial transposition of a state is necessary and sufficient for its separability. However, it is not the case in general. Some examples of mixtures which demonstrate the utility of the criterion are considered.
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